The 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 31, 2013, as part of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2013 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 15 and ended with the final round on June 25. The UCLA Bruins swept the Mississippi State Bulldogs in a best-of-three series to win the NCAA National Championship, the university's first in baseball and the 109th national title in all sports.
The 64 participating college baseball teams were selected from an eligible pool of 298 NCAA Division I programs. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their individual conferences. Additionally, 34 non-automatic qualifying teams were awarded at-large berths by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
The 64 teams were divided into sixteen regionals consisting of four teams each. All four teams, in each regional, competed in a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced one another in a best-of-three games series in their individual Super Regional based upon a predetermined bracketed system. This format determined the final eight participants to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
Fourteen of the sixteen original Regional hosts advanced to their respective Super Regional; the exceptions were the #8 national seed Oregon Ducks and the Virginia Tech Hokies.
For the first time in television history, ESPN provided live cut-ins and highlights from all 16 Regionals with the new Bases Loaded platform — similar to ESPN Goal Line and Buzzer Beater for college football and basketball.
Bids
Automatic bids School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA appearance America East 30–23 (16–13) Tournament 2009 (Greenville Regional) North Carolina ACC 52–8 (21–7) Tournament 2012 (Chapel Hill Regional) Atlantic Sun 36–22 (17–10) Tournament 1981 (Atlantic Regional) Atlantic 10 41–18 (17–7) Tournament 2010 (Louisville Regional) Big 12 40–19 (13–11) Tournament 2012 (Columbia Super Regional) Connecticut Big East 34–26 (9–15) Tournament 2011 (Columbia Super Regional) Big South 29–26 (13–11) Tournament 2000 (Columbia Regional) Indiana Big Ten 40–13 (17–7) Tournament 2009 (Louisville Regional) Cal State Fullerton Big West 48–8 (23–4) Regular season 2012 (Eugene Regional) Colonial 29–28 (14–13) Tournament 1991 (Northeast Regional) Conference USA 41-17(15–9) Tournament 2012 (Houston Regional) Horizon 31–26 (13–11) Tournament 2012 (Gary Regional) Columbia Ivy League 26–19 (16–4) Championship series 2008 (Conway Regional) Metro Atlantic 39–15 (13–9) Tournament First appearance Mid-American 24–28 (13–14) Tournament 1999 (Columbus Regional) Mid-Eastern 30–22 (17–7) Tournament First appearance Missouri Valley 34–25 (15–6) Tournament 2009 (Norman Regional) Mountain West 26–28 (15–15) Tournament 2009 (Irvine Regional) Northeast 40-15-1 (27–5) Tournament First appearance Ohio Valley 42–13 (22–7) Tournament 2012 (Eugene Regional) Oregon State Pac-12 45–10 (24–6) Regular season 2012 (Baton Rouge Regional) Patriot 29–21 (11–9) Tournament 2012 (Charlottesville Regional) LSU Southeastern 52–9 (23–7) Tournament 2012 (Baton Rouge Super Regional) Southern 28–28 (18–11) Tournament 2012 (Cary Regional) Southland 34–19 (12–15) Tournament First appearance Southwestern Athletic 34–20 (19–5) Tournament 2000 (Baton Rouge Regional) Summit 31–22 (16–10) Tournament First appearance Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 36–20 (19–11) Tournament 2010 (Gainesville Regional) West Coast 34–23 (15–9) Tournament 2012 (Los Angeles Regional) Western Athletic 33–22 (15–11) Tournament 2005 (Central Regional)
