2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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The 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was held from May 30 through June 25, 2008 and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 26, 2008. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Thirty-eight of the 64 selected teams participated in the 2007 tournament.

The 2008 tournament culminated with 8 teams advancing to the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 14.

The Fresno State Bulldogs beat the Georgia Bulldogs in the best-of-three championship series to win the NCAA Men's Division I Baseball Championship. Fresno State became the lowest seeded team (4th in the Regionals) to win the National Championship in NCAA history, and the fifth consecutive baseball team to win the title that was not one of the eight national seeds. They were considered a "Cinderella" team throughout the tournament. This was only the third national championship of any kind in school history, following the 1968 NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament and the 1998 NCAA Division I softball national champions.

Fresno State sophomore third baseman Tommy Mendonca won the Most Outstanding Player Award. Tommy hit four home runs and had 11 RBIs and also made a number of spectacular plays in the field.

The first day of the 2008 CWS was moved to Saturday (June 14) from the traditional Friday. Also, if all games were needed in the first double-elimination round, it would take eight days to complete rather than seven. The NCAA cited the need to be more flexible in the super-regional round in case of inclement weather. It also allowed for greater potential ticket revenue, in part because the extra "if-necessary" day would now be ticketed separately if both games are played.[1]

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.

School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA appearance
Template:CBSB link Pacific-10 45–11 (16–8) Won Pac-10 2007 (College World Series)
Template:CBSB link MEAC 36–20 (17–1) Won MEAC tourney 2007 (Tallahassee Regional)
Template:CBSB link Patriot League 29–22 (10–10) Won Patriot playoff 2003 (Austin Regional)
Template:CBSB link Atlantic 10 43–14 (19–8) Won A-10 tournament 2007 (Columbia, S.C. Regional)
Template:CBSB link Big South 47–12 (17–3) Won Big South tourney 2007 (Myrtle Beach Regional)
Template:CBSB link Ivy League 22–28 (15–5) Won Ivy playoff 1976 (Northeast Regional)
Template:CBSB link Ohio Valley 27–28 (13–13) Won OVC tournament 1999 (Waco Regional)
Template:CBSB link Mid-American 25–32 (15–8) Won MAC tournament 2003 (Lincoln Regional)
Template:CBSB link SoCon 43–16 (19–8) Won SoCon tourney 2006 (Clemson Regional)
Fresno State WAC 37–27 (14–10) Won WAC tourney 2007 (San Diego Regional)
Template:CBSB link C-USA 39–22 (19–11) Won C-USA tourney 2006 (Norman Regional)
Template:CBSB link Horizon 34–20 (17–6) Won Horizon tourney 2007 (Long Beach Regional)
Template:CBSB link Colonial Athletic 38–17 (20–9) Won CAA tourney 2002 (Columbia Regional)
Template:CBSB link A-Sun 32–28 (19–14) Won A-Sun tourney First appearance
Template:CBSB link Big West 37–19 (16–8) Won Big West 2007 (Long Beach Reg.)
Template:CBSB link Big East 41–19 (16–11) Won Big East tourney 2007 (College World Series)
LSU SEC 43–16 (18–11) Won SEC Tournament 2005 (Baton Rouge Reg.)
Miami (FL) ACC 47–8 (23–5) Won ACC tourney 2007 (Columbia, Mo., Regional)
Template:CBSB link Big Ten 45–12 (26–5) Won Big Ten tourney 2007 (Corvallis Super Regional)
Template:CBSB link NEC 21–32 (13–11) Won NEC tourney First appearance
Template:CBSB link Summit 46–12 (24–4) Won Summit tourney 2007 (Wichita Regional)
Template:CBSB link Metro Atlantic 29–25 (13–10) Won MAAC tourney 1994 (Atlantic I Regional)
Template:CBSB link Southland 37–23 (18–12) Won Southland tourney 2007 (Oxford Regional)
Template:CBSB link WCC 41–15 (16–5) Won WCC playoff 2007 (San Diego Regional)
Template:CBSB link America East 34–24 (14–10) Won AmEast tourney 2004 (Kinston Regional)
Template:CBSB link Big 12 37–20 (15–12) Won Big 12 tourney 2007 (Round Rock Regional)
Template:CBSB link MWC 43–17 (19–5) Won MWC tourney 2007 (Houston Regional)
Template:CBSB link SWAC 16–32 (7–17) Won SWAC tourney 2004 (Houston Regional)
Template:CBSB link Sun Belt 33–25 (16–14) Won SBC tourney 2004 (Oxford Regional)
Wichita State Missouri Valley 44–15 (19–5) Won MVC tourney 2007 (Wichita Super Regional)

