The 16 regional sites, with host institutions and records through
Saturday, May 27, are as follows: Alabama (41-19), Tuscaloosa, Ala.;
Arkansas (38-19), Fayetteville, Ark.; Cal St. Fullerton (41-13),
Fullerton, Calif.; Clemson (46-14), Clemson, S.C.; Georgia (41-19),
Athens, Ga.; Georgia Tech (45-16), Atlanta; Kentucky (42-15),
Lexington, Ky.; Mississippi (39-20), Oxford, Miss.; Nebraska (42-14),
Lincoln, Neb.; North Carolina (45-13), Chapel Hill, N.C.; Oklahoma
(40-19), Norman, Okla.; Oregon St. (39-13), Corvallis, Oregon;
Pepperdine (39-19), Malibu, Calif.; Rice (49-10), Houston; Texas (40-
19), Austin, Texas; and Virginia (46-13), Charlottesville, Va.
By virtue of being awarded a regional, nine of the host institutions
also have been selected as at-large teams to the 64-team field.
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia, have made the field as at-large
selections. Clemson, Mississippi, Nebraska, Pepperdine, Rice, would
clinch automatic berths by winning their conference tournament
championship, which are scheduled for Sunday afternoon. A loss in
those tournament championship games makes them an at-large selection.
Cal St. Fullerton and Oregon St. already have clinched automatic
berths by virtue of winning the Big West Conference and Pacific-10
Conference, respectively. Each regional field features four teams,
playing a double-elimination format. All 16 regionals are scheduled
to be conducted from Friday, June 2, to Monday, June 5.
Kentucky and Pepperdine will host a regional for the first time,
while North Carolina, Oregon St. and Virginia are hosting for the
second time in school history. This will be the 22nd time that Texas
has hosted a regional, while Clemson (11th) is the only other
institution to host 10 or more times since the NCAA went to the
regional format in 1975. Georgia Tech is hosting a regional for the
eighth time, while Cal St. Fullerton (sixth), Oklahoma (sixth overall
and third time in Norman), Alabama (fifth), Nebraska (fifth), Rice
(fifth), Georgia (three) and Mississippi (three) have hosted in the
past as well.
Seven sites (Cal St. Fullerton, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Mississippi,
Nebraska, Oregon St. and Texas) also hosted in 2005.
The remaining at-large teams, top-eight national seeds, first-round
regional pairings and site assignments will be announced at 12:30
p.m. Eastern time, Monday, May 29, during a live, half-hour program
on ESPN. 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.ncaasports.com, Monday, June 5 at approximately Midnight (ET).
Thirty Division I conferences receive an automatic berth in the field
of 64, along with 34 at-large selections.
The 60th Men's College World Series begins play Friday, June 16, at
Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
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