2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament Regional Schedule

May 30, 2016 Matthew Dixon Leave a comment

2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament Regional Schedule

The 2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament teams have been announced. 64 teams will compete to play in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The bracket can be found here at the NCAA.com website.

Regional play begins on Friday, June 3 with 16 host sites with four teams in each regional employing a double-elimination format. Below are the 16 schools hosting a regional as well as the 64 teams that made the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball tournament.

Seed	Team	Record	Conference
1	Florida	47-13	SEC
2	Louisville	47-12	ACC
3	Miami (FL)	45-11	ACC
4	Texas A&M	45-14	SEC
5	Texas Tech	41-16	Big 12
6	Mississippi State	41-16-1	SEC
7	Clemson	42-18	ACC
8	LSU	42-18	SEC
Regional Host	North Carolina State	35-20	ACC
Regional Host	South Carolina	42-15	SEC
Regional Host	Louisiana Lafayette	41-19	Sun Belt
Regional Host	Virginia	37-20	ACC
Regional Host	TCU	42-15	Big 12
Regional Host	Ole Miss	43-17	SEC
Regional Host	Vanderbilt	43-17	SEC
Regional Host	Florida State	37-20	ACC

Conference	Team	Record	Route	Regional
American East	Binghamton	30-23	Tournament Champions	College Station
American	Connecticut	37-23	Tournament Champions	Gainesville
ACC	Clemson	42-18	Tournament Champions	Clemson
Atlantic 10	Rhode Island	30-25	Tournament Champions	Columbia
Atlantic Sun	Stetson	29-29	Tournament Champions	Coral Gables
Big 12	TCU	42-15	Tournament Champions	Fort Worth
Big East	Xavier	30-28	Tournament Champions	Nashville
Big South	Coastal Carolina	44-15	Tournament Champions	Raleigh
Big Ten	Ohio State	43-18-1	Tournament Champions	Louisville
Big West	Cal State Fullerton	35-21	Regular Season Champions	Starkville
Colonial	William & Mary	29-29	Tournament Champions	Charlottesville
C-USA	Southern Miss	40-18	Tournament Champions	Tallahassee
Horizon	Wright State	44-15	Tournament Champions	Louisville
Ivy	Princeton	24-19	Championship Series Winner	Lafayette
Metro Atlantic	Fairfield	32-24	Tournament Champions	Lubbock
Mid-American	Western Michigan	22-32	Tournament Champions	Louisville
Mid-Eastern	Bethune-Cookman	29-25	Tournament Champions	Gainesville
Missouri Valley	Dallas Baptist	41-17	Tournament Champions	Lubbock
Mountain West	New Mexico	38-21	Tournament Champions	Lubbock
Northeast	Bryant	47-10	Tournament Champions	Charlottesville
Ohio Valley	Southeast Missouri State	39-19	Tournament Champions	Starkville
Pac-12	Utah	25-27	Regular Season Champions	Oxford
Patriot	Navy	42-14-1	Tournament Champions	Raleigh
SEC	Texas A&M	45-14	Tournament Champions	College Station
Southern	Western Carolina	30-29	Tournament Champions	Clemson
Southland	Sam Houston State	41-20	Tournament Champions	Lafayette
SWAC	Alabama State	38-15	Tournament Champions	Tallahassee
Summit	Oral Roberts	38-19	Tournament Champions	Fort Worth
Sun Belt	Louisiana Lafayette	41-19	Tournament Champions	Lafayette
WAC	Utah Valley	37-21	Tournament Champions	Baton Rouge
West Coast	Saint Mary's	33-23	Tournament Champions	Raleigh
ACC	Boston College	31-20	At-Large	Oxford
ACC	Duke	33-22	At-Large	Columbia
ACC	Florida State	37-20	At-Large	Tallahassee
ACC	Georgia Tech	36-23	At-Large	Gainesville
ACC	Louisville	47-12	At-Large	Louisville
ACC	Miami (FL)	45-11	At-Large	Coral Gables
ACC	North Carolina State	35-20	At-Large	Raleigh
ACC	Virginia	37-20	At-Large	Charlottesville
ACC	Wake Forest	34-25	At-Large	College Station
American	East Carolina	34-21	At-Large	Charlottesville
American	Tulane	39-19	At-Large	Oxford
Big 12	Oklahoma State	36-20	At-Large	Clemson
Big 12	Texas Tech	41-16	At-Large	Lubbock
Big Ten	Minnesota	34-20	At-Large	College Station
Big Ten	Nebraska	37-20	At-Large	Clemson
Big West	Long Beach State	36-20	At-Large	Coral Gables
Big West	UC Santa Barbara	37-18	At-Large	Nashville
Colonial	UNC Wilmington	39-17	At-Large	Columbia
C-USA	Florida Atlantic	38-17	At-Large	Coral Gables
C-USA	Louisiana Tech	40-18	At-Large	Starkville
C-USA	Rice	35-22	At-Large	Baton Rouge
Pac-12	Arizona	38-20	At-Large	Lafayette
Pac-12	Arizona State	34-21	At-Large	Fort Worth
Pac-12	Washington	32-21	At-Large	Nashville
SEC	Florida	47-13	At-Large	Gainesville
SEC	LSU	42-18	At-Large	Baton Rouge
SEC	Mississippi State	41-16-1	At-Large	Starkville
SEC	Ole Miss	43-17	At-Large	Oxford
SEC	South Carolina	42-15	At-Large	Columbia
SEC	Vanderbilt	43-17	At-Large	Nashville
Southland	Southeastern Louisiana	39-19	At-Large	Baton Rouge
Sun Belt	South Alabama	40-20	At-Large	Tallahassee
West Coast	Gonzaga	35-19	At-Large	Fort Worth

Regional Schedules

Below are the schedules for each of the 16 regionals. Game times for the first day are known, while the game times for other days will be filled in as they are known.

Gainesville Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	1 PM	Connecticut	Georgia Tech	7-6
6/3/2016	Game #2	6 PM	Bethune-Cookman	#1 Florida	3-9
6/4/2016	Game #3	12 PM	Georgia Tech	Bethune-Cookman	12-3	Bethune-Cookman
6/4/2016	Game #4	6 PM	#1 Florida	Connecticut	6-5
6/5/2016	Game #5	12 PM	Georgia Tech	Connecticut	7-5	Connecticut Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	7:30 PM	#1 Florida	Georgia Tech	10-1	Georgia Tech Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~6 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Tallahassee Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	12 PM	South Alabama	Southern Miss	2-14
6/3/2016	Game #2	6 PM	Alabama State	Florida State	6-18
6/4/2016	Game #3	12 PM	Alabama State	South Alabama	3-6	Alabama State Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	6 PM	Southern Miss	Florida State	2-7
6/5/2016	Game #5	12 PM	Southern Miss	South Alabama	5-7	Southern Miss Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	6 PM	Florida State	South Alabama	18-6	South Alabama Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~6 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Raleigh Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	2 PM	Saint Mary's (CA)	Coastal Carolina	2-5
6/3/2016	Game #2	7 PM	Navy	NC State	8-13
6/4/2016	Game #3	1 PM	Navy	Saint Mary's (CA)	8-5 (13 Innings)	Saint Mary's (CA) Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #4	12:30 PM	Coastal Carolina	NC State	4-0	Game postponed due to weather
6/5/2016	Game #5	1 PM	NC State	Navy	17-1	Navy Eliminated
6/6/2016	Game #6	1 PM	NC State	Coastal Carolina	8-1	Possible Elimination Game
6/6/2016	Game #7	6 PM	Coastal Carolina	NC State	7-5	NC State Eliminated

Baton Rouge Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	3 PM	Utah Valley	#8 LSU	1-7
6/5/2016	Game #2	12 PM	SE Louisiana	Rice	2-7	Game postponed to 6/5/16 due to weather
6/5/2016	Game #3	4 PM	SE Louisiana	Utah Valley	3-2	Utah Valley Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #4	8 PM	Rice	#8 LSU	2-4
6/6/2016	Game #5	3 PM	Rice	SE Louisiana	15-0	SE Louisiana Eliminated
6/6/2016	Game #6	8 PM	#8 LSU	Rice	6-10	Possible Elimination Game
6/7/2016	Game #7	8 PM	#8 LSU	Rice	5-2	Rice Eliminated

Lubbock Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	3 PM	Fairfield	#5 Texas Tech	1-12
6/3/2016	Game #2	7 PM	New Mexico	Dallas Baptist	12-6
6/4/2016	Game #3	3 PM	Dallas Baptist	Fairfield	8-5	Fairfield Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	7 PM	#5 Texas Tech	New Mexico	4-3
6/5/2016	Game #5	3 PM	Dallas Baptist	New Mexico	5-3	New Mexico Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	7 PM	#5 Texas Tech	Dallas Baptist	6-10	Possible Elimination Game
6/6/2016	Game #7	3 PM	Dallas Baptist	#5 Texas Tech	3-5	Dallas Baptist Eliminated

Charlottesville Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	11 AM	William & Mary	Virginia	4-17
6/3/2016	Game #2	6 PM	East Carolina	Bryant	9-1
6/4/2016	Game #3	11 AM	Bryant	William & Mary	3-4	Bryant Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	4 PM	Virginia	East Carolina	6-8
6/5/2016	Game #5	11 AM	Virginia	William & Mary	4-5	Virginia Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	3 PM	William & Mary	East Carolina	4-8	William & Mary Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~6 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Fort Worth Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	3 PM	Gonzaga	Arizona State	5-1
6/3/2016	Game #2	7:30 PM	Oral Roberts	TCU	0-7
6/4/2016	Game #3	3 PM	Arizona State	Oral Roberts	4-1	Oral Roberts Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	7:30 PM	TCU	Gonzaga	4-3
6/5/2016	Game #5	3 PM	Arizona State	Gonzaga	6-3	Gonzaga Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	7:30 PM	TCU	Arizona State	8-1	Arizona State Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~7:30 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