By conference Conference Total Schools SEC9 Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt ACC8 Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech Pac-12 4 Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA Sun Belt 4 Florida Atlantic, Louisiana–Lafayette, South Alabama, Troy Big 123 Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Big West3 Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara Colonial3 Towson, UNC Wilmington, William & Mary Atlantic Sun2 East Tennessee State, Mercer Big East2 Connecticut, Louisville Big South2 Coastal Carolina, Liberty Big Ten2 Illinois, Indiana Mountain West2 New Mexico, San Diego State Southland 2 Central Arkansas, Sam Houston State West Coast2 San Diego, San Francisco America East1 Binghamton Atlantic 101 Saint Louis Conference USA1 Rice Horizon1 Valparaiso Ivy1 Columbia MAAC1 Canisius Mid-American1 Bowling Green MEAC1 Savannah State Missouri Valley1 Wichita State NEC1 Bryant Ohio Valley1 Austin Peay State Patriot 1 Army Southern 1 Elon SWAC 1 Jackson State Summit1 South Dakota State WAC1 UTSA
National seeds These eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round. Oregon was the only team not to advance to the Super Regional.Bold indicates CWS participant. North Carolina Vanderbilt Oregon State LSU Cal State Fullerton Virginia Florida State Oregon
Regionals and Super Regionals Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
Chapel Hill Super Regional
Raleigh Super Regional
Fullerton Super Regional
Baton Rouge Super Regional
Corvallis Super Regional
Charlottesville Super Regional
Tallahassee Super Regional
Nashville Super Regional
College World Series The College World Series began on June 15, 2013, and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach Previous CWS Appearances Best CWS Finish CWS recordNot including this year Indiana Big Ten 48–14 (17–7) Tracy Smith none none 0–0 Louisville Big East 51–12 (20–4) Dan McDonnell 1(last: 2007) 5th(2007) 1–2 LSU SEC 57–9 (23–7) Paul Mainieri 15(last: 2009) 1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009) 35–20 Mississippi State SEC 48–18 (16–14) John Cohen 8(last: 2007) 3rd (1985) 7–16 North Carolina ACC 57–10 (21–7) Mike Fox 9(last: 2011) 2nd (2006, 2007) 15–19 NC State ACC 49–14 (19–10) Elliott Avent 1(last: 1968) 3rd(1968) 2–2 Oregon State Pac-12 50–11 (24–6) Pat Casey 4(last: 2007) 1st (2006, 2007) 11–6 UCLA Pac-12 44–17 (21–9) John Savage 4(last: 2012) 2nd(2010) 4–9
Bracket Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.
All times Eastern.
Championship Series
Game 1
Game 2
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Adam Plutko (MOP) UCLA Nick Vander Tuig UCLA C Brian Holberton 1B Wes Rea Mississippi State 2B Brett Pirtle Mississippi State 3B Colin Moran SS Pat Valaika UCLA OF Michael Conforto Oregon State Eric Filia UCLA Hunter Renfroe Mississippi State DH Trey Porter Mississippi State
Final standings Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only Place School Record 1st UCLA 10–0 2nd Mississippi State 8–3 3rd #1 North Carolina 7–4 #3 Oregon State 7–3 5th Indiana 6–2 NC State 6–2 7th Louisville 5–2 #4 LSU 5–2 9th #5 Cal State Fullerton 3–2 #7 Florida State 3–2 Kansas State 4–2 Oklahoma 3–2 Rice 3–3 South Carolina 4–2 #2 Vanderbilt 3–3 #6 Virginia 3–2 17th Arizona State 2–2 Arkansas 2–2 Austin Peay State 2–2 Central Arkansas 3–2 Elon 2–2 Florida Atlantic 3–2 Georgia Tech 3–2 Liberty 2–2 Louisiana–Lafayette 2–2 Oklahoma State 2–2 #8 Oregon 3–2 San Diego 2–2 Texas A&M 2–2 Troy 2–2 Virginia Tech 2–2 William & Mary 2–2 33rd Alabama 1–2 Bryant 1–2 Cal Poly 1–2 Clemson 1–2 Columbia 1–2 Connecticut 1–2 Illinois 1–2 Miami (FL) 1–2 Ole Miss 1–2 Sam Houston State 1–2 San Francisco 1–2 South Alabama 1–2 Towson 1–2 UC Santa Barbara 1–2 UNC Wilmington 1–2 Valparaiso 1–2 49th Army 0–2 Binghamton 0–2 Bowling Green 0–2 Canisius 0–2 Coastal Carolina 0–2 East Tennessee State 0–2 Florida 0–2 Jackson State 0–2 Mercer 0–2 New Mexico 0–2 Saint Louis 0–2 San Diego State 0–2 Savannah State 0–2 South Dakota State 0–2 UTSA 0–2 Wichita State 0–2
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %RFSRWSNSCSNCPac-12 4 22–7 4 2 2 2 1 1 Southeastern 9 26–20 6 4 2 1 1 Atlantic Coast 8 26–18 6 4 2 1 Big Ten 2 7–4 1 1 1 Big East 2 6–4 1 1 1 Big 12 3 9–6 3 2 Big West 3 5–6 1 1 Conf USA 1 3–3 1 1 Sun Belt 4 8–8 3 Colonial 3 4–6 1 Southland 2 4–4 1 West Coast 2 3–4 1 Big South 2 2–4 1 Atlantic Sun 2 0–4 Mountain West 2 0–4 7–30
The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.