Bids by conference

Conference Total Schools
Southeastern 9 Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Vanderbilt
Atlantic Coast 6 Florida State, Template:CBSB link, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link
Big 12 6 Missouri, Nebraska, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link
Pacific-10 5 Arizona, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Stanford, UCLA
Conference USA 5 Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link
Big West 4 Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link
Big East 2 Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link
Colonial 2 Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link
Sun Belt 2 Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link
WCC 2 Template:CBSB link, Template:CBSB link
Atlantic Sun 1 Template:CBSB link
Atlantic 10 1 Template:CBSB link
America East 1 Template:CBSB link
Big South 1 Template:CBSB link
Big Ten 1 Template:CBSB link
Horizon 1 Template:CBSB link
Independent 1 Template:CBSB link
Ivy 1 Template:CBSB link
Metro Atlantic 1 Template:CBSB link
Mid-American 1 Template:CBSB link
Mid-Eastern 1 Template:CBSB link
Missouri Valley 1 Wichita State
Mountain West 1 Template:CBSB link
Northeast 1 Template:CBSB link
Ohio Valley 1 Template:CBSB link
Patriot 1 Template:CBSB link
Southern 1 Template:CBSB link
Southland 1 Template:CBSB link
Southwestern 1 Template:CBSB link
Summit 1 Template:CBSB link
Western Athletic 1 Fresno State

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

  1. Miami (FL) (47–8)
  2. North Carolina (46–12)
  3. Template:CBSB link (45–11)
  4. Florida State (48–10)
  5. Template:CBSB link (37–19)
  6. Template:CBSB link (42–13)
  7. LSU (43-16-1)
  8. Georgia (35-21-1)

Regionals and super regionals

Regional schedule

Regional rounds were held Friday, May 30 through Monday, June 2. Each regional followed a similar format, with 2 games played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday if needed.

Day Game Teams
Fri. 5/30/08 1 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
2 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
Sat. 5/31/08 3 Loser Games 1 & 2
4 Winner Games 1 & 2
Sun. 6/1/08 5 Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4
6 Winner Games 4 & 5
Mon. 6/2/08 7 if needed, only if winner of game 5 wins game 6

Best-of-three super regionals were held Friday, June 6 through Monday, June 9. Four series were played Friday-Sunday and four series were played Saturday-Monday.

Brackets

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.


Coral Gables Super Regional

Hosted by Miami (FL) at Mark Light Field Template:8TeamBracket-2Elim-Double

Athens Super Regional

Hosted by Georgia at Foley Field Template:8TeamBracket-2Elim-Double

Fullerton Super Regional

Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field Template:8TeamBracket-2Elim-Double

Tallahassee Super Regional

Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium Template:8TeamBracket-2Elim-Double

Cary Super Regional

Hosted by North Carolina at USA Baseball National Training Complex Template:8TeamBracket-2Elim-Double

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Hosted by LSU at Alex Box Stadium Template:8TeamBracket-2Elim-Double

Houston Super Regional

Hosted by Rice at Reckling Park Template:8TeamBracket-2Elim-Double

Tempe Super Regional

Hosted by Arizona State at Packard Stadium Template:8TeamBracket-2Elim-Double

College World Series

Participants

School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances Best CWS finish CWS record
Not including this year
Florida State ACC 54–12 (24–6) Mike Martin 18
(last: 2000)		 2nd
(1970, 1986, 1999)		 25–36
Fresno State WAC 42–29 (21–11) Mike Batesole 3
(last: 1991)		 3rd
(1959)		 4–6
Georgia SEC 41–23–1 (20–9–1) David Perno 5
(last: 2006)		 1st
(1990)		 6–9
LSU SEC 48–17–1 (18–11–1) Paul Mainieri 13
(last: 2004)		 1st
(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000)		 29–17
Miami (FL) ACC 52–9 (23–5) Jim Morris 22
(last: 2006)		 1st
(1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)		 46–36
North Carolina ACC 51–12 (22–7) Mike Fox 6
(last: 2007)		 2nd
(2006, 2007)		 10–13
Template:CBSB link C-USA 47–13 (21–3) Wayne Graham 6
(last: 2008)		 1st
(2003)		 10–11
Stanford Pac-10 39–22–2 (14–10) Mark Marquess 15
(last: 2003)		 1st
(1987, 1988)		 38–27