College Station Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	4 PM	Wake Forest	Minnesota	5-3
6/3/2016	Game #2	9 PM	Binghamton	#4 Texas A&M	2-4
6/4/2016	Game #3	4 PM	Minnesota	Binghamton	8-5	Binghamton Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	9 PM	#4 Texas A&M	Wake Forest	22-2
6/5/2016	Game #5	4 PM	Minnesota	Wake Forest	8-3	Wake Forest Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	9 PM	#4 Texas A&M	Minnesota	8-2	Minnesota Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~9 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Louisville Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	2 PM	Wright State	Ohio State	6-7
6/3/2016	Game #2	6 PM	Western Michigan	#2 Louisville	1-6
6/4/2016	Game #3	12 PM	Wright State	Western Michigan	10-3	Western Michigan Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	4 PM	Ohio State	#2 Louisville	3-15
6/5/2016	Game #5	12 PM	Ohio State	Wright State	3-7	Ohio State Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	4 PM	#2 Louisville	Wright State	3-1	Wright State Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~4 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Nashville Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	3 PM	Washington	UC Santa Barbara	2-3 (14 Innings)
6/4/2016	Game #2	1 PM	Xavier	Vanderbilt	15-1	Game Postponed to 6/4 due to weather
6/4/2016	Game #3	5 PM	Vanderbilt	Washington	8-9	Vanderbilt Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #4	3 PM	UC Santa Barbara	Xavier	5-4	Game Postponed to 6/5 due to late start
6/5/2016	Game #5	9 PM	Xavier	Washington	7-5	Washington Eliminated
6/6/2016	Game #6	3 PM	UC Santa Barbara	Xavier	14-5	Xavier Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~9 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Columbia Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	1 PM	Duke	UNC Wilmington	1-11
6/3/2016	Game #2	7 PM	Rhode Island	South Carolina	5-4
6/4/2016	Game #3	12 PM	South Carolina	Duke	4-2	Duke Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	6 PM	UNC Wilmington	Rhode Island	11-7
6/5/2016	Game #5	12 PM	South Carolina	Rhode Island	23-2	Rhode Island Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	6 PM	UNC Wilmington	South Carolina	1-10
6/7/2016	Game #7	2 PM	South Carolina	UNC Wilmington	10-5	UNC Wilmington Eliminated

Clemson Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	12 PM	Nebraska	Oklahoma State	0-6
6/3/2016	Game #2	7 PM	Western Carolina	#7 Clemson	10-24
6/4/2016	Game #3	12 PM	Western Carolina	Nebraska	4-1	Nebraska Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	7 PM	Oklahoma State	#7 Clemson	12-2
6/5/2016	Game #5	5 PM	#7 Clemson	Western Carolina	15-3	Western Carolina Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	9 PM	#7 Clemson	Oklahoma State	2-9	Clemson Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~7 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Starkville Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	2:30 PM	SE Missouri State	#6 Mississippi State	5-9
6/3/2016	Game #2	7:30 PM	Louisiana Tech	Cal State Fullerton	0-1
6/4/2016	Game #3	2:30 PM	SE Missouri State	Louisiana Tech	4-9	SE Missouri State Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	7:30 PM	#6 Mississippi State	Cal State Fullerton	4-1
6/5/2016	Game #5	2:30 PM	Cal State Fullerton	Louisiana Tech	2-6	Cal State Fullerton Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	7:30 PM	Louisiana Tech	#6 Mississippi State	0-4	Louisiana Tech Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~7:30 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Lafayette Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	2 PM	Sam Houston State	Arizona	3-7
6/3/2016	Game #2	8 PM	Princeton	Louisiana Lafayette	3-5
6/4/2016	Game #3	2 PM	Princeton	Sam Houston State	2-7	Princeton Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #4	2 PM	Arizona	Louisiana Lafayette	3-10
6/5/2016	Game #5	8 PM	Arizona	Sam Houston State	6-5	Sam Houston State Eliminated
6/6/2016	Game #6	2 PM	Louisiana Lafayette	Arizona	3-6	Possible Elimination Game
6/6/2016	Game #7	8 PM	Louisiana Lafayette	Arizona	1-3	Louisiana Lafayette Eliminated

Oxford Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	4 PM	Boston College	Tulane	7-2
6/3/2016	Game #2	8 PM	Utah	Ole Miss	5-4 (10 Innings)
6/4/2016	Game #3	2 PM	Tulane	Ole Miss	6-5	Ole Miss Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	6 PM	Utah	Boston College	3-4
6/5/2016	Game #5	2 PM	Tulane	Utah	4-1	Utah Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	6 PM	Boston College	Tulane	6-3	Tulane Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~8 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Coral Gables Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/3/2016	Game #1	1 PM	Long Beach State	Florida Atlantic	5-1
6/3/2016	Game #2	7 PM	Stetson	#3 Miami (FL)	2-4
6/4/2016	Game #3	1 PM	Florida Atlantic	Stetson	8-4	Stetson Elminated
6/4/2016	Game #4	7 PM	#3 Miami (FL)	Long Beach State	4-3 (11 Innings)
6/5/2016	Game #5	1 PM	Florida Atlantic	Long Beach State	1-5	Florida Atlantic Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #6	7 PM	Long Beach State	#3 Miami (FL)	8-9	Long Beach State Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~7 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Friday Schedule by Game Time

Below is a table showing the schedule for Friday’s regional action sorted by game time.

Date	Time	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes	Regional
6/3/2016	11:00 AM	William & Mary	Virginia	4-17		Charlottesville
6/3/2016	12:00 PM	Nebraska	Oklahoma State	0-6		Clemson
6/3/2016	12:00 PM	South Alabama	Southern Miss	2-14		Tallahassee
6/3/2016	1:00 PM	Connecticut	Georgia Tech	7-6		Gainesville
6/3/2016	1:00 PM	Long Beach State	Florida Atlantic	5-1		Coral Gables
6/3/2016	1:00 PM	Duke	UNC Wilmington	1-11		Columbia
6/3/2016	2:00 PM	Saint Mary's	Coastal Carolina	2-5		Raleigh
6/3/2016	2:00 PM	Wright State	Ohio State	6-7		Louisville
6/3/2016	2:00 PM	Sam Houston State	Arizona	3-7		Lafayette
6/3/2016	2:30 PM	SE Missouri State	#6 Mississippi State	5-9		Starkville
6/3/2016	3:00 PM	Fairfield	#5 Texas Tech	1-12		Lubbock
6/3/2016	3:00 PM	Utah Valley	#8 LSU	1-7		Baton Rouge
6/3/2016	3:00 PM	Gonzaga	Arizona State	5-1		Fort Worth
6/3/2016	3:00 PM	Washington	UC Santa Barbara	2-3 (14 Innings)		Nashville
6/3/2016	4:00 PM	Wake Forest	Minnesota	5-3		College Station
6/3/2016	4:00 PM	Boston College	Tulane	7-2		Oxford
6/3/2016	4:00 PM	East Carolina	Bryant	9-1		Charlottesville
6/3/2016	6:00 PM	Bethune-Cookman	#1 Florida	3-9		Gainesville
6/3/2016	6:00 PM	Western Michigan	#2 Louisville	1-6		Louisville
6/3/2016	6:00 PM	Alabama State	Florida State	6-18		Tallahassee
6/3/2016	7:00 PM	New Mexico	Dallas Baptist	12-6		Lubbock
6/3/2016	7:00 PM	Rhode Island	South Carolina	5-4		Columbia
6/3/2016	7:00 PM	Navy	NC State	8-13		Raleigh
6/3/2016	7:00 PM	Western Carolina	#7 Clemson	10-24		Clemson
6/3/2016	7:00 PM	Stetson	#3 Miami (FL)	2-4		Coral Gables
6/3/2016	7:30 PM	Oral Roberts	TCU	0-7		Fort Worth
6/3/2016	7:30 PM	Louisiana Tech	Cal State Fullerton		0-0 B7; Will be finished on 6/4	Starkville
6/3/2016	8:00 PM	Utah	Ole Miss	6-5 (10 Innings)		Oxford
6/3/2016	8:00 PM	SE Louisiana	Rice		Game postponed to 6/4/16 due to weather	Baton Rouge
6/3/2016	8:00 PM	Princeton	Louisiana Lafayette	3-5		Lafayette
6/3/2016	8:00 PM	Xavier	Vanderbilt		Game postponed to 6/4/16 due to weather	Nashville
6/3/2016	9:00 PM	Binghamton	#4 Texas A&M	2-4		College Station

Saturday Schedule by Game Time

Below is a table showing the schedule for Saturday’s regional action sorted by game time. Please note that some match ups are not known due to weather delays, but will be input when they are known.

Date	Time	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes	Regional
6/4/2016	10:00 AM	SE Louisiana	Rice		1-4 T7; Game will resume at 12 PM ET on 6/5/16	Baton Rouge
6/4/2016	11:00 AM	Bryant	William & Mary	3-4	Bryant Eliminated	Charlottesville
6/4/2016	11:00 AM	Louisiana Tech	Cal State Fullerton	0-1	Completion of Game from 6/3	Starkville
6/4/2016	12:00 PM	Arizona State	Oral Roberts	4-1	Oral Roberts Eliminated	Fort Worth
6/4/2016	12:00 PM	South Carolina	Duke	4-2	Duke Eliminated	Columbia
6/4/2016	12:00 PM	Alabama State	South Alabama	3-6	Alabama State Eliminated	Tallahassee
6/4/2016	12:00 PM	Western Carolina	Nebraska	4-1	Nebraska Eliminated	Clemson
6/4/2016	12:00 PM	Georgia Tech	Bethune-Cookman	12-3	Bethune-Cookman Eliminated	Gainesville
6/4/2016	12:00 PM	Wright State	Western Michigan	10-3	Western Michigan Elimianted	Louisville
6/4/2016	1:00 PM	Florida Atlantic	Stetson	8-4	Stetson Eliminated	Coral Gables
6/4/2016	1:00 PM	Xavier	Vanderbilt	15-1	Game Postponed From 6/3	Nashville
6/4/2016	1:00 PM	Navy	Saint Mary's (CA)	8-5 (13 Innings)	Saint Mary's (CA) Eliminated	Raleigh
6/4/2016	2:00 PM	Tulane	Ole Miss	6-5	Ole Miss Eliminated	Oxford
6/4/2016	2:00 PM	Princeton	Sam Houston State	2-7	Princeton Eliminated	Lafayette
6/4/2016	2:30 PM	SE Missouri State	Louisiana Tech	4-9	SE Missouri State Eliminated	Starkville
6/4/2016	3:00 PM	Dallas Baptist	Fairfield	8-5	Fairfield Eliminated	Lubbock
6/4/2016	3:00 PM	Utah Valley	Game #2 Loser		Game Postponed to 6/5 due to weather	Baton Rouge
6/4/2016	4:00 PM	Virginia	East Carolina	6-8		Charlottesville
6/4/2016	4:00 PM	Minnesota	Binghamton	8-5	Binghatmon Eliminated	College Station
6/4/2016	4:00 PM	Ohio State	#2 Louisville	3-15		Louisville
6/4/2016	5:00 PM	Vanderbilt	Washington	8-9	Vanderbilt Eliminated	Nashville
6/4/2016	6:00 PM	Utah	Boston College	3-4		Oxford
6/4/2016	6:00 PM	#1 Florida	Connecticut	6-5		Gainesville
6/4/2016	6:00 PM	Southern Miss	Florida State	2-7		Tallahassee
6/4/2016	6:00 PM	UNC Wilmington	Rhode Island	11-7		Columbia
6/4/2016	6:00 PM	Coastal Carolina	NC State		3-0 T9; Game postponed due to weather	Raleigh
6/4/2016	7:00 PM	#5 Texas Tech	New Mexico	4-3		Lubbock
6/4/2016	7:00 PM	#3 Miami (FL)	Long Beach State	4-3 (11 Innings)		Coral Gables
6/4/2016	7:00 PM	Oklahoma State	#7 Clemson	12-2		Clemson
6/4/2016	7:30 PM	TCU	Gonzaga	4-3		Fort Worth
6/4/2016	7:30 PM	#6 Mississippi State	Cal State Fullerton	4-1		Starkville
6/4/2016	8:00 PM	#8 LSU	Game #2 Winner		Game postponed to 6/5 due to weather	Baton Rouge
6/4/2016	8:00 PM	Arizona	Louisiana Lafayette		Game postponed due to late start	Lafayette
6/4/2016	9:00 PM	UC Santa Barbara	Xavier		Game postponed to 6/5 due to late start	Nashville
6/4/2016	9:00 PM	#4 Texas A&M	Wake Forest	22-2		College Station

Sunday Schedule by Game Time

Below is a table showing the schedule for Sunday’s regional action sorted by game time. Please note that some match ups are not known due to weather delays, but will be input when they are known.

