2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Encyclopedia
The 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 3, 2011 as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season
. The 64 team double elimination tournament will conclude with the 2011 College World Series
in Omaha, Nebraska
on June 29, 2011.
The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 300 teams. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
family of networks in HD
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Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
at Stephen Schott Stadium
on the campus of Santa Clara University
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** California hosted the super regional at Santa Clara because its own stadium (Evans Diamond
) cannot accommodate television crews and does not have lights.
2011 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season began on February 18, 2011, and concluded with the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2011 College World Series.-Preseason:The South Carolina Gamecocks entered the season as defending World Series champions...
. The 64 team double elimination tournament will conclude with the 2011 College World Series
2011 College World Series
The 2011 College World Series began on June 18, 2011 and concluded on June 28 with the University of South Carolina defeating the University of Florida by a score of 5-2 in Omaha, Nebraska at TD Ameritrade Park. TD Ameritrade Park replaced Rosenblatt Stadium, which hosted the CWS from 1950–2010...
in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
on June 29, 2011.
The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 300 teams. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
Television Coverage
The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament will be broadcast by the ESPNESPN
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family of networks in HD
High-definition television
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Selection Shows
- Super Regional Site Announcement (8 sites): Monday 06/06/2011 11:00 PM (approx.) NCAA.com
Competition
- Regionals:
- The Fullerton and Gainesville Regionals will be broadcast on ESPNUESPNUESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Television's ESPNU (often referred to as The U) is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced...
and ESPN3.com - The Corvallis and Fort Worth Regionals will be broadcast on ESPN3.com
- The Atlanta Regional will be broadcast on CSSCSS-Computing:*Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web development*Central Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code...
- The Tallahassee Regional will be broadcast on Sun SportsSun SportsSun Sports is a Florida sports broadcasting network, with its headquarters in Orlando. Launched in 1988 as Sunshine Network, the station is now affiliated with virtually every cable company throughout the state of Florida and can be picked up by some satellite providers around the United...
and Fox Sports Florida- Super Regionals: All games will be broadcast each day on either ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, ESPN2ESPN2ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...
, ESPNU, ESPN3.com, and ESPN Mobile - CWS: Every game will be broadcast on either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3.com, and ESPN Mobile
- Super Regionals: All games will be broadcast each day on either ESPN
National seeds
Bold indicates CWS participant.- Virginia
- Florida
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Florida State (Eliminated in Super Regionals)
- Vanderbilt
- Texas
- Rice (Eliminated in Regionals)
Schedule
Regional rounds will be held Friday, June 3, through Monday, June 6. Each regional follows a similar format, with two games played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday if needed.| Day | Game | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Fri. 6/3/11 | 1 | 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice) |
| 2 | 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice) | |
| Sat. 6/4/11 | 3 | Loser Games 1 & 2 |
| 4 | Winner Games 1 & 2 | |
| Sun. 6/5/11 | 5 | Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4 |
| 6 | Winner Games 4 & 5 | |
| Mon. 6/6/11 | 7 | if needed, only if winner of game 5 wins game 6 |
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
Charlottesville Super Regional
Santa Clara Super Regional
Hosted by the University of CaliforniaUniversity of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
at Stephen Schott Stadium
Stephen Schott Stadium
Stephen Schott Stadium, or Schott Stadium for short, is the home of the Santa Clara University baseball team, a Division I Baseball team of the NCAA's West Coast Conference...
on the campus of Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...
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Evans Diamond
Evans Diamond is a college baseball stadium in Berkeley, California, on the campus of the University of California. Opened in 1933, it is the home field of the Cal Golden Bears of the Pac-10, with a seating capacity of 2,500. Evans Diamond is located in the UC sports complex in the southwest corner...
) cannot accommodate television crews and does not have lights.