Bracket

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Championship series

Monday, June 23

Game 14, 6:00 PM
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#8 Georgia (4–0), (1–0) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 x 7 10 1
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Tuesday, June 24

Game 15, 6:35 PM
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#8 Georgia (4–1), (1–1) 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 15 0
Fresno State (4–2), (1–1) 0 0 6 5 4 0 3 1 x 19 19 3
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Wednesday, June 25

Game 16, 6:00 PM
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Fresno State (5–2), (2–1) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 8 4
#8 Georgia (4–2), (1–2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 2
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All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Position Player School
P Alex White style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />North Carolina
Justin Wilson style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Fresno State
C Jason Castro style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Stanford
1B Dustin Ackley style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />North Carolina
2B Erik Wetzel style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Fresno State
3B Tommy Mendonca (MOP) style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Fresno State
SS Gordon Beckham style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia
OF Tim Fedroff style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|<templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />North Carolina
Steve Susdorf style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Fresno State
Steve Detwiler style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Fresno State
DH Ryan Peisel style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % RF SR WS NS CS NC
WAC 1 10–4 Template:Winpct 1 1 1 1 1 1
SEC 9 24–21 Template:Winpct 5 2 2 1 1 Script error: No such module "sort".
ACC 6 27–15 Template:Winpct 5 4 3 1 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
Pac-10 5 18–11 Template:Winpct 4 3 1 1 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
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Big West 4 10–9 Template:Winpct 2 2 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
Big 12 6 11–13 Template:Winpct 4 1 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
MVC 1 4–2 Template:Winpct 1 1 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
Big South 1 3–2 Template:Winpct 1 1 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
WCC 2 5–4 Template:Winpct 2 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
Colonial 2 3–4 Template:Winpct 1 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
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The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the regional finals, super regionals, College World Series teams, national semifinals, championship series, and national champion.

Tournament notes

  • Oregon State was not invited to the NCAA tournament, marking the first time since 1991 that the defending champion did not return to the following year's tourney (Georgia).
  • Clemson was not invited to the NCAA tournament, breaking a streak of consecutive appearances for the Tigers that dated back to the 1987 season.
  • Dallas Baptist made its first appearance. DBU was the first independent institution to qualify for the Division I tourney (other than Miami (Fla.), which kept an independent schedule during its years in the Big East) since Cal State Northridge did so in 1992.
  • Michigan was the only non-#1-seed selected to host a regional, forcing #1 seed Arizona to play an away regional, as the NCAA organizing committee said it was trying to maintain geographical balance with the host sites.[2]

Round 1

  • Four No. 1 seeded regional host schools, out of 16 total, lost first-round games to No. 4 seeds:
    • Georgia 7, Lipscomb 10
    • Stanford 2, UC Davis 4
    • Florida St. 0, Bucknell 7
    • Long Beach St. 3, Fresno State 7
  • Five No. 3 seeds upset No. 2 seeds in the opening round.

Round 2

  • Fresno State was the only #4 seed to register wins in the first two rounds of the tournament.
  • Tulane was the only #3 seed to register wins in the first two rounds of the tournament.
  • 9 of the 16 #1 seeds registered wins in the first two rounds of the tournament.

Super regionals

  • Six of the eight national seeds advanced to the College World Series. Only #3 seed Arizona State and #5 seed Cal State Fullerton were unable to make it past super regionals.
  • Fresno State became the first team in the history of the NCAA tournament to make it to the College World Series as a #4 regional seed.

CWS records tied or broken

  • Most runs scored in an inning: 11 (tied)(Stanford, 9th inning, Game 1 against Florida State)
  • Most runners left on base in a nine-inning game: 17 (tied) (Florida State, Game 5 against Miami)
  • Most doubles hit by a player: 3 (tied) by Rich Poythress Georgia against Stanford, Game 11.
  • Most losses by a team who won the College World Series: 31 (Fresno State)
  • Lowest seed to win the College World Series: #4 regional seed, #89 RPI (Fresno State)

Television/radio/online coverage

Regionals

Super regionals

Mike Gleason and Will Kimmey made up the studio team (in Bristol, Connecticut) for both regional and super-regional rounds.

College World Series

References

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See also

External links

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