Date	Time	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes	Regional
6/5/2016	11:00 AM	Virginia	William & Mary	4-5	Virginia Eliminated	Charlottesville
6/5/2016	12:00 PM	South Carolina	Rhode Island	23-2	Rhode Island Eliminated	Columbia
6/5/2016	12:00 PM	Ohio State	Wright State	3-7	Ohio State Eliminated	Louisville
6/5/2016	12:00 PM	SE Louisiana	Rice	2-7	Finish of Postponed Game	Baton Rouge
6/5/2016	12:00 PM	Southern Miss	South Alabama	5-7	Southern Miss Eliminated	Tallahassee
6/5/2016	12:00 PM	Georgia Tech	Connecticut	7-5	Connecticut Eliminated	Gainesville
6/5/2016	12:30 PM	Coastal Carolina	NC State	4-0	Finish of Postponed Game	Raleigh
6/5/2016	1:00 PM	NC State	Navy	17-1	Navy Eliminated	Raleigh
6/5/2016	1:00 PM	Florida Atlantic	Long Beach State	1-5	Florida Atlantic Eliminated	Coral Gables
6/5/2016	2:00 PM	Arizona	Louisiana Lafayette	3-10		Lafayette
6/5/2016	2:00 PM	Tulane	Utah	4-1	Utah Eliminated	Oxford
6/5/2016	2:30 PM	Cal State Fullerton	Louisiana Tech	2-6	Cal State Fullerton Eliminated	Starkville
6/5/2016	3:00 PM	William & Mary	East Carolina	4-8	William & Mary Eliminated	Charlottesville
6/5/2016	3:00 PM	Dallas Baptist	New Mexico	5-3	New Mexico Eliminated	Lubbock
6/5/2016	3:00 PM	Arizona State	Gonzaga	6-3	Gonzaga Elimianted	Fort Worth
6/5/2016	3:00 PM	UC Santa Barbara	Xavier	5-4		Nashville
6/5/2016	4:00 PM	#2 Louisville	Wright State	3-1	Wright State Eliminated	Louisville
6/5/2016	4:00 PM	SE Louisiana	Utah Valley	3-2	Utah Valley Eliminated	Baton Rouge
6/5/2016	4:00 PM	Minnesota	Wake Forest	8-3	Wake Forest Elimination	College Station
6/5/2016	5:00 PM	#7 Clemson	Western Carolina	15-3	Western Carolina Eliminated	Clemson
6/5/2016	6:00 PM	Florida State	South Alabama	18-6	South Alabama Eliminated	Tallahassee
6/5/2016	6:00 PM	Boston College	Tulane	6-3	Tulane Eliminated	Oxford
6/5/2016	6:00 PM	UNC Wilmington	South Carolina	1-10	Possible Elimination Game	Columbia
6/5/2016	7:00 PM	#5 Texas Tech	Dallas Baptist	6-10	Possible Elimination Game	Lubbock
6/5/2016	7:00 PM	Long Beach State	#3 Miami (FL)	8-9	Long Beach State Eliminated	Coral Gables
6/5/2016	7:30 PM	TCU	Arizona State	8-1	Arizona State Eliminated	Fort Worth
6/5/2016	7:30 PM	Louisiana Tech	#6 Mississippi State	0-4	Louisiana Tech Eliminated	Starkville
6/5/2016	7:30 PM	#1 Florida	Georgia Tech	10-1	Georgia Tech Eliminated	Gainesville
6/5/2016	8:00 PM	Arizona	Sam Houston State	6-5	Sam Houston State Eliminated	Lafayette
6/5/2016	8:00 PM	Rice	#8 LSU	2-4	Possible Elimination Game	Baton Rouge
6/5/2016	9:00 PM	#7 Clemson	Oklahoma State	2-9	Clemson Eliminated	Clemson
6/5/2016	9:00 PM	#4 Texas A&M	Minnesota	8-2	Minnesota Eliminated	College Station
6/5/2016	9:00 PM	Xavier	Washington	7-5	Washington Eliminated	Nashville

Monday Schedule by Game Time

Below is a table showing the schedule for Monday’s regional action sorted by game time. Please note that some match ups are not known due to weather delays over the weekend, but will be input when they are known.

Date	Time	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes	Regional
6/6/2016	1:00 PM	NC State	Coastal Carolina	8-1	Possible Elimination Game	Raleigh
6/6/2016	2:00 PM	Louisiana Lafayette	Arizona	3-6	Possible Elimination Game	Lafayette
6/6/2016	3:00 PM	Rice	SE Louisiana	15-0	SE Louisiana Eliminated	Baton Rouge
6/6/2016	3:00 PM	Dallas Baptist	#5 Texas Tech	3-5	Dallas Baptist Eliminated	Lubbock
6/6/2016	3:00 PM	UC Santa Barbara	Xavier	14-5	Xavier Eliminated	Nashville
6/6/2016	6:00 PM	Coastal Carolina	NC State		Finish postponed to 6/7; Elimination Game	Raleigh
6/6/2016	6:00 PM	South Carolina	UNC Wilmington		Elimination Game; Postponed to 6/7	Columbia
6/6/2016	8:00 PM	#8 LSU	Rice	6-10	Possible Elimination Game	Baton Rouge
6/6/2016	8:00 PM	Louisiana Lafayette	Arizona	1-3	Louisiana Lafayette Eliminated	Lafayette

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2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament Teams Released

May 30, 2016 Matthew Dixon Leave a comment

2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament Teams Released

The 2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament teams have been announced by the NCAA. 64 teams will compete to play in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The bracket can be found here at the NCAA.com website.

The 2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament begins on Friday, June 3 with regional play. The regionals will be broken down into 16 host locations featuring a double elimination. The 16 winners from the Regional round will then move on to play in the Super Regionals starting Friday, June 10 with a best of three format.

The 8 winners of the Super Regionals will then contest the 2016 College World Series starting on Saturday, June 18 and end on June 28 or 29. The College World Series is held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

Below are the 8 National Seeds as well as the 8 other hosts for the regional round.

Seed	Team	Record	Conference
1	Florida	47-13	SEC
2	Louisville	47-12	ACC
3	Miami (FL)	45-11	ACC
4	Texas A&M	45-14	SEC
5	Texas Tech	41-16	Big 12
6	Mississippi State	41-16-1	SEC
7	Clemson	42-18	ACC
8	LSU	42-18	SEC
Regional Host	North Carolina State	35-20	ACC
Regional Host	South Carolina	42-15	SEC
Regional Host	Louisiana Lafayette	41-19	Sun Belt
Regional Host	Virginia	37-20	ACC
Regional Host	TCU	42-15	Big 12
Regional Host	Ole Miss	43-17	SEC
Regional Host	Vanderbilt	43-17	SEC
Regional Host	Florida State	37-20	ACC

Below are the 64 teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament. The automatic bids that were handed out to conference winners are listed first followed by the at-large bids. The table is sortable by any of the column headers (Conference, Team, Record, Route, or Regional).

Conference	Team	Record	Route	Regional
American East	Binghamton	30-23	Tournament Champions	College Station
American	Connecticut	37-23	Tournament Champions	Gainesville
ACC	Clemson	42-18	Tournament Champions	Clemson
Atlantic 10	Rhode Island	30-25	Tournament Champions	Columbia
Atlantic Sun	Stetson	29-29	Tournament Champions	Coral Gables
Big 12	TCU	42-15	Tournament Champions	Fort Worth
Big East	Xavier	30-28	Tournament Champions	Nashville
Big South	Coastal Carolina	44-15	Tournament Champions	Raleigh
Big Ten	Ohio State	43-18-1	Tournament Champions	Louisville
Big West	Cal State Fullerton	35-21	Regular Season Champions	Starkville
Colonial	William & Mary	29-29	Tournament Champions	Charlottesville
C-USA	Southern Miss	40-18	Tournament Champions	Tallahassee
Horizon	Wright State	44-15	Tournament Champions	Louisville
Ivy	Princeton	24-19	Championship Series Winner	Lafayette
Metro Atlantic	Fairfield	32-24	Tournament Champions	Lubbock
Mid-American	Western Michigan	22-32	Tournament Champions	Louisville
Mid-Eastern	Bethune-Cookman	29-25	Tournament Champions	Gainesville
Missouri Valley	Dallas Baptist	41-17	Tournament Champions	Lubbock
Mountain West	New Mexico	38-21	Tournament Champions	Lubbock
Northeast	Bryant	47-10	Tournament Champions	Charlottesville
Ohio Valley	Southeast Missouri State	39-19	Tournament Champions	Starkville
Pac-12	Utah	25-27	Regular Season Champions	Oxford
Patriot	Navy	42-14-1	Tournament Champions	Raleigh
SEC	Texas A&M	45-14	Tournament Champions	College Station
Southern	Western Carolina	30-29	Tournament Champions	Clemson
Southland	Sam Houston State	41-20	Tournament Champions	Lafayette
SWAC	Alabama State	38-15	Tournament Champions	Tallahassee
Summit	Oral Roberts	38-19	Tournament Champions	Fort Worth
Sun Belt	Louisiana Lafayette	41-19	Tournament Champions	Lafayette
WAC	Utah Valley	37-21	Tournament Champions	Baton Rouge
West Coast	Saint Mary's	33-23	Tournament Champions	Raleigh
ACC	Boston College	31-20	At-Large	Oxford
ACC	Duke	33-22	At-Large	Columbia
ACC	Florida State	37-20	At-Large	Tallahassee
ACC	Georgia Tech	36-23	At-Large	Gainesville
ACC	Louisville	47-12	At-Large	Louisville
ACC	Miami (FL)	45-11	At-Large	Coral Gables
ACC	North Carolina State	35-20	At-Large	Raleigh
ACC	Virginia	37-20	At-Large	Charlottesville
ACC	Wake Forest	34-25	At-Large	College Station
American	East Carolina	34-21	At-Large	Charlottesville
American	Tulane	39-19	At-Large	Oxford
Big 12	Oklahoma State	36-20	At-Large	Clemson
Big 12	Texas Tech	41-16	At-Large	Lubbock
Big Ten	Minnesota	34-20	At-Large	College Station
Big Ten	Nebraska	37-20	At-Large	Clemson
Big West	Long Beach State	36-20	At-Large	Coral Gables
Big West	UC Santa Barbara	37-18	At-Large	Nashville
Colonial	UNC Wilmington	39-17	At-Large	Columbia
C-USA	Florida Atlantic	38-17	At-Large	Coral Gables
C-USA	Louisiana Tech	40-18	At-Large	Starkville
C-USA	Rice	35-22	At-Large	Baton Rouge
Pac-12	Arizona	38-20	At-Large	Lafayette
Pac-12	Arizona State	34-21	At-Large	Fort Worth
Pac-12	Washington	32-21	At-Large	Nashville
SEC	Florida	47-13	At-Large	Gainesville
SEC	LSU	42-18	At-Large	Baton Rouge
SEC	Mississippi State	41-16-1	At-Large	Starkville
SEC	Ole Miss	43-17	At-Large	Oxford
SEC	South Carolina	42-15	At-Large	Columbia
SEC	Vanderbilt	43-17	At-Large	Nashville
Southland	Southeastern Louisiana	39-19	At-Large	Baton Rouge
Sun Belt	South Alabama	40-20	At-Large	Tallahassee
West Coast	Gonzaga	35-19	At-Large	Fort Worth

The ACC tied the all-time record with 10 teams placed in the tournament while those 10 teams set a conference record. The SEC had 7 teams in the field with all 7 teams hosting a regional, which is also a record.

The first timers for 2016 include Alabama State, Fairfield, St. Mary’s (CA), and Utah Valley. There will be no regionals in the Mountain or Pacific time zones as the southeast corridor dominated with the regional hosting sites.

The match ups and schedule for each regional can be found here.

NCAA Softball

2016 Women’s College World Series Schedule

May 29, 2016 Matthew Dixon 6 Comments

2016 Women’s College World Series Schedule

The final eight teams in the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball season will be playing for the chance to win the Women’s College World Series with an updated bracket here. Each game of the 2016 Women’s College World Series will take place from ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The 8 teams will compete in a double elimination format until only two teams are left. Those two remaining teams will then play in a best of three championship series to determine the National Champion.

The two-time defending National Champions, the Florida Gators, were knocked out in the Super Regional round by Georgia so there will be a new Champion crowned in 2016. All of the schools in the 2016 WCWS have previously been to the Women’s College World Series. Results for the Regional round can be found here while the Super Regional results can be found here.

Returning from the 2015 WCWS are Michigan, Auburn, LSU, Alabama, and UCLA.

Below are the eight teams that made the 2016 Women’s College World Series.

Seed	Team	Record	Conference	WCWS Appearances (Including 2016)
2	Michigan	51-5	Big Ten	12th
3	Oklahoma	52-7	Big 12	10th
4	Auburn	54-10	SEC	2nd
6	Alabama	51-12	SEC	11th
8	Florida State	53-8	ACC	9th
10	LSU	50-16	SEC	5th
12	UCLA	40-14-1	Pac-12	26th
16	Georgia	45-18	SEC	3rd

The Women’s College World Series will get underway on Thursday, June 2 with four games scheduled for the opening day. The entire schedule can be found in the table below with the Championship Series located in a separate table. The tables below will be updated with final scores as the games go final each day.

6/2/2016 Update: The final two games scheduled for Thursday, June 2 were postponed to Friday due to weather. If games 13 and/or 14 are needed to be played, they will take place on Monday, June 6, pushing back the start to the Championship Series to Tuesday, June 7. If games 13 and/or 14 are not needed, the Championship Series will begin on Monday, June 6 as scheduled.

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern) TV	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/2/2016	Game #1	12 PM ESPN	#16 Georgia	#8 Florida State	5-4
6/2/2016	Game #2	2:45 PM ESPN	#12 UCLA	#4 Auburn	3-10
6/3/2016	Game #3	7 PM ESPN2	#6 Alabama	#3 Oklahoma	0-3 (8 Innings)	Postponed to 6/3 due to weather
6/3/2016	Game #4	9:30 PM ESPN2	#10 LSU	#2 Michigan	0-2	Postponed to 6/3 due to weather
6/4/2016	Game #5	7 PM ESPN2	#4 Auburn	#16 Georgia	4-3
6/4/2016	Game #6	9:30 PM ESPN2	#3 Oklahoma	#2 Michigan	7-5
6/4/2016	Game #7	12 PM ESPN	#8 Florida State	#12 UCLA	8-4	UCLA Eliminated
6/4/2016	Game #8	3:20 PM ESPN	#10 LSU	#6 Alabama	6-4	Alabama Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #9	1 PM ESPN	#2 Michigan	#8 Florida State	0-1	Michigan Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #10	3:35 PM ESPN2	#16 Georgia	#10 LSU	1-4	Georgia Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #11	7 PM ESPN2	#8 Florida State	#4 Auburn	7-8 (8 Innings)	Florida State Eliminated
6/5/2016	Game #12	10:40 PM ESPN2	#3 Oklahoma	#10 LSU	7-3	LSU Eliminated
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #13~~	7 PM ESPN2	~~Game #11 Loser~~	~~Game #11 Winner~~		~~If Necessary~~
~~6/6/2016~~	~~Game #14~~	9:30 PM ESPN2	~~Game #12 Loser~~	~~Game #12 Winner~~		~~If Necessary~~

2016 Women’s College World Series Championship Series

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern) TV	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
6/6/2016	Game #1	8 PM ESPN	#4 Auburn	#3 Oklahoma	2-3	Recap
6/7/2016	Game #2	8 PM ESPN	#3 Oklahoma	#4 Auburn	7-11 (8 Innings)	Recap
6/8/2016	Game #3	7 PM ESPN	#4 Auburn	#3 Oklahoma	1-2	Oklahoma Wins 2016 National Championship

Soccer

Euro 2016 Group and Knockout Stage Schedules

May 26, 2016 Matthew Dixon Leave a comment

Euro 2016 Group and Knockout Stage Schedules

We are just two weeks away from the start of Euro 2016 and the group stage schedule is known along with the composition of the groups. Below are the groups as well as the schedule for each game in that group. Game times are Eastern Standard Time for the United States. The stadium and location of the stadia are also noted below.

Also provided are the daily schedules of the games that can be found near the bottom of this post. TV channels will be provided when they are known. Below the group standings and schedules are the daily schedules

Group A

Team	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France (A)	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
Switzerland (A)	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	5
Albania (Elim)	3	1	0	2	1	3	-2	3
Romania (Elim)	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
10-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	France	2:1	Romania	ESPN2	Stade de France	Saint-Denis
11-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Albania	0:1	Switzerland	ESPN	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	Lens
15-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Romania	1:1	Switzerland	ESPN	Parc des Princes	Paris
15-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	France	2:0	Albania	ESPN	Stade Velodrome	Marseille
19-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Switzerland	0:0	France	ESPN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Lille
19-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Romania	0:1	Albania	ESPN2	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon

Group B

Team	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wales (A)	3	2	0	1	6	3	3	6
England (A)	3	1	2	0	3	2	1	5
Slovakia (A)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Russia (Elim)	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
11-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Wales	2:1	Slovakia	ESPN	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	Bordeaux
11-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	England	1:1	Russia	ESPN	Stade Velodrome	Marseille
15-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Russia	1:2	Slovakia	ESPN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Lille
16-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	England	2:1	Wales	ESPN	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	Lens
20-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Slovakia	0:0	England	ESPN	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Saint-Etienne
20-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Russia	0:3	Wales	ESPN2	Stade Municipal	Toulouse

Group C

Team	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany (A)	3	2	1	0	3	0	3	7
Poland (A)	3	2	1	0	2	0	2	7
Northern Ireland (A)	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
Ukraine (Elim)	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
12-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Poland	1:0	N Ireland	ESPN	Allianz Riviera	Nice
12-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Germany	2:0	Ukraine	ESPN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Lille
16-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Ukraine	0:2	N Ireland	ESPN	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon
16-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Germany	0:0	Poland	ESPN	Stade de France	Saint-Denis
21-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	N Ireland	0:1	Germany	ESPN	Parc des Princes	Paris
21-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Ukraine	0:1	Poland	ESPN2	Stade Velodrome	Marseille

Group D

Team	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia (A)	3	2	1	0	5	3	2	7
Spain (A)	3	2	0	1	5	2	3	6
Turkey (Elim)	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
Czech Republic (Elim)	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
12-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Turkey	0:1	Croatia	ESPN	Parc des Princes	Paris
13-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Spain	1:0	Czech Rep.	ESPN	Stade Municipal	Toulouse
17-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Czech Rep.	2:2	Croatia	ESPN	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Saint-Etienne
17-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Spain	3:0	Turkey	ESPN	Allianz Riviera	Nice
21-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Croatia	2:1	Spain	ESPN	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	Bordeaux
21-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Czech Rep.	0:2	Turkey	ESPN2	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	Lens

Group E

Team	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy (A)	3	2	0	1	3	1	2	6
Belgium (A)	3	2	0	1	4	2	2	6
Rep. of Ireland (A)	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	4
Sweden (Elim)	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
13-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Rep. Ireland	1:1	Sweden	ESPN	Stade de France	Saint-Denis
13-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Belgium	2:0	Italy	ESPN	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon
17-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Italy	1:0	Sweden	ESPN	Stadium Municipal	Toulouse
18-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Belgium	3:0	Rep. Ireland	ESPN	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	Bordeaux
22-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Italy	0:1	Rep. Ireland	ESPN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Lille
22-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Sweden	0:1	Belgium	ESPN2	Allianz Riviera	Nice

Group F

Team	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary (A)	3	1	2	0	6	4	2	5
Iceland (A)	3	1	2	0	4	3	1	5
Portugal (A)	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
Austria (Elim)	3	0	1	1	1	4	-3	1

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
14-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Austria	0:2	Hungary	ESPN	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	Bordeaux
14-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Portugal	1:1	Iceland	ESPN	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Saint-Etienne
18-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Iceland	1:1	Hungary	ESPN	Stade Velodrome	Marseille
18-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Portugal	0:0	Austria	ESPN	Parc des Princes	Paris
22-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Hungary	3:3	Portugal	ESPN	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon
22-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Iceland	2:1	Austria	ESPN2	Stade de France	Saint-Denis

June 10 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
10-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	France	2:1	Romania	ESPN2	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Group A

June 11 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
11-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Albania	0:1	Switzerland	ESPN	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	Lens	Group A
11-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Wales	2:1	Slovakia	ESPN	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Group B
11-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	England	1:1	Russia	ESPN	Stade Velodrome	Marseille	Group B

June 12 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
12-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Turkey	0:1	Croatia	ESPN	Parc des Princes	Paris	Group D
12-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Poland	1:0	N Ireland	ESPN	Allianz Riviera	Nice	Group C
12-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Germany	2:0	Ukraine	ESPN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Lille	Group C

June 13 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
13-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Spain	1:0	Czech Rep.	ESPN	Stade Municipal	Toulouse	Group D
13-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Rep. Ireland	1:1	Sweden	ESPN	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Group E
13-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Belgium	0:2	Italy	ESPN	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon	Group E

June 14 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
14-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Austria	0:2	Hungary	ESPN	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Group F
14-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Portugal	1:1	Iceland	ESPN	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Saint-Etienne	Group F

June 15 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
15-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Russia	1:2	Slovakia	ESPN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Lille	Group B
15-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Romania	1:1	Switzerland	ESPN	Parc des Princes	Paris	Group A
15-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	France	2:0	Albania	ESPN	Stade Velodrome	Marseille	Group A

June 16 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
16-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	England	2:1	Wales	ESPN	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	Lens	Group B
16-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Ukraine	0:2	N Ireland	ESPN	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon	Group C
16-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Germany	0:0	Poland	ESPN	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Group C

June 17 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
17-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Italy	1:0	Sweden	ESPN	Stadium Municipal	Toulouse	Group E
17-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Czech Rep.	2:2	Croatia	ESPN	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Saint-Etienne	Group D
17-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Spain	3:0	Turkey	ESPN	Allianz Riviera	Nice	Group D

June 18 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
18-Jun-2016	9:00 AM	Belgium	3:0	Rep. Ireland	ESPN	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Group E
18-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Iceland	1:1	Hungary	ESPN	Stade Velodrome	Marseille	Group F
18-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Portugal	0:0	Austria	ESPN	Parc des Princes	Paris	Group F

June 19 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
19-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Switzerland	0:0	France	ESPN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Lille	Group A
19-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Romania	0:1	Albania	ESPN2	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon	Group A

June 20 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
20-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Slovakia	0:0	England	ESPN	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Saint-Etienne	Group B
20-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Russia	0:3	Wales	ESPN2	Stade Municipal	Toulouse	Group B

June 21 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
21-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	N Ireland	0:1	Germany	ESPN	Parc des Princes	Paris	Group C
21-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Ukraine	0:1	Poland	ESPN2	Stade Velodrome	Marseille	Group C
21-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Croatia	2:1	Spain	ESPN	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Group D
21-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Czech Rep.	0:2	Turkey	ESPN2	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	Lens	Group D

June 22 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location	Group
22-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Hungary	3:3	Portugal	ESPN	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon	Group F
22-Jun-2016	12:00 PM	Iceland	2:1	Austria	ESPN2	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Group F
22-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Italy	0:1	Rep. Ireland	ESPN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Lille	Group E
22-Jun-2016	3:00 PM	Sweden	0:1	Belgium	ESPN2	Allianz Riviera	Nice	Group E

Knockout Stages

Below is the schedule for each of the knockout stages starting with the Round of 16 followed by the Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, and Final. The schedules will be updated as the participants are known.

Round of 16 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
25-Jun-2016	9 AM	Swizterland	1:1 (4:5 PK)	Poland	ESPN	Stade Geoffroy-Gulchard	Saint-Etienne
25-Jun-2016	12 PM	Wales	1:0	Northern Ireland	ESPN	Parc de Princes	Paris
25-Jun-2016	3 PM	Croatia	0:1 (aet)	Portugal	ESPN	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	Len
26-Jun-2016	9 AM	France	2:1	Republic of Ireland	ESPN	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon
26-Jun-2016	12 PM	Germany	3:0	Slovakia	ESPN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
26-Jun-2016	3 PM	Hungary	0:4	Belgium	ESPN	Stadium Municipal	Toulouse
27-June-2016	12 PM	Italy	2:0	Spain	ESPN2	Stade de France	Saint-Denis
27-June-2016	3 PM	England	1:2	Iceland	ESPN2	Allianz Riveria	Nice

Quarter-Finals Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
30-Jun-2016	3 PM	Poland	1:1 (3:5 PK)	Portugal	ESPN2	Stade Velodrome	Marseille
1-Jul-2016	3 PM	Wales	3:1	Belgium	ESPN2	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Villeneuve-d'Asq
2-Jul-2016	3 PM	Germany	1:1 (6:5 PK)	Italy	ESPN2	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	Bordeaux
3-Jul-2016	3 PM	France	5:2	Iceland	ESPN	Stade de France	Saint-Denis

Semi-Finals Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
6-Jul-2016	3 PM	Portugal	2:0	Wales	ESPN	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Lyon
7-Jul-2016	3 PM	Germany	0:2	France	ESPN	Stade Velodrome	Marseille

Final

Date	Time (EST)	Team #1	Score	Team #2	TV	Stadium	Location
10-Jul-2016	3 PM	Portugal	1:0 (aet)	France	ESPN	Stade de France	Saint-Denis

NCAA Softball

2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball Super Regionals

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2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball Super Regionals

After one weekend of play, the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball tournament has been cut down to 16 teams. The bracket can be found here. Those 16 teams will meet in a best-of-three series to decide the 8 teams that will comprise the 2016 Women’s College World Series.

Two national seeds were knocked out in the regional round in #9 Kentucky and #13 Tennessee, both from the SEC and both would have been on the road. Below are the 16 teams that made the Super Regional.

Seed	Team	Record	Conference	Super Regional Appearances (Including 2016)
1	Florida	56-5	SEC	9th
2	Michigan	49-5	Big Ten	11th
3	Oklahoma	50-7	Big 12	10th
4	Auburn	52-9	SEC	2nd
5	Oregon	47-8	Pac-12	7th
6	Alabama	49-12	SEC	12th
7	James Madison	49-4	Colonial	1st
8	Florida State	51-8	ACC	5th
10	LSU	48-15	SEC	5th
11	Washington	39-13	Pac-12	10th
12	UCLA	38-13-1	Pac-12	8th
14	Louisiana Lafayette	46-7	Sun Belt	7th
15	Missouri	42-14	SEC	8th
16	Georgia	43-18	SEC	9th
Not Seeded	Arizona	39-19	Pac-12	11th
Not Seeded	Utah	35-20	Pac-12	1st

The Super Regionals will take place between Thursday, May 26 and Sunday, May 29. Dates and times are subject to change and updated information will be provided as soon as possible.

Gainesville Super Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/26/2016	Game #1	7 PM	#16 Georgia	#1 Florida	3-0
5/27/2016	Game #2	5 PM	#1 Florida	#16 Georgia	2-3	Florida Eliminated
~~5/27/2016~~	~~Game #3~~	~~8 PM~~	~~#16 Georgia~~	~~#1 Florida~~		~~If Necessary~~

Tallahassee Super Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/27/2016	Game #1	5 PM	Utah	#8 Florida State	2-6
5/28/2016	Game #2	4:30 PM	#8 Florida State	Utah	3-0	Utah Eliminated
~~5/28/2016~~	~~Game #3~~	~~7:30 PM~~	~~Utah~~	~~#8 Florida State~~		~~If Necessary~~

Eugene Super Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/28/2016	Game #1	9:30 PM	#12 UCLA	#5 Oregon	1-8
5/29/2016	Game #2	7 PM	#5 Oregon	#12 UCLA	1-2 (9 Innings)
5/29/2016	Game #3	10:15 PM	#12 UCLA	#5 Oregon	2-1	Oregon Eliminated

Auburn Super Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/28/2016	Game #1	6:30 PM	Arizona	#4 Auburn	5-3
5/29/2016	Game #2	2 PM	#4 Auburn	Arizona	4-1
5/29/2016	Game #3	5 PM	Arizona	#4 Auburn	1-6	Arizona Eliminated

Norman Super Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/26/2016	Game #1	9 PM	#14 Louisiana Lafayette	#3 Oklahoma	2-8
5/27/2016	Game #2	7 PM	#3 Oklahoma	#14 Louisiana Lafayette	7-6	Louisiana Lafayette Eliminated
~~5/27/2016~~	~~Game #3~~	~~10 PM~~	~~#14 Louisiana Lafayette~~	~~#3 Oklahoma~~		~~If Necessary~~

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/27/2016	Game #1	8 PM	#11 Washington	#6 Alabama	1-2 (8 Innings)
5/28/2016	Game #2	4:30 PM	#6 Alabama	#11 Washington	5-2	Washington Eliminated
~~5/28/2016~~	~~Game #3~~	~~7:30 PM~~	~~#11 Washington~~	~~#6 Alabama~~		~~If Necessary~~

Harrisonburg Super Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/27/2016	Game #1	3 PM	#10 LSU	#7 James Madison	2-3
5/28/2016	Game #2	12 PM	#7 James Madison	#10 LSU	0-2
5/28/2016	Game #3	3 PM	#10 LSU	#7 James Madison	3-2	James Madison Eliminated

Ann Arbor Super Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/28/2016	Game #1	3 PM	#15 Missouri	#2 Michigan	3-5
5/29/2016	Game #2	12 PM	#2 Michigan	#15 Missouri	5-4	Missouri Eliminated
~~5/29/2016~~	~~Game #3~~	~~3 PM~~	~~#15 Missouri~~	~~#2 Michigan~~		~~If Necessary~~

Women’s College World Series

The 2016 Women’s College World Series will take place between Thursday, June 2 and Wednesday, June 8 with every game shown on one of the ESPN family of network channels. All of the games will take place at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium and OGE Energy Field from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. We will have a post when the teams and schedules are known for the 2016 WCWS.

Other Sports

2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Conference Tournaments

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Virginia defeated Vanderbilt to win the 2015 College World Series. Who will win in 2016? (Peter Aiken/Getty Images North America)

2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Conference Tournaments

The 2016 NCAA Division 1 baseball season is closing in on the postseason with the pivotal conference tournaments offering a final chance to make the final field of 64. There are 31 automatic bids handed out for the NCAA Tournament with only three going to regular season champions. Those three conferences are the Big West, Ivy League, and Pac-12 with the Ivy League two playing a best of 3 series to determine their champion.

The regular season champion is included below for each conference. The Horizon League has the regular season champion host the tournament while the Patriot League has the higher seeded team host the Championship Series. In all, there are 31 automatic bids handed out while another 33 at-large bids will be determined by the Baseball Selection Committee.

Conference	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ	Dates	Location	Host
American East	Binghamton	Binghamton	May 25 - 28	Lowell, Massachusetts	UMass Lowell
American	Tulane	Connecticut	May 24 - 29	Clearwater, Florida	Neutral Site
ACC	Miami (FL)	Clemson	May 24 - 29	Durham, North Carolina	Duke
Atlantic 10	Rhode Island	Rhode Island	May 25 - 28	Bronx, New York	Fordham
Atlantic Sun	Kennesaw State	Stetson	May 24 - 28	Nashville, Tennessee	Lipscomb
Big 12	Texas Tech	TCU	May 25 - 29	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Neutral Site
Big East	Xavier	Xavier	May 26 - 29	Aberdeen, Maryland	Neutral Site
Big South	Coastal Carolina	Coastal Carolina	May 24 - 28	Lexington, South Carolina	Neutral Site
Big Ten	Minnesota	Ohio State	May 25 - 29	Omaha, Nebraska	Neutral Site
Big West	Cal State Fullerton	No Post Season Tournament
Colonial	UNC Wilmington	William & Mary	May 25 - 29	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina	College of Charleston
C-USA	Florida Atlantic	Southern Miss	May 25 - 29	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	Southern Mississippi
Horizon	Wright State*	Wright State	May 25 - 28	Fairborn, Ohio	Wright State
Ivy Leauge	Lou Gehrig: Princeton Red Rolfe: Yale	Princeton	May 14 - 15	Princeton, New Jersey	Princeton
Metro Atlantic	Fairfield	Fairfield	May 25 - 28	Wappingers Falls, New York	Manhattan
Mid-American	Kent State	Western Michigan	May 25 - 29	Avon, Ohio	Neutral Site
Mid-Eastern	North: Norfolk State South: Florida A&M	Bethune-Cookman	May 19 - 22	Salisbury, New York	Maryland Eastern Shore
Missouri Valley	Dallas Baptist	Dallas Baptist	May 25 - 28	Terre Haute, Indiana	Indiana State
Mountain West	Fresno State	New Mexico	May 25 - 29	Albuquerque, New Mexico	New Mexico
Northeast	Bryant	Bryant	May 26 - 29	Norwich, Connecticut	Neutral Site
Ohio Valley	Southeast Missouri State	Southeast Missouri State	May 25 - 29	Jackson, Tennessee	Neutral Site
Pac-12	Utah	No Post Season Tournament
Patriot	Navy*	Navy	May 14 - 15 & May 20 - 22	Annapolis, Maryland	Navy
SEC	Mississippi State	Texas A&M	May 24 - 29	Hoover, Alabama	Neutral Site
Southern	Mercer	Western Carolina	May 24 - 29	Greenville, South Carolina	Neutral Site
Southland	Sam Houston State	Sam Houston State	May 25 - 29	Sugar Land, Texas	Neutral Site
SWAC	Alabama State	Alabama State	May 18 - 22	New Orleans, Louisiana	Neutral Site
Summit	Oral Roberts	Oral Roberts	May 25 - 28	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Oral Roberts
Sun Belt	Louisiana Lafayette	Louisiana Lafayette	May 25 - 29	San Marcos, Texas	Texas State
WAC	Seattle University	Utah Valley	May 26 - 28	Stockton, California	Neutral Site
West Coast	BYU Gonzaga Saint Mary's	Saint Mary's	May 25 - 28	Mesa, Arizona	Neutral Site

* Denotes Highest Seed Hosts Conference Tournament or Final Series

There have already been two champions decided as Princeton who came back from a 1-0 deficit in the Ivy League Championship series to clinch their postseason berth while Alabama State won the SWAC tournament.

As the conference tournament champions are known, the table above will be filled out. The conference tournaments listed above will help determine the field for the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Baseball tournament. We will find out which teams made the tournament on Monday, May 30, 2016 at 12 PM Eastern Time on ESPNU with the Selection Show.

Regional action will commence on Friday, June 3 and end on Monday, June 6 with 16 regionals at designated sites determined by the Selection Committee under a double-elimination format. The 16 regional winners will then play in the Super Regional round from June 10 through June 12 in a best of three series. The Super Regional hosts will be determined after the Regional round.

The tournament wraps up in Omaha, Nebraska with the 8 Super Regional winners advancing to College World Series. The CWS will take place from Saturday, June 18 through Wednesday, June 29. The two teams that remain standing will take place in the CWS Championship Series, which is a best of three.

Horse Racing

2016 Preakness and Black Eyed Susan Fields

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Nyquist is looking to win the second jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico (Patrick Smith/Getty Images North America)

2016 Preakness and Black Eyed Susan Fields

The 2016 Preakness Stakes and Black Eyed Susan fields are now known. Nyquist, the 2016 Kentucky Derby winner, is looking to make it 9 for 9 in his career with a win in the Preakness. Meanwhile, the three year old fillies will be in action on Friday with the Black Eyed Susan.

2016 Preakness Stakes

The 2016 Preakness Stakes will have a field of 11 males going 1 3/16 miles on the main track for the Grade 1 event. The forecast in Baltimore, Maryland is calling for rain on Saturday which will make for a sloppy going. The field of 11 is running for purse of $1.5 million with the top two finishers in the Kentucky Derby returning in Nyquist and Exaggerator with that duo heavily favored over the other nine entrants.

Also entered is the highly regarded new shooter Stradivari, who won his latest race at Keeneland by nearly 15 lengths though he did only beat five horses and there are questions about the quality of that field.

Post time for the Preakness Stakes is scheduled for 6:45 PM Eastern time and is listed as the 13th race on a 14 race card. Free past performances can be found here. The full field can be found in the table below along with the jockey, trainer, and morning line odds listed.

Program Number	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Morning Line Odds
1	Cherry Wine	Corey Lanerie	Dale Romans	20-1
2	Uncle Lino	Fernando Hernandez Perez	Gary Sherlock	20-1
3	Nyquist	Mario Gutierrez	Doug O'Neill	3-5
4	Awesome Speed	Jevian Toledo	Alan Goldberg	30-1
5	Exaggerator	Kent Desormeaux	Keith Desormeaux	3-1
6	Lani	Yutaka Take	Mikio Matsunaga	30-1
7	Collected	Javier Castellano	Bob Baffert	10-1
8	Laoban	Florent Geroux	Eric Guillot	30-1
9	Abiding Star	J.D. Acosta	Edward Allard	30-1
10	Fellowship	Jose Lezcano	Mark Casse	30-1
11	Stradivari	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	8-1

2016 Black Eyed Susan Stakes

The Black Eyed Susan Stakes is a full field of 14 fillies going 1 1/8 miles on the main track for a purse of $250,000 in the Grade 2 race. Unlike the Preakness, the forecast for Friday does not include rain. The Kentucky Oaks runner up, Land Over Sea, returns as does the fourth place finisher in that race Go Maggie Go. No other fillies that ran in the Kentucky Oaks are entered in this race.

The 2016 Black Eyed Susan stakes is scheduled for 4:50 PM Eastern time as the 11th race on a 14 race card. Free past performances can be found here. The full field is listed in the table below.

Program Number	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Morning Line Odds
1	A P Majestic	Victor Carrasco	Michael Tombetta	30-1
2	Dothraki Queen	Julien Leparoux	Ken McPeek	15-1
3	Land Over Sea	Mario Gutierrez	Doug O'Neill	2-1
4	Ma Can Do It	Brian Hernandez Jr.	Dale Romans	30-1
5	Go Maggie Go	Luis Saez	Dale Romans	5-2
6	She's A Warrior	Gary Stevens	Peter Eurton	6-1
7	Downdraft	Angel Cruz	James Lawrence II	30-1
8	Double Entendre	Scott Spieth	Peter R. Walder	30-1
9	Midnight On Oconee	Gabriel Saez	Larry Jones	15-1
10	Kinsley Kisses	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	6-1
11	In The Navy Now	Trevor McCarthy	Michael Trombetta	30-1
12	Flora Dora	Junior Alvarado	Marialice Coffey	30-1
13	Cced	Florent Geroux	Steven Asmussen	15-1
14	Mom's On Strike	Joseph Rocco Jr.	Joe Sharp	15-1

NCAA Softball

2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball Bracket Announced

May 15, 2016 Matthew Dixon Leave a comment

2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball Bracket Announced

The 2016 NCAA Division I Softball bracket is now known and the bracket can be found here. The Florida Gators are going for their third straight National Championship after winning in 2014 and 2015. The only time a team has won three straight Championships was from 1988 to 1990 when the UCLA Bruins completed the feat.

The tournament will get started with the regionals between Friday, May 20 and Monday, May 23. Below are the 16 National Seeds as ranked by the NCAA.

Seed	Team	Record	Conference
1	Florida	53-5	SEC
2	Michigan	46-5	Big Ten
3	Oklahoma	47-7	Big 12
4	Auburn	49-9	SEC
5	Oregon	44-8	Pac-12
6	Alabama	46-12	SEC
7	James Madison	46-4	Colonial
8	Florida State	48-8	ACC
9	Kentucky	43-12	SEC
10	LSU	45-15	SEC
11	Washington	36-13	Pac-12
12	UCLA	35-13-1	Pac-12
13	Tennessee	41-14	SEC
14	Louisiana Lafayette	43-7	Sun Belt
15	Missouri	39-14	SEC
16	Georgia	40-17	SEC

2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball Teams

Below are all 64 teams that have made the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball tournament. In the sortable table below, the automatic bids are listed first followed by the at-large bids listed in order of conference. The records for each team and which regional they have been assigned to are provided as well.

Conference	Team	Record	Route	Regional
American East	Maine	28-19	Tournament Champions	Athens
American	Tulsa	35-19	Tournament Champions	Norman
ACC	Florida State	48-8	Tournament Champions	Tallahassee
Atlantic 10	Fordham	39-19	Tournament Champions	Eugene
Atlantic Sun	South Carolina Upstate	42-13	Tournament Champions	Auburn
Big 12	Oklahoma	47-7	Regular Season Champions	Norman
Big East	Butler	28-22	Tournament Champions	Lexington
Big Sky	Weber State	37-17	Tournament Champions	Seattle
Big South	Longwood	38-18	Tournament Champions	Harrisonburg
Big Ten	Minnesota	41-12	Tournament Champions	Seattle
Big West	Cal State Fullerton	43-14	Regular Season Champions	Los Angeles
Colonial	James Madison	46-4	Tournament Champions	Harrisonburg
C-USA	Florida Atlantic	50-7	Tournament Champions	Gainesville
Horizon	Valparaiso	18-32	Tournament Champions	Ann Arbor
Ivy	Princeton	23-26	Championship Series Winner	Harrisonburg
Mid-American	Miami (OH)	34-21	Tournament Champions	Ann Arbor
Metro Atlantic	Marist	45-11	Tournament Champions	Knoxville
Mid-Eastern	Florida A&M	27-28	Tournament Champions	Tallahassee
Missouri Valley	Wichita State	35-19	Tournament Champions	Norman
Mountain West	Fresno State	41-10-1	Regular Season Champions	Los Angeles
Northeast	LIU Brooklyn	30-25	Tournament Champions	Baton Rouge
Ohio Valley	Jacksonville State	41-15	Tournament Champions	Auburn
Pac-12	Oregon	44-8	Regular Season Champions	Eugene
Patriot	Boston Univeristy	28-22	Tournament Champions	Lafayette
SEC	Auburn	49-9	Tournament Champions	Auburn
Southern	Samford	40-18	Tournament Champions	Tuscaloosa
Southland	McNeese State	42-12	Tournament Champions	Baton Rouge
SWAC	Alabama State	28-25	Tournament Champions	Gainesville
Summit	North Dakota State	38-13	Tournament Champions	Seattle
Sun Belt	Louisiana Lafayette	43-7	Tournament Champions	Lafayette
WAC	Cal State Bakersfield	16-32	Tournament Champions	Los Angeles
West Coast	BYU	35-19	Regular Season Champions	Columbia
ACC	Louisville	35-15	At-Large	Columbia
ACC	North Carolina	31-23	At-Large	Harrisonburg
ACC	Notre Dame	41-11	At-Large	Ann Arbor
American	Central Florida	36-20	At-Large	Gainesville
American	South Florida	44-14	At-Large	Tallahassee
Big 12	Baylor	43-12	At-Large	Eugene
Big 12	Oklahoma State	29-24	At-Large	Athens
Big 12	Texas	37-14	At-Large	Lafayette
Big Ten	Illinois	35-21	At-Large	Lexington
Big Ten	Nebraska	33-19	At-Large	Columbia
Big Ten	Northwestern	26-26	At-Large	Athens
Big Ten	Michigan	46-5	At-Large	Ann Arbor
Big Ten	Ohio State	33-18-1	At-Large	Knoxville
Big West	Long Beach State	32-20	At-Large	Eugene
Pac-12	Arizona	36-19	At-Large	Knoxville
Pac-12	Arizona State	30-25	At-Large	Baton Rouge
Pac-12	California	31-22-1	At-Large	Tuscaloosa
Pac-12	Oregon State	30-18-1	At-Large	Auburn
Pac-12	UCLA	35-13-1	At-Large	Los Angeles
Pac-12	Utah	32-19	At-Large	Lexington
Pac-12	Washington	36-13	At-Large	Seattle
SEC	Alabama	46-12	At-Large	Tuscaloosa
SEC	Florida	53-5	At-Large	Gainesville
SEC	Georgia	40-17	At-Large	Athens
SEC	Kentucky	43-12	At-Large	Lexington
SEC	LSU	45-15	At-Large	Baton Rouge
SEC	Missouri	39-14	At-Large	Columbia
SEC	Ole Miss	39-20	At-Large	Norman
SEC	South Carolina	36-21	At-Large	Tallahassee
SEC	Tennessee	41-14	At-Large	Knoxville
SEC	Texas A&M	37-18	At-Large	Lafayette
Sun Belt	Texas State	39-20	At-Large	Tuscaloosa

Regionals

The 2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball tournament will kick off with 16 regionals with four teams in each regional. Each regional employs the double-elimination format with the 16 National Seeds hosting a regional. The regionals are listed in order of the potential Super Regional matchup (i.e. #1 vs #16, #9 vs #8, #13 vs. #4, etc.).

All dates and times listed below are tentative. Updates, along with final scores, will be made as the changes are known.

Gainesville Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	12 PM	Central Florida	Florida Atlantic	1-0
5/20/2016	Game #2	2:30 PM	Alabama State	#1 Florida	0-11, (5 Innings)	Game shortened to 5 innings due to run rule
5/21/2016	Game #3	12 PM	#1 Florida	Central Florida	5-0
5/21/2016	Game #4	2:30 PM	Florida Atlantic	Alabama State	8-0	Alabama State Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	5:30 PM	Florida Atlantic	Central Florida	1-2 (8 Innings)	Florida Atlantic Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	12 PM	Central Florida	#1 Florida	0-8 (5 Innings)	Central Florida Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~2:30 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Athens Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	1 PM	Northwestern	Oklahoma State	2-1
5/20/2016	Game #2	3:30 PM	Maine	#16 Georgia	0-6
5/21/2016	Game #3	1 PM	#16 Georgia	Northwestern	5-2
5/21/2016	Game #4	4 PM	Oklahoma State	Maine	10-1	Maine Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	6:30 PM	Oklahoma State	Northwestern	3-2 (9 Innings)	Northwestern Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	1 PM	#16 Georgia	Oklahoma State	3-5
5/22/2016	Game #7	3:30 PM	Oklahoma State	#16 Georgia	0-6	Oklahoma State Eliminated

Lexington Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	11 AM	Illinois	Utah	0-1
5/21/2016	Game #2	11 AM	Butler	#9 Kentucky	1-6	Postponed to 5/21 due to weather
5/21/2016	Game #3	2 PM	Utah	#9 Kentucky	3-0
5/21/2016	Game #4	4:30 PM	Butler	Illinois	1-2 (8 Innings)	Butler Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	7 PM	#9 Kentucky	Illinois	3-2 (8 Innings)	Illinois Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	1 PM	#9 Kentucky	Utah	4-0
5/22/2016	Game #7	4 PM	Utah	#9 Kentucky	5-3	Kentucky Eliminated

Tallahassee Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	12 PM	South Carolina	South Florida	2-0
5/20/2016	Game #2	2:30 PM	Florida A&M	#8 Florida State	0-1	No Hitter thrown by FSU's Jessica Burroughs
5/21/2016	Game #3	12 PM	#8 Florida State	South Carolina	4-0
5/21/2016	Game #4	2:30 PM	South Florida	Florida A&M	6-4	Florida A&M Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	5 PM	South Florida	South Carolina	0-6	South Florida Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	12 PM	South Carolina	#8 Florida State	1-2	South Carolina Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~2:30 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Eugene Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	9 PM	Long Beach State	Baylor	2-3
5/20/2016	Game #2	11:30 PM	Fordham	#5 Oregon	0-8 (5 Innings)	Game shortened to 5 innings due to run rule
5/21/2016	Game #3	5 PM	Baylor	#5 Oregon	0-6
5/21/2016	Game #4	7:30 PM	Fordham	Long Beach State	1-9 (6 Innings)	Fordham Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	10 PM	Baylor	Long Beach State	11-2	Long Beach State Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	7 PM	#5 Oregon	Baylor	8-1	Baylor Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~9 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Los Angeles Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	6 PM	Cal State Fullerton	Fresno State	6-4
5/20/2016	Game #2	9 PM	Cal State Bakersfield	#12 UCLA	0-7	No hitter pitched by UCLA's Johanna Grauer
5/21/2016	Game #3	3 PM	#12 UCLA	Cal State Fullerton	3-2
5/21/2016	Game #4	6 PM	Fresno State	Cal State Bakersfield	8-5	Cal State Bakersfield Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	9 PM	Fresno State	Cal State Fullerton	1-7	Fresno State Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	3 PM	Cal State Fullerton	#12 UCLA	4-5	Cal State Fullerton Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~6 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Knoxville Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/21/2016	Game #1	10 AM	Ohio State	Arizona	0-2	Game postponed to 5/21/16 due to weather
5/21/2016	Game #2	12 PM	Marist	#13 Tennessee	2-10 (6 Innings)	Game shortened to 6 innings due to run rule
5/21/2016	Game #3	2:30 PM	Arizona	#13 Tennessee	4-0
5/21/2016	Game #4	5 PM	Marist	Ohio State	1-6	Marist Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #5	12 PM	#13 Tennessee	Ohio State	10-1 (5 Innings)	Ohio State Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	2:30 PM	#13 Tennessee	Arizona	3-4 (8 Innings)	Tennessee Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~5 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Auburn Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	12 PM	South Carolina Upstate	Oregon State	5-2
5/20/2016	Game #2	2:30 PM	Jacksonville State	#4 Auburn	1-2
5/21/2016	Game #3	2:30 PM	#4 Auburn	South Carolina Upstate	6-1
5/21/2016	Game #4	5 PM	Oregon State	Jacksonville State	4-5 (14 Innings)	Oregon State Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	10:15 PM	Jacksonville State	South Carolina Upstate	3-2	South Carolina Upstate Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	2:30 PM	#4 Auburn	Jacksonville State	14-2 (5 Innings)	Jacksonville State Eliinated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~5 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Norman Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	6:30 PM	Tulsa	Ole Miss	1-5
5/20/2016	Game #2	9 PM	Wichita State	#3 Oklahoma	2-7
5/21/2016	Game #3	2:30 PM	Ole Miss	#3 Oklahoma	1-9 (5 Innings)	Game shortened to 5 innings due to run rule
5/21/2016	Game #4	5 PM	Wichita State	Tulsa	2-1	Tulsa Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	7:30 PM	Ole Miss	Wichita State	4-0	Wichita State Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	4:30 PM	#3 Oklahoma	Ole Miss	3-0	Ole Miss Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~7 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Lafayette Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	4:30 PM	Texas	Texas A&M	5-0
5/20/2016	Game #2	7 PM	Boston University	#14 Louisiana Lafayette	5-9
5/21/2016	Game #3	12 PM	#14 Louisiana Lafayette	Texas	9-1
5/21/2016	Game #4	2:30 PM	Texas A&M	Boston University	6-0	Boston University Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	5:45 PM	Texas A&M	Texas	9-3	Texas Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	4:30 PM	#14 Louisiana Lafayette	Texas A&M	9-8 (9 Innings)	Texas A&M Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~7 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		If Necessary

