Oklahoma State and TCU are two of the 16 regional sites for the 68th annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced Sunday evening.
For the ninth time in the past 10 years, the Big 12 has multiple teams hosting Regional play.
OSU is hosting a regional for the 11th times, while TCU is serving as a host for the fourth time. The nationally-ranked Horned Frogs will be making their 10th appearance in the last 11 years in the postseason and are hosting for the fourth time in program history. The Cowboys are 33-11 all time in Regional play on their current home field and have won six Regional titles, the last coming in 1993.
The 16 regional sites, with host institutions and records (through May 25) are as follows:
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana – LSU (44-14-1)
• Bloomington, Indiana – Indiana (42-13)
• Charlottesville, Virginia – Virginia (44-13)
• Coral Gables, Florida – Miami (Florida) (41-17)
• Corvallis, Oregon – Oregon State (42-12)
• Columbia, South Carolina – South Carolina (42-16)
• Fort Worth, Texas – TCU (42-15)
• Gainesville, Florida – Florida (40-21)
• Houston, Texas – Rice (41-18)
• Lafayette, Louisiana – Louisiana-Lafayette (53-7)
• Louisville, Kentucky – Louisville (45-15)
• Nashville, Tennessee – Vanderbilt (41-18)
• Oxford, Mississippi – Ole Miss (41-18)
• San Luis Obispo, California – Cal Poly (45-10)
• Stillwater, Oklahoma – Oklahoma State (45-16)
• Tallahassee, Florida – Florida State (43-15)
By virtue of being awarded a regional, all 16 host institutions have also been selected to the 64-team championship field. The remaining at-large teams, top-eight national seeds, first-round regional pairings and site assignments will be announced at 11 a.m. CT, Monday, May 26.
The one-hour program will be shown live on ESPNU. The committee will set the entire 64-team bracket through both the super regionals and the first round of the Men’s College World Series, and will not reseed the field after play begins.
Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.NCAA.com/cws, Monday, June 2 at approximately 11 p.m. (ET).
There are 31 Division I conferences which will receive an automatic berth in the field of 64, along with 33 at-large selections. The 68th Men’s College World Series begins play Saturday, June 14, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.