The 2018 college baseball tournament kicks off on Friday, with 16 regional host sites playing four-team double-elimination tilts over the course of the weekend. Top overall national seed Florida looks to cruise through their Gainesville regional on the hope of repeating as national champions, after upending LSU in a two-game sweep in last year’s College World Series.
Also in the hunt this year are No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 Oregon State, and No. 4 Ole Miss. The SEC sent a full 10 teams to this year’s field of 64, the second year in a row that this conference has topped the tournament in member representation.
Interestingly, Texas A&M seeded into the Austin, Texas regional, which grants us the opportunity to probably experience the beauty that is the Longhorns-Aggies rivalry, which isn’t even a rivalry at all. A&M left the Big 12 after the 2011-2012 academic year and jumped to the SEC, effectively ending the two football programs’ yearly meeting. The two still greatly dislike each other, though, as evidenced by this almost baseball fight back in 2016.
There’s a slight possibility that these two won’t actually meet, however, since the format of the opening round forces losing clubs into elimination brackets while winners move forward. Should these two tango in Austin, though, the earliest they’d see one another would be Saturday.
Below is all the information you need for watching and tracking the regional round of the NCAA tournament. We’ll update this space as scores roll in, so check back early and often. The entire tournament will be streamed on WatchESPN. Select games will air on the various ESPN networks as the tournament rolls on.
Bracket:
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Schedule, scores and results for regional round (paired by super regional):
All times Eastern. All games streamed online through WatchESPN.
Gainesville regional
Game 1: No. 1 Florida 13, No. 4 Columbia 5
Game 2: No. 2 Jacksonville 5, No 3 Florida Atlantic 3
Game 3: Columbia vs. Florida Atlantic, Sat. 1 p.m.
Game 4: Florida vs. Jacksonville, Sat. 7 p.m.
Raleigh regional
Game 1: No. 2 Auburn 13, No. 3 Northeastern 4
Game 2: No. 4 Army 5, No. 1 NC State 1
Game 3: NC State vs. Northeastern, Sat. 1 p.m.
Game 4: Auburn vs. Army, Sat. 7 p.m.
Stanford regional
Game 1: No. 3 Cal State Fullerton 6, No. 2 Baylor 2
Game 2: No. 4 Wright State vs. No. 1 Stanford, 10 p.m., ESPN2 and WatchESPN
Conway regional
Game 1: No. 3 Washington 7, No. 2 UConn 1
Game 2: No. 1 Coastal Carolina 16, No. 4 LIU Brooklyn 1
Game 3: UConn vs. LIU Brooklyn, Sat, 12 p.m.
Game 4: Coastal Carolina vs. Washington, Sat. 5 p.m.
Lubbock regional
Game 1: No. 1 Texas Tech 9, No. 4 New Mexico State 2
Game 2: No. 2 Louisville 13, No. 3 Kent State 6
Game 3: Kent State vs. New Mexico State, Sat. 3 p.m.
Game 4: Texas Tech vs. Louisville, Sat. 8 p.m.
Athens regional
Game 1: No. 3 Troy 6, No. 2 Duke 0
Game 2: No. 4 Campbell vs. No. 1 Georgia, postponed to Sat. 12 p.m., WatchESPN
Game 3: Duke vs. Campbell/Georgia loser, Sat. 4 p.m.
Game 4: Troy vs. Georgia/Campbell winner, Sat. 8 p.m.
Clemson regional
Game 1: No. 2 Vanderbilt 2, No. 3 St. John’s 0
Game 2: No. 4 Morehead State vs. No. 1 Clemson, 6 p.m., WatchESPN
Tallahassee regional
Game 1: No. 3 Oklahoma 20, No. 2 Mississippi State 10
Game 2: No. 4 Samford vs. No. 1 Florida State, 7 p.m., ESPNU and WatchESPN
Fayetteville regional
Game 1: No. 1 Arkansas 10, No. 4 Oral Roberts 2
Game 2: No. 2 Southern Mississippi 9, No. 3 Dallas Baptist 0
Game 3: Dallas Baptist vs. Oral Roberts, Sat. 3 p.m.
Game 4: Arkansas vs. Southern Mississippi, 8 p.m.
Greenville regional
Game 1: No. 2 South Carolina 8, No. 3 Ohio State 3
Game 2: No. 1 East Carolina 16, No. 4 UNC Wilmington 7
Game 3: Ohio State vs. UNC Wilmington, Sat. 12 p.m.
Game 4: South Carolina vs. East Carolina, Sat. 5 p.m.
Chapel Hill regional
Game 1: No. 1 North Carolina 11, No. 4 North Carolina A&T
Game 2: No. 3 Houston 9, No. 2 Purdue 1
Game 3: Purdue vs. North Carolina A&T, Sat. 1 p.m.
Game 4: North Carolina vs. Houston, Sat. 6 p.m.
Deland regional
Game 1: No. 3 Oklahoma State 9, No. 2 South Florida 2
Game 2: No. 1 Stetson 8, No. 4 Hartford 3
Game 3: South Florida vs. Hartford, Sat. 1 p.m.
Game 4: Stetson vs. Oklahoma State, Sat. 7 p.m.
Oxford regional
Game 1: No. 3 Missouri State vs. No. 2 Tennessee Tech, POSTPONED to 1 p.m. Saturday
Game 2: No 4 Saint Louis vs. No. 1 Ole Miss, POSTPONED to 7 p.m. Saturday
Austin regional
Game 1: No. 3 Texas A&M 10, No. 2 Indiana 3
Game 2: No. 4 Texas Southern vs. No. 1 Texas, 9 p.m., LHN and WatchESPN
Corvallis regional
Game 1: No. 2 LSU 6, No. 3 San Diego State 4
Game 2: No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 1 Oregon State, 10 p.m., ESPNU and WatchESPN
Minneapolis regional
Game 1: No. 2 UCLA 6, No 3 Gonzaga 5
Game 2: No. 1 Minnesota 10, No. 4 Canisius 1
Game 3: Gonzaga vs. Canisius, Sat. 2 p.m.
Game 4: Minnesota vs. UCLA, Sat. 8 p.m.
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