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2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Bracket Announced

Monday, May 26, 2008

CONTACTS:
Dennis Poppe, Vice President for Baseball and Football
J.D. Hamilton, MCWS Media Coordinator

2008 NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET ANNOUNCED

INDIANAPOLIS – The field of 64 teams competing for the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

   The national top eight seeds are Miami (Fla.) (47-8), North Carolina (46-12), Arizona State (45-11), Florida State (48-10), Cal State Fullerton (37-19), Rice (42-13), LSU (43-16-1) and Georgia (35-21-1).

The Southeastern Conference leads all conferences in the number of teams in the championship field with nine, followed by the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 with six. Conference USA and the Pacific-10 have five teams each, while the Big West has four.

   Twenty-six of the 64 teams were not in the field last year. UC Davis (at-large), Dallas Baptist (at-large), Lipscomb (AQ) and Mt. St. Mary’s (AQ), all are making the championship for the first time. Columbia last was in the field in 1976, while Rider and Eastern Michigan are in the field for the first time since 1994.

   Miami (Fla.) is in the field for the 36th consecutive year, extending its own record. Florida State is making its 31st straight appearance, second all-time. Other long consecutive streaks: Cal State Fullerton (17), Rice (14) and Oral Roberts (11).

    Of the 286 championship eligible Division I institutions which sponsor baseball, Florida State has the most Division I wins with 48. Twenty-six other teams won at least 40 Division I contests and all but two, Canisius and Missouri State, are in the field.

    Each of the 16 regionals feature four teams, playing a double-elimination format. The regionals are scheduled to be conducted from Friday, May 30, to Monday, June 2 (if necessary). Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.ncaa.com, Monday, June 2 at approximately 11 p.m. (ET).

    The 62nd Men’s College World Series begins play Saturday, June 14, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

   A complete bracket, including records and matchups, is attached.

OTHER SELECTION INFORMATION
FIELD BY CONFERENCE (30)

Southeastern        9 (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt)

Atlantic Coast     6 (Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia)

Big 12                  6 (Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M)

Pacific-10             5 (Arizona, Arizona State, California, Stanford, UCLA)

Conference USA   5 (East Carolina, Houston, Rice, Southern Mississippi, Tulane)

Big West             4 (UC Davis, UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State)

Big East            2 (Louisville, St. John’s [N.Y.)

Colonial               2 (UNC Wilmington, James Madison)

Sun Belt            2 (New Orleans, Western Kentucky)

West Coast         2 (Pepperdine, San Diego)

Atlantic Sun        1 (Lipscomb)

Atlantic 10          1 (Charlotte)

America East       1 (Stony Brook)

Big South            1 (Coastal Carolina)

Big 10                 1 (Michigan)

Horizon               1 (Ill.-Chicago)

Independent         1 (Dallas Baptist)

Ivy                      1 (Columbia)

Metro Atlantic   1 (Rider)

Mid-American    1 (Eastern Michigan)

Mid-Eastern        1 (Bethune-Cookman)

Missouri Valley    1 (Wichita State)

Mountain West    1 (TCU)

Northeast            1 (Mt. St. Mary’s)

Ohio Valley         1 (Eastern Illinois)

Patriot                1 (Bucknell)

Southern            1 (Elon)

Southland           1 (Sam Houston State)

Southwestern      1 (Texas Southern)

Summit               1 (Oral Roberts)

Western Athletic 1 (Fresno State)

FIELD BY STATE (24)

California            10 (California, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, Fresno State, Long Beach State, Pepperdine, San Diego, Stanford, UCLA)

Texas               8 (Dallas Baptist, Houston, Rice, Sam Houston State, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas Southern)

North Carolina   6 (Charlotte, East Carolina, Elon, North Carolina, UNC Wilmington, North Carolina State)

Florida                4 (Bethune-Cookman, Florida, Florida State, Miami [Fla.)

Kentucky            3 (Kentucky, Louisville, Western Kentucky)

Louisiana            3 (LSU, New Orleans, Tulane)

New York           3 (Columbia, St. John’s [N.Y.], Stony Brook)

Oklahoma        3 (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts)

Arizona              2 (Arizona, Arizona State)

Georgia             2 (Georgia, Georgia Tech)

Illinois               2 (Eastern Ill., Ill.-Chicago)

Michigan           2 (Eastern Michigan, Michigan)

Mississippi        2 (Ole Miss, Southern Mississippi)

South Carolina   2 (Coastal Carolina, South Carolina)

Tennessee        2 (Lipscomb, Vanderbilt)

Virginia            2 (James Madison, Virginia)

Alabama        1 (Alabama)

Arkansas         1 (Arkansas)

Kansas            1 (Wichita State)

Maryland          1 (Mt. State Mary’s)

Missouri           1 (Missouri)

Nebraska          1 (Nebraska)

New Jersey       1 (Rider)

Pennsylvania   1 (Bucknell)

OTHER NOTES
Thirty-eight of the 64 teams were in the 2007 field. Four teams made the field for the first time in the program’s history: UC Davis, Dallas Baptist, Lipscomb, Mt. St. Mary’s.

Columbia, the automatic qualifier from the Ivy Group, is in the field for the first time since 1976.

Dallas Baptist is the first independent (other than Miami [Fla.]) to be selected into the championship since Cal State Northridge was selected in 1992.

The nine teams from the Southeastern Conference ties the mark for the most teams from the same conference. The SEC also had nine teams in the field in both 2004 and 2005.

Miami (Fla.) is in the field for the 36th consecutive year, extending its own record. Florida State is making its 31st-straight appearance, which ranks second all-time. Other long consecutive streaks include Cal State Fullerton (17), Rice (14), Oral Roberts (11). Clemson’s streak of 21 straight NCAA Tournament appearances ended this year.

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