Tallahassee Super Regional
Columbia Super Regional
Gainesville Super Regional
Austin Super Regional
Nashville Super Regional
Chapel Hill Super Regional
Automatic bids
Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.| School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Berth | Last NCAA Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcorn State Alcorn State University Alcorn State University is an historically black university comprehensive land-grant institution in Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871-History:... |
SWAC Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities in the Southern United States... |
26-27 (19-4) | Won SWAC Tourney | First NCAA Appearance |
| Arkansas-Little Rock | Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions... |
24-32 (10-20) | Won Sun Belt Tourney | First NCAA Appearance |
| Austin Peay | OVC Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision , the lower of two levels of Division I... |
33-22 (17-6) | Won OVC Tourney | 2007 (Nashville Regional) |
| Belmont | Atlantic Sun Atlantic Sun Conference The Atlantic Sun Conference is a college athletic conference operating in the Southeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I; it does not sponsor football. The conference was established in 1978 as the Trans America Athletic Conference... |
36-24 (17-13) | Won A-Sun Tourney | First NCAA Appearance |
| Bethune-Cookman Bethune-Cookman Wildcats The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats are the names of the college sports teams at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Lynn W. Thompson is the current Athletic Director.Bethune-Cookman currently fields varsity teams in ten different sports... |
MEAC Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities in the Southeastern United States... |
35-22 (18-0) | Won MEAC Tourney | 2010 (Gainesville Regional) |
| Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball The Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represents California State University, Fullerton in NCAA Division I college baseball. In 35 years of Division I play, the Titans have never had a losing season. They are supplied by DeMarini.... |
Big West Big West Conference The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped... |
39-15 (18-5) | Regular Season Champion | 2010 (Los Angeles Super Regional) |
| Charlotte Charlotte 49ers The Charlotte 49ers represent the NCAA Division I sports teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Charlotte joined the Atlantic 10 in 2005. The 49ers field 16 teams, 8 men and 8 women.... |
Atlantic 10 | 42-14 (17-7) | Won A-10 Tourney | 2008 (Raleigh Regional) |
| Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball Coastal Carolina's baseball program has been the university's most consistent program in terms of success. Head Coach Gary Gilmore has led the Chanticleers to eight NCAA Regional appearances and two Super Regional appearances since being hired in 1996. The program has received #1 regional seeds on... |
Big South Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. The conference's football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision... |
41-18 (20-7) | Won Big South Tourney | 2010 (Myrtle Beach Super Regional) |
| Creighton Creighton University Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by... |
Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States... |
44-14 (15-6) | Won MVC Tourney | 2007 (Fayetteville Regional) |
| Florida Florida Gators baseball The Florida Gators baseball team represents the University of Florida in the sport of baseball. The Florida Gators compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association , and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference . They play their home games in Alfred A... |
SEC Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama... |
44-16 (22-8) | Won SEC Tourney 2011 SEC Baseball Tournament The 2011 SEC Baseball Tournament will be held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 25th through May 29th.-Regular Season results:The top eight teams from the conference earned invites to the tournament.... |
2010 (CWS 7th Place) |
| Fresno State Fresno State Bulldogs baseball The Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team represents Fresno State University in NCAA Division I college baseball.Along with most other Fresno State athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Western Athletic Conference... |
WAC Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS... |
40-14 (17-7) | Won WAC Tourney | 2009 (Irvine Regional) |
| Georgia Southern | Southern Southern Conference The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North... |
35-24 (18-12) | Won SoCon Tourney | 2009 (Fullerton Regional) |
| Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini The Fighting Illini are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The University offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports.... |