Tournament notes
Round 1 Virginia Tech was the only #1 seed to be upset by a #4 seed (Connecticut) in its opening game. Cal Poly and William & Mary recorded their first-ever NCAA tournament wins. #3 seeds went 9–7 against #2 seeds in their opening games.
Round 2 After 2 rounds, 14 of the 16 #1 seeds were 2–0 (Virginia Tech & Oregon were 1–1 and knocked into the losers bracket). Three #4 seeds won elimination games on the 2nd day of the tournament: Central Arkansas, Columbia and Valparaiso.
Regional Finals Virginia Tech & Oregon were the only #1 seeds not advancing to the Super Regionals. Central Arkansas was the only #4 seed to reach a regional final (Starkville). All 4 teams which came from the losers' bracket and won to force an extra game, lost the 2nd game and failed to advance.
Super Regionals Game 2 between NC State and Rice went 17 innings, making it the fourth longest game in NCAA tournament history and the longest ever in the Super Regional round, which dates to 1999.
College World Series Indiana is the first Big Ten team to participate in the College World Series since 1984 (Michigan). With Mississippi State's win over Oregon State in the semifinals, it marks the sixth consecutive College World Series in which the Southeastern Conference has fielded a conference member in the finals. No top 8 national seed reached the CWS Finals for the first time since 2006. In the last four years, UCLA has made two appearances in the Finals and a Pac-12 Conference team has played in the Championship series three times. The Finals featured an SEC team against a Pac-10/12 team for the third time in four years. South Carolina defeated UCLA in 2010, and Arizona defeated South Carolina in 2012. Before 2010, teams from those conferences had met in the finals just once (2000). David Berg of UCLA set a new NCAA single-season record with his 24th save on June 24, 2013.Berg breaks record , NCAA.com, June 25, 2013 and made his 51st appearance of the season, becoming the first pitcher in NCAA history to record 50 or more appearances in multiple seasons. UCLA won its first NCAA baseball Championship, becoming the third team to win the Championship with a perfect 10–0 record, the first team to allow no more than one run in each game of the series, and the fourth straight team to sweep the CWS Finals. All-Tournament Team: Brian Holberton (C), NC; Wes Rea (1B), MSU.; Brett Pirtle (2B), MSU; Colin Moran (3B) NC; Pat Valaika (SS), UCLA; Michael Conforto (OF), OSU; Eric Filia (OF), UCLA; Hunter Renfroe (OF), MSU; Trey Porter (DH), MSU; Adam Plutko (P), UCLA (also the Most Outstanding Player); Nick Vander Tuig (P), UCLA. With the 8–0 shutout loss in game two of the finals, Mississippi State becomes the first team in twenty years to be held scoreless in the CWS finals, (Wichita State lost 8–0 to LSU in 1993), and only the sixth team in CWS history to be held scoreless in the finals. UCLA tied the Santa Clara CWS record for number of sacrifice bunts at 12, set in 1962. New attendance record was set on June 25 at 27,127.
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