2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament


The 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, May 29, 2015, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2015 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 13 and ended on June 24 with the Virginia Cavaliers upsetting the defending champion Vanderbilt Commodores 4–2 in the decisive Game 3 and thereby avenging their CWS Finals loss to Vanderbilt the previous year.
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams. Thirty-one teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
Teams were divided into 16 regionals of four teams, which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three series to determine the eight participants of the College World Series.
Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia split the first two games of the best-of-three championship series before Virginia won Game 3, 4–2, to win their first national championship in baseball. The two teams previously met in the championship series in 2014, which Vanderbilt won.

Bids

Automatic bids

By conference

National seeds

With the exception of, these teams would automatically host a super regional if they advanced that far. Missouri State was not able to host because of a venue scheduling conflict.
  1. UCLA †
  2. LSU
  3. Louisville ‡
  4. Florida
  5. Miami
  6. ‡
  7. TCU
  8. ‡
Bold indicates College World Series participant
† indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament
‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.

Charlottesville Super Regional

Hosted by Virginia at Davenport Field

Fayetteville Super Regional

Hosted by Arkansas at Baum Stadium

Gainesville Super Regional

Coral Gables Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Fort Worth Super Regional

Louisville Super Regional

Champaign Super Regional

College World Series

The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

Participants

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

Game results

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PJosh SborzVirginia
PBrandon WaddellVirginia
1BZander WielVanderbilt
2BErnie ClementVirginia
3BKenny TownsVirginia
SSDaniel PineroVirginia
CKade ScivicqueLSU
OFBryan ReynoldsVanderbilt
OFHarrison BaderFlorida
OFJacob HeywardMiami
DHConnor WanhanenTCU
MOPJosh SborzVirginia

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
PlaceSchoolRecord
1stVirginia10–2
2ndVanderbilt9–2
3rd#4 Florida8–2
3rd#7 TCU8–4
5th#2 LSU6–2
5th#5 Miami 6–3
7thArkansas5–3
7thCal State Fullerton5–3
9thFlorida State3–2
9th#6 Illinois3–2
9thLouisiana–Lafayette3–2
9th#3 Louisville4–2
9thMaryland3–3
9th#8 Missouri State4–2
9thTexas A&M5–3
9thVCU3–3
17thCalifornia2–2
17thCollege of Charleston2–2
17thColumbia3–2
17thDallas Baptist3–2
17thFlorida Atlantic2–2
17thIowa2–2
17thMichigan2–2
17thNC State2–2
17thPepperdine2–2
17thRadford2–2
17thRice2–2
17thSt. John's2–2
17th#1 UCLA3–2
17thUNC Wilmington2–2
17thUSC2–2
17thWright State2–2
33rdArizona State1–2
33rdAuburn1–2
33rdBradley1–2
33rdCal State Bakersfield1–2
33rdCoastal Carolina1–2
33rdFlorida International1–2
33rdHouston1–2
33rdIndiana1–2
33rdNotre Dame1–2
33rdOklahoma State1–2
33rdOregon1–2
33rdOregon State1–2
33rdSan Diego State1–2
33rdSouth Florida1–2
33rdStony Brook1–2
33rdTulane1–2
49thCanisius0–2
49thClemson0–2
49thEast Carolina0–2
49thFlorida A&M0–2
49thHouston Baptist0–2
49thLehigh0–2
49thLipscomb0–2
49thMercer0–2
49thMorehead State0–2
49thOhio0–2
49thOle Miss0–2
49thOral Roberts0–2
49thSacred Heart0–2
49thTexas0–2
49thTexas Southern0–2
49thUC Santa Barbara0–2

Record by conference

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

Media coverage

Radio

provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. It was streamed at and on . Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Sharp acting as the field reporter.

Television

ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks. ESPN also provided "Bases Loaded" coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Brendan Fitzgerald and Matt Schick with Kyle Peterson and Ben McDonald providing analysis. "Bases Loaded" aired Friday-Sunday from 1 p.m.–midnight EDT and Monday from 6 p.m.–midnight EDT on ESPN3. ESPN2 and ESPNU aired "Bases Loaded" in between games and throughout other select times during the tournament.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals
Super Regionals
College World Series
Regionals
Super Regionals
College World Series Championship Series