Big Ten Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east... |
28-25 (15-9) | Won Big Ten Tourney | 2000 (Clemson Regional) |
| James Madison James Madison Dukes The James Madison University Dukes is the name given the athletics teams of James Madison University. The name "Dukes" is derived from Samuel Page Duke, the university's second president. JMU is a charter member of the Colonial Athletic Association, which sponsors sports at the NCAA Division I level... |
Colonial Athletic Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,... |
40-17 (21-9) | Won CAA Tourney | 2008 (Raleigh Regional) |
| Kent State Kent State Golden Flashes baseball The Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, USA. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference East division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I... |
Mid-American Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members... |
43-15 (21-5) | Won MAC Tourney | 2010 (Los Angeles Regional) |
| Maine Maine Black Bears The Maine Black Bears are the athletic teams which represent the University of Maine. They compete in NCAA Division I athletics, with the majority of the teams playing in the America East Conference... |
America East America East Conference The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring... |
32-22 (18-6) | Won AEC Tourney | 2006 (Chapel Hill Regional) |
| Manhattan | MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider... |
34-17 (20-2) | Won MAAC Tourney | 2006 (Lincoln Regional) |
| Navy Navy Midshipmen The United States Naval Academy sponsors 30 varsity-sports teams and 12 club-sports teams . Both men's and women's teams are called Navy Midshipmen or "Mids"... |
Patriot Patriot League The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision... |
33-23-1 (12-8) | Won Patriot League Tourney | 2002 (Winston-Salem Regional) |
| New Mexico New Mexico Lobos The New Mexico Lobos are the athletic teams representing the University of New Mexico. The university's athletic program fields teams in 19 varsity sports. The Lobos participate in the NCAA Division I and is a charter member of the Mountain West Conference... |
Mountain West Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999... |
20-39 (10-14) | Won MWC Tourney | 2010 (Fullerton Regional) |
| Oral Roberts Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team is the intercollegiate baseball team of Oral Roberts University. It plays in the NCAA's Division I SUmmit League. The team has won the Mid-Con and Summit League regular season and tournament titles for each of the past 12 years... |
Summit | 35-20 (21-7) | Won Summit Tourney | 2010 (Norman Regional) |
| Princeton Princeton Tigers The Princeton Tigers are the athletic teams of Princeton University. The school sponsors 31 varsity sports. The school has won several NCAA national championships, including one in men's fencing, six in men's lacrosse, three in women's lacrosse, and eight in men's golf... |
Ivy Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group... |
23-22 (15-5) | Won Championship Series | 2006 (Fayetteville Regional) |
| Rice Rice Owls baseball The Rice Owls baseball team is the interscholastic baseball team representing Rice University in Houston, Texas. The Rice Owls have been a regular fixture in the NCAA Tournament, participating in every tournament since 1995 including a victory in the 2003 College World Series, the first national... |
Conference USA Conference USA Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports... |
38-18 (16-8) | Won C-USA Tourney 2011 Conference USA Baseball Tournament The 2011 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was held at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi from May 25 through May 29, 2011. The winner received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament... |
2010 (Austin Regional) |
| Sacred Heart Sacred Heart University Sacred Heart University is a Roman Catholic university located in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. Sacred Heart was founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sacred Heart University was the first Catholic university in... |
Northeast Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro... |
34-21 (23-9) | Won NEC Tourney | 2006 (Athens Regional) |
| San Francisco | West Coast West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference is an NCAA collegiate athletics conference consisting of nine member schools across the states of California, Oregon, Utah and Washington.... |
31-23 (16-5) | Regular Season Champion | 2006 (Lincoln Regional) |
| Seton Hall | Big East Big East Conference The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports... |
