2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament


The 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on May 31, 2019 as part of 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2019 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska which started on June 15 and ended on June 26.

Bids

Automatic bids

SchoolConferenceRecord BerthLast NCAA Appearance
America East31–21 Tournament2015
American28–29 Tournament1974
North CarolinaAtlantic Coast46–19 Tournament2018
Atlantic Sun42–19 Tournament2014
Atlantic 1038–22 Tournament1998
Big East38–11 Tournament2012
Big South35–19 Tournament2018
Big Ten35–25 Tournament2018
Big 1236–18 Tournament2018
Big West45–9 Regular Season2016
Colonial32–29 Tournament2018
Conference USA38–19 Tournament2018
Horizon29–21 Tournament2017
Ivy League27–14 Championship Series2005
MAAC29–27 Tournament2005
Mid-American46–12 Tournament1995
Mid-Eastern27–32 Tournament2015
Indiana StateMissouri Valley41–16 Tournament2014
Mountain West38–14–1 Tournament2012
Northeast30–21 Tournament2017
Ohio Valley37–21 Tournament2014
UCLAPac-1247–8 Regular Season2018
Patriot35–24 Tournament2018
VanderbiltSoutheastern49–10 Tournament2018
SoCon35–27 Tournament2015
McNeese StateSouthland35–24 Tournament2003
SouthernSouthwestern Athletic32–22 Tournament2009
Summit30–22–1 TournamentFirst Appearance
Coastal CarolinaSun Belt35–24–1 Tournament2018
West Coast32–23 Tournament2000
Western Athletic39–23 Tournament2017

At–large

By Conference

National seeds

The sixteen national seeds, which hosted the regionals, were announced on the Selection Show on May 27, 2019 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPNU. Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the College World Series.
1. UCLA
2. Vanderbilt
3.
4. Georgia
5. Arkansas
6. Mississippi State
7. Louisville
8. Texas Tech
9. '
10. '
11. Stanford
12. Ole Miss
13. LSU
14. North Carolina
15.
16. Oregon State

Regionals and Super Regionals

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

Los Angeles Super Regional

Lubbock Super Regional

†Due to flooding in the Stillwater area, including their home field Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, Oklahoma State hosted their regional at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.

Fayetteville Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Chapel Hill Super Regional

Starkville Super Regional

Louisville Super Regional

Nashville Super Regional

College World Series

The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha 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
P & MOPKumar RockerVanderbilt
PTommy HenryMichigan
CPhilip ClarkeVanderbilt
1BJimmy KerrMichigan
2BAko ThomasMichigan
3BAustin MartinVanderbilt
SSJack BlomgrenMichigan
OFJ. J. BledayVanderbilt
OFDrew CampbellLouisville
OFJesse FranklinMichigan
DHCameron WarrenTexas Tech

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
PlaceSchoolRecord
1st 2 Vanderbilt10–2
2ndMichigan9–4
3rd 7 Louisville8–3
3rd 8 Texas Tech7–3
5thFlorida State6–2
5th 6 Mississippi State6–2
7th 5 Arkansas5–3
7thAuburn5–3
9thDuke4–2
9th 10 East Carolina4–3
9th 13 LSU3–2
9th 14 North Carolina4–2
9th 9 Oklahoma State4–3
9th 12 Ole Miss4–2
9th 11 Stanford4–3
9th 1 UCLA5–3
17thCampbell2–2
17thCreighton3–2
17thDallas Baptist2–2
17thFresno State2–2
17th 4 Georgia2–2
17th 3 Georgia Tech2–2
17thIllinois State2–2
17thIndiana State2–2
17thJacksonville State2–2
17thLoyola Marymount2–2
17thMiami2–2
17thSouthern Miss2–2
17thTCU2–2
17thTennessee2–2
17thTexas A&M2–2
17thUConn3–2
33rdArizona State1–2
33rdBaylor1–2
33rdCentral Connecticut State1–2
33rdCentral Michigan1–2
33rdCincinnati1–2
33rdClemson1–2
33rdCoastal Carolina1–2
33rdFlorida1–2
33rdFlorida Atlantic1–2
33rdIndiana1–2
33rdLiberty1–2
33rdNebraska1–2
33rdOhio State1–2
33rdQuinnipiac1–2
33rdSacramento State1–2
33rd 15 West Virginia1–2
49thArmy0–2
49thCalifornia0–2
49thFlorida A&M0–2
49thFordham0–2
49thHarvard0–2
49thIllinois0–2
49thMcNeese State0–2
49thMercer0–2
49thNC State0–2
49thOmaha0–2
49th 16 Oregon State0–2
49thSouthern0–2
49thStony Brook0–2
49thUC Santa Barbara0–2
49thUIC0–2
49thUNC Wilmington0–2

Record by conference

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.
Nc is non–conference records, i.e., with the records of teams within the same conference having played each other removed.

Media coverage

Radio

provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha Station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. It also streamed all CWS games at westwoodonesports.com on Tunein and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called 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 Bishop acting as the field reporter.
Kugler lost his voice after the games on June 16, so Jeff Leise and Damon Benning joined Bishop and Sharp on Westwood One for the games on June 17, 18, and 19 before Kugler returned on the night of the 19.

Television

carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and the College World Series across its networks. During the Regionals and Super Regionals, ESPN offered a dedicated channel, ESPN Bases Loaded, which carried live look-ins and analyses across the games in progress.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals