The 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was held from June 1 to 24, . Sixty-four NCAA Division I college baseball teams advanced to the post season tournament after having played through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.
The 2007 tournament culminated with 8 teams advancing to the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 15. Unseeded Oregon State repeated as national champions, winning all five of its games in the 2007 CWS.
Oregon State went undefeated through the College World Series, posting a 5–0 record. The Beavers, led by head coach Pat Casey, won all three games in their four-team bracket and then, for the second straight season, defeated North Carolina in the best-of-three championship series— this time in two games. Oregon State became the fifth team to win consecutive NCAA titles (last done by LSU in 1996-97), and were the first team to win four games in a CWS by six or more runs. As of 2019, 2007 Oregon State remains the only team to have ever won at least four games by six or more runs in the same College World Series. Their opener against Cal State Fullerton was a tight 3–2 victory, but OSU's last four games in the CWS were not close, impressive for a team seeded in the lower half of the 64-team tournament.
The Beavers also became the first team to win the CWS after having posted a losing conference record. Oregon State was a disappointing 10–14 (.417) in the Pac-10, placing sixth among the nine baseball-playing schools (Oregon dropped baseball in 1981, but revived it in 2009.)
However, the Beavers' non-conference record during the regular season was an impressive 28–3 (.903), and as defending NCAA champions, just enough to gain a berth in the 64-team tournament. They were placed as a No. 3 seed in one of the 16 four-team regionals, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Oregon State responded by going 11–1 (.917) in the post season. Oregon State won their final 10 games to finish at 49–18 (.731) overall. The Beavers trailed in only one inning of 2007 CWS: the first inning of the final game. Their only loss in the post season came during the second game of regionals, where they fell in 13 innings to host Virginia.
Oregon State freshman pitcher Jorge Reyes (of Warden, Washington) was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 CWS. Reyes was 2–0 as a starter, defeating Cal State Fullerton in the opener and North Carolina in the first game of the finals.
Two elite programs from Louisiana, LSU and Tulane, both failed to qualify for the field of 64, marking the first time since 1984 both stayed home. LSU, which also failed to qualify the previous year, reached the College World Series 13 times between 1986 and 2004, winning five national championships (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000), while Tulane made trips to the CWS in 2001 and 2005. This was the Green Wave's first absence from the tournament since 1997; meanwhile, the Tigers went 29-26-1 under first year coach Paul Mainieri, their poorest season since going 26-25 in 1982.
Bids
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. ConferenceSchoolRecordBerth type America East 29–27 Tournament champion ACC North Carolina 48–12 Tournament champion Atlantic Sun 34–26 Tournament champion A-10 47–10 Tournament champion Big East 38–19 Tournament champion Big South 48–11 Tournament champion Big Ten 37–22 Tournament champion Big 12 44–16 Tournament champion Big West 37–19 Regular-season champion CAA VCU 37–21 Tournament champion Conference USA 49–12 Tournament champion Horizon League 34–19 Tournament champion Ivy League 27–19 Championship series winner MAAC 34–17 Tournament champion MAC 33–24 Tournament champion Mid-Con 40–15 Tournament champion MEAC 33–25 Tournament champion Missouri Valley 44–14 Tournament champion MWC 46–12 Tournament champion NEC 36–22 Tournament champion OVC 39–20 Tournament champion Pac-10 Arizona State 43–13 Regular-season champion Patriot League 33–18 Tournament champion SEC 46–10 Tournament champion SoCon 30–31 Tournament champion Southland 38–22 Tournament champion SWAC 34–23 Tournament champion Sun Belt 37–24 Tournament champion WCC 43–16 Championship series winner WAC 36–27 Tournament champion
Bids by conference Conference Total Schools Atlantic Coast 7 Clemson, , , North Carolina, , , Big 12 6 , Missouri, , , , Southeastern 5 , , Mississippi State, , Big West 4 , , Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA 4 , , , Pacific-10 4 Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon State, Big East 3 , , Big Ten 3 , , Sun Belt 3 Louisiana–Lafayette, , Atlantic Sun 2 , Missouri Valley 2 , Southern 2 , WCC 2 , Atlantic 10 1 America East 1 Big South 1 Colonial 1 VCU Horizon 1 Ivy 1 Metro Atlantic 1 Mid-American 1 Mid-Con 1 Mid-Eastern 1 Mountain West 1 Northeast 1 Ohio Valley 1 Patriot 1 Southland 1 Southwestern 1 Western Athletic 1
National seeds Bold indicates CWS participant.
North Carolina
Arizona State
Regionals and super regionals
Schedule Regional rounds were held Friday, June 1, through Monday, June 4. Each regional followed a similar format, with two games played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday if needed (many regionals in the southern U.S. had their schedules adversely affected by rain) Day Game Teams Fri. 6/1/07 1 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice) 2 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice)Sat. 6/2/07 3 Loser Games 1 & 2 4 Winner Games 1 & 2Sun. 6/3/07 5 Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4 6 Winner Games 4 & 5Mon. 6/4/07 7 if needed, only if winner of game 5 wins game 6
Best-of-three super regionals were held Friday, June 8 through Monday, June 11. Four series were played Friday-Sunday and four series were played Saturday-Monday.
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
Corvallis Super Regional Hosted by Oregon State at Goss Stadium
Houston Super Regional Hosted by Rice at Reckling Park
Chapel Hill Super Regional Hosted by North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium
Wichita Super Regional Hosted by Wichita State at Eck Stadium
Tempe Super Regional Hosted by Arizona State at Packard Stadium
Starkville Super Regional Hosted by Mississippi State at Dudy Noble Field
Louisville Super Regional Hosted by Louisville at Jim Patterson Stadium
Fullerton Super Regional Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field
Tournament notes Albany, Brown, and Wofford were making their first NCAA tournament appearance. Oregon State is one of only six teams (South Carolina: 2010–2011, LSU: 1996–1997, Stanford: 1987–1988, Southern California: 1970–1974, Texas: 1949–1950) to win consecutive CWS titles. Oregon State is also the first team to repeat as champion since the CWS switched to the current 3-game championship series. Oregon State is the first champion to make it back to the CWS the year after they won title since Texas appeared in the 2003 after winning it in 2002 The 2007 Oregon State Beavers are the first CWS champions with a conference record of less than .500 (10–14) Louisville is the second school whose athletic teams have played in a Final Four, BCS bowl game, and a College World Series within the last three years. Florida is the other school. 2007 marks the 15th year in a row that the SEC has had at least one team make it to Omaha. 2007 marks the second time the College World Series champions and runners-up are the same two consecutive years.
CWS records tied or broken Oregon State became the first team to win four games by six or more runs in the CWS. As of 2021, 2007 Oregon State remains the final team to win four games by six or more runs in the CWS. Oregon State became the first team to win the CWS while having a losing record in regular season conference play. North Carolina's Rob Wooten pitched in a record 6 games in a single CWS. North Carolina tied a CWS record by turning five double plays in game one of the final series against Oregon State. North Carolina used a CWS record eight pitchers in its Game 6 loss to Rice. Game 7 between UC-Irvine and Cal State-Fullerton went 13 innings and lasted 5 hours and 40 minutes. It was the longest game in terms of time in College World Series history. The game also had the most hit-by-pitches (eight) and reportedly used and lost 96 balls, the most ever. The previous record was 84 balls lost. Louisville's Logan Johnson tied the CWS record with four home runs. By beating Arizona State, UC-Irvine became the first team in CWS history to win two extra-inning games back to back. A CWS record number of batters were hit by pitches during the series.
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances Best CWS finish CWS recordNot including this year Arizona State Pac-10 48–13 (19–5) Pat Murphy 19(last: 2005) 1st(1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) 58–32 Cal State Fullerton Big West 38–23 (10–11) George Horton 14(last: 2006) 1st(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004) 34–23 Big East 46–22 (19–8) Dan McDonnell 0(last: none) none 0–0 Mississippi State SEC 38–20 (15–13) Ron Polk 7(last: 1998) 3rd(1985) 7–14 North Carolina ACC 53–13 (21–9) Mike Fox 5(last: 2006) 2nd(2006) 6–10 Oregon State Pac-10 44–18 (10–14) Pat Casey 3(last: 2006) 1st(2006) 6–6 C-USA 54–12 (22–2) Wayne Graham 5(last: 2006) 1st(2003) 8–9 Big West 45–15–1 (15–6) Dave Serrano 0(last: none) none 0–0
Bracket
Championship series
Saturday 6/23
Game 14: 6:00 pm
Sunday 6/24
Game 15: 6:00 pm
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Jorge Reyes (MOP) Oregon State Andrew Carignan C Mitch Canham Oregon State 1B Dustin Ackley 2B Joey Wong Oregon State 3B Diego Seastrunk Rice SS Darwin Barney Oregon State OF Bryan Petersen UC Irvine Tim Fedroff Scott Santschi Oregon State DH Mike Lissman Oregon State
Tournament performance by conference Conference Tournament record Percentage Schools to super regionals Schools to CWS Pacific-10 21–6 0.778 Arizona St, Oregon St, UCLA Arizona St, Oregon St Big West 14–7 0.667 UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton SEC 17–10 0.630 Ole Miss, Mississippi St, South Carolina Mississippi St Big East 10–8 0.556 Louisville Louisville ACC 19–16 0.543 Clemson, North Carolina North Carolina Big 12 15–13 0.536 Oklahoma St, Texas A&M Conference USA 9–8 0.529 Rice Rice Missouri Valley 5–5 0.500 Wichita State Atlantic 10 2–2 0.500 Big South 2–2 0.500 Mountain West 2–2 0.500 Southland 2–2 0.500 Western Athletic 2–2 0.500 Big 10 5–7 0.417 Michigan Sun Belt 3–6 0.333 Southern 2–4 0.333 Horizon 1–2 0.333 Ohio Valley 1–2 0.333 Atlantic Sun 1–4 0.200 America East 0–2 0.000 Colonial 0–2 0.000 Ivy 0–2 0.000 Metro Atlantic 0–2 0.000 Mid-American 0–2 0.000 Mid-Con 0–2 0.000 Mid-Eastern 0–2 0.000 Northeast 0–2 0.000 Patriot 0–2 0.000 Southwestern Athletic 0–2 0.000 WCC 0–4 0.000
See also 2007 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 2007 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 2007 NAIA World Series
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