29-23 (14-13) | Won Big East Tourney 2011 Big East Baseball Tournament -See also:*College World Series*NCAA Division I Baseball Championship*Big East Baseball Tournament... |
2001 (Clemson Regional) |
| Texas A&M Texas A&M Aggies baseball The Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team belongs to the Big 12 Conference and plays home games at Olsen Field... |
Big 12 Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving... |
42-18 (19-8) | Won Big 12 Tourney 2011 Big 12 Baseball Tournament The 2011 Big 12 Baseball Tournament was held at RedHawks Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 25th to May 29th, 2011. After five years using the round robin tournament setup, the 2011 Big XII Tournament switched back to the format used from 1999 to 2005, which consisted of two separate four-team... |
2010 (Coral Gables Regional) |
| Texas State | Southland Southland Conference The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision... |
40-21 (24-9) | Won Southland Tourney | 2009 (Austin Regional) |
| UCLA 2011 UCLA Bruins baseball team The 2011 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins finished the season with a 35–24 overall record, and won the Pacific-10 Conference... |
Pac-10 | 33-22 (18-9) | Regular Season Champion | 2010 (CWS Runner-up) |
| Virginia Virginia Cavaliers baseball The Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represents the University of Virginia in NCAA Division I college baseball. Established in 1889, the team participates in the Coastal division of the Atlantic Coast Conference and plays its home games at Davenport Field. There was discussion at one time to... |
Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities... |
49-9 (22-8) | Won ACC Tourney 2011 ACC Baseball Tournament The 2011 ACC Baseball Tournament was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC from May 25 through May 29. All of the games were shown live on Fox Sports South with select games being shown on Fox Sports Florida, Comcast Mid-Atlantic, Sun Sports, and New England Sports Network... |
2010 (Charlottesville Regional) |
| Wright State Wright State Raiders For many years, Wright State's sports teams used a character called Rowdy Raider as their mascot; a red-bearded Viking with a horned helmet, which emerged in 1986. In 1997, the Viking was retired and the Wolf was born... |
Horizon Horizon League The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States.... |
35-17 (16-7) | Won Horizon Tourney | 2009 (Fort Worth Regional) |
Bids by conference
| Conference | Total | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Coast | 7 | Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (Florida), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia |
| Atlantic Sun | 3 | Belmont, Jacksonville, Stetson |
| Atlantic 10 | 1 | Charlotte |
| America East | 1 | Maine |
| Big Ten | 1 | Illinois |
| Big 12 | 6 | Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M |
| Big East | 3 | Connecticut, Seton Hall, St. John's |
| Big South | 1 | Coastal Carolina |
| Big West | 2 | Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine |
| Colonial | 1 | James Madison |
| Conference USA | 4 | Central Florida, East Carolina, Rice, Southern Mississippi |
| Horizon | 1 | Wright State |
| Independents | 1 | Dallas Baptist |
| Ivy | 1 | Princeton |
| Metro Atlantic | 1 | Manhattan |
| Mid-American | 1 | Kent State |
| Mid-Eastern | 1 | Bethune-Cookman |
| Missouri Valley | 1 | Creighton |
| Mountain West | 2 | New Mexico, Texas Christian |
| Northeast | 1 | Sacred Heart |
| Ohio Valley | 1 | Austin Peay |
| Pacific 10 | 6 | Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA |
| Patriot | 1 | Navy |
| Southeastern | 7 | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt |
| Southern | 1 | Georgia Southern |
| Southland | 1 | Texas State |
| Southwestern | 1 | Alcorn State |
| Summit | 1 | Oral Roberts |
| Sun Belt | 3 | Arkansas-Little Rock, Florida International, Troy |
| West Coast | 1 | San Francisco |
| Western Athletic | 1 | Fresno State |
Round 1
- 14 of 16 No. 1 seeds won their first round games, with Georgia Tech & UCLA being the only No. 1 seeds to lose.
- Only 5 of 16 No. 2 seeds won their first round games.
Round 2
- 6 No. 1 seeds have been eliminated from the tournament. 3 prior to the regional finals: TCU, Cal State Fullerton, and No. 8 national seed Rice; with Georgia Tech, Clemson, and UCLA losing in the regional final
Regional Finals
- 6 non No. 1 seeds have won their regional and advanced to the Super Regionals: No. 3 UC Irvine, No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 3 Dallas Baptist, No. 3 California, No. 2 Stanford, and No. 2 Connecticut
Super Regionals
- In the context of almost being eliminated as a sponsored intercollegiate team by the University due to financial issues, the Cal Baseball team has advanced to the College World Series as a No. 3 seed.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704071704576277130580424792.html