Seattle Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	7:30 PM	North Dakota State	Minnesota	2-7
5/20/2016	Game #2	10 PM	Weber State	#11 Washington	6-14 (5 Innings)	Game shortened to 5 innings due to run rule
5/21/2016	Game #3	4 PM	Minnesota	#11 Washington	2-5
5/21/2016	Game #4	6:30 PM	Weber State	North Dakota State	2-5	Weber State Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	9 PM	Minnesota	North Dakota State	7-5	North Dakota State Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	3 PM	#11 Washington	Minnesota	15-7 (6 Innings)	Minnesota Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~5:30 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Tuscaloosa Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	2:30 PM	Texas State	California	0-1
5/20/2016	Game #2	5 PM	Samford	#6 Alabama	0-3
5/21/2016	Game #3	2:30 PM	California	#6 Alabama	1-3
5/21/2016	Game #4	5 PM	Samford	Texas State	0-2	Samford Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	7:30 PM	California	Texas State	4-3	California Elimintaed
5/22/2016	Game #6	2:30 PM	#6 Alabama	California	8-0	California Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~5 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Harrisonburg Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	2 PM	Longwood	North Carolina	4-6
5/20/2016	Game #2	4:30 PM	Princeton	#7 James Madison	0-7
5/21/2016	Game #3	2 PM	North Carolina	#7 James Madison	1-10 (6 Innings)	Game shortened to 6 innings due to run rule
5/21/2016	Game #4	4:30 PM	Princeton	Longwood	1-2	Princeton Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	7 PM	North Carolina	Longwood	4-5 (9 Innings)	North Carolina Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	2 PM	#7 James Madison	Longwood	5-1	Longwood Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~4:30 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Baton Rouge Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	4 PM	Arizona State	McNeese State	2-5
5/20/2016	Game #2	7 PM	LIU Brooklyn	#10 LSU	2-10 (6 Innings)	Game shortened to 6 innings due to run rule
5/21/2016	Game #3	1 PM	McNeese State	#10 LSU	1-4
5/21/2016	Game #4	4 PM	LIU Brooklyn	Arizona State	0-1	LIU Brooklyn Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	7 PM	McNeese State	Arizona State	2-3 (14 Innings)	McNeese State Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	2 PM	#10 LSU	Arizona State	2-0	Arizona State Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~5 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Columbia Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/19/2016	Game #1	5:30 PM	Louisville	Nebraska	2-3
5/19/2016	Game #2	8 PM	BYU	#15 Missouri	0-9, (5 Innings)	Game shortened to 5 innings due to run rule
5/20/2016	Game #3	2 PM	Nebraska	#15 Missouri	0-8, (6 Innings)	Game shortened to 6 innings due to run rule
5/20/2016	Game #4	4:30 PM	BYU	Louisville	6-4	Louisville Eliminated
5/20/2016	Game #5	7 PM	Nebraska	BYU	2-0	BYU Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #6	2:30 PM	#15 Missouri	Nebraska	9-0 (5 Innings)	Nebraska Eliminated
~~5/21/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~5 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Ann Arbor Regional

Date	Game Number	Time (Eastern)	Team #1	Team #2	Final Score	Notes
5/20/2016	Game #1	4:30 PM	Miami (OH)	Notre Dame	3-2
5/20/2016	Game #2	7 PM	Valparaiso	#2 Michigan	0-8 (5 Innings)	Game shortened to 5 innings due to run rule
5/21/2016	Game #3	12 PM	#2 Michigan	Miami (OH)	6-0
5/21/2016	Game #4	2:30 PM	Notre Dame	Valparaiso	8-0 (5 Innings)	Valparaiso Eliminated
5/21/2016	Game #5	5 PM	Notre Dame	Miami (OH)	5-0	Miami (OH) Eliminated
5/22/2016	Game #6	2 PM	#2 Michigan	Notre Dame	6-2	Notre Dame Eliminated
~~5/22/2016~~	~~Game #7~~	~~4:30 PM~~	~~Game #6 Winner~~	~~Game #6 Loser~~		~~If Necessary~~

Super Regionals

The Super Regional round of the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball Tournament will be a best of three series between the dates of Thursday, May 26 and Sunday, May 30. The campus sites for each Super Regional will be determined upon completion of the Regionals by the NCAA.

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2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball Conference Tournaments

May 8, 2016 Matthew Dixon Leave a comment

2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball Conference Tournaments

The regular season is coming to a close for the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball season, but there is still a chance for teams to make the NCAA Softball Tournament with a win in the Conference Tournament. Below are the tournaments for all conferences in NCAA Division 1 Softball.

Five conferences do not have a post season tournament and instead will award their automatic bid to the regular season champion. Those five conferences are the Big 12, Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast.

The regular season champion is included below for each conference because there are several cases where the top seed in the conference is hosting the tournament. In all, there are 32 automatic bids handed out while another 32 at-large bids will be determined by the Softball Selection Committee.

Conference	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ	Dates	Location	Host
American East	Binghamton*	Maine	May 11 - 14	Binghamton, New York	Binghamton
American	South Florida	Tulsa	May 12 - 14	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Tulsa
ACC	Florida State	Florida State	May 12 - 14	Raleigh, North Carolina	NC State
Atlantic 10	Fordham	Fordham	May 11 - 15	Arlington, Virginia	George Washington
Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast	South Carolina Upstate	May 11 - 14	Fort Myers, Florida	Florida Gulf Coast
Big 12	Oklahoma	No Post Season Tournament
Big East	DePaul	Butler	May 13 - 14	Rosemont, Illinois	DePaul
Big Sky	Weber State*	Weber State	May 12 - 14	Ogden Utah	Weber State
Big South	Longwood	Longwood	May 11 - 14	Rock Hill, South Carolina	Winthrop
Big Ten	Michigan	Minnesota	May 12 - 14	University Park, Pennsylvania	Penn State
Big West	Cal State Fullerton	No Post Season Tournament
Colonial	James Madison*	James Madison	May 11 - 13	Harrisonburg, Virginia	James Madison
C-USA	Florida Atlantic	Florida Atlantic	May 11 - 14	Denton, Texas	North Texas
Horizon	Illinois-Chicago	Valparaiso	May 11 - 14	Chicago, Illinois	Illinois-Chicago
Ivy	North: Harvard South: Princeton	Princeton	May 7 - 8	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Harvard
Mid-American	Kent State	Miami (OH)	May 11 - 14	Akron, Ohio	Akron
Metro Atlantic	Marist*	Marist	May 11 - 14	Poughkeepsie, New York	Marist
Mid-Eastern	Delaware State	Florida A&M	May 12 - 14	Ormond Beach, Florida	Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley	Wichita State	Wichita State	May 12 - 14	Carbondale, Illinois	Southern Illinois
Mountain West	Fresno State	No Post Season Tournament
Northeast	Long Island University*	Long Island University	May 12 - 14	Brooklyn, New York	LIU Brooklyn
Ohio Valley	Jacksonville State	Jacksonville State	May 11 - 14	Oxford, Alabama	Neutral Site
Pac-12	Oregon	No Post Season Tournament
Patriot	Lehigh*	Boston University	May 12 - 15	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Lehigh
SEC	Florida	Auburn	May 11 - 14	Starkville, Mississippi	Mississippi State
Southern	Samford	Samford	May 11 - 14	Greensboro, North Carolina	UNC Greensboro
Southland	McNeese State	McNeese State	May 11 - 13	Lake Charles, Louisiana	McNeese State
SWAC	Texas Southern	Alabama State	May 11 - 14	Irondale, Alabama	Neutral Site
Summit	North Dakota State	North Dakota State	May 11 - 14	Fargo, North Dakota	North Dakota State
Sun Belt	Louisiana Lafayette	Louisiana Lafayette	May 11 - 14	Mobile, Alabama	South Alabama
WAC	New Mexico State	Cal State Bakersfield	May 12 - 14	Seattle, Washington	Seattle University
West Coast	BYU	No Post Season Tournament

* Denotes Highest Seed Hosts Conference Tournament

As the conference tournament champions are known, the table above will be filled out. The conference tournaments listed above will help determine the field for the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Softball tournament. We will find out which teams made the tournament on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 10 PM Eastern Time on ESPNU with the Selection Show.

The 2016 NCAA Softball Tournament will begin on May 20, 2016 at 16 campus sites in the Regional round in a double elimination format. Each regional will have four teams. The 16 teams who win their regional will move on to the Super Regional where they will compete in a best-of-three series to be held between May 26 and May 29.

The 8 winners of the Super Regional round will move on to the 2016 Women’s College World Series to be played in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma starting on Thursday, June 2. The Championship Series will begin Monday, June 6 with a best-of-three format to determine the winner of the 2016 Women’s College World Series.

Horse Racing

Four Year Trends Under The Kentucky Derby Points System

May 7, 2016 Matthew Dixon 1 Comment

Four Year Trends Under The Kentucky Derby Points System

The dust has hardly settled on Nyquist’s win in the 142nd Kentucky Derby, but that does not stop us from looking back on his race as well several other Kentucky Derbies. 2016 marked the fourth year of the Kentucky Derby Points System that helps determine the entrants into the race. Below we will take a look at the last four years (2013 through 2016) under the Points System as well as the four years prior to the Points System (2009 through 2012).

Some trends have become apparent in the last few years, but keep in mind that 4 years of data is hardly enough to start planning a strategy around betting the 2017 Kentucky Derby. And anyone who has followed horse racing knows this sport can turn in a hurry. Let’s look at the first trend of the winners in the last eight years.

Favorites Dominate Kentucky Derby Under Points System

The favorites have won each of the first four runnings of the Kentucky Derby under the points system. In the four years prior to the Points System, the favorite never won and only one to hit the board was Bodemeister in 2012 with his wonderful front running effort. The tables below show each of the last 8 years.

4 Years Since Start of Kentucky Derby Points System
Year	Winner	$2 Win	$2 Exacta	Field Size	Favorite Finish
2016	Nyquist	$6.60 (Fav)	$30.60	20	Winner
2015	American Pharoah	$7.80 (Fav)	$72.60	18	Winner
2014	California Chrome	$7.00 (Fav)	$340.00	19	Winner
2013	Orb	$12.80 (Fav)	$981.60	19	Winner

4 Years Prior to Start of Kentucky Derby Points System
Year	Winner	$2 Win	$2 Exacta	Field Size	Favorite Finish
2012	I’ll Have Another	$30.60	$306.60	20	2nd
2011	Animal Kingdom	$43.80	$329.80	19	8th
2010	Super Saver	$18.00	$152.40	20	6th
2009	Mine That Bird	$103.20	$2,074.80	19	18th

One thing to keep is mind is that the favorites are so for a reason: they are considered to be one of the best going into the race. This is quite true for each of the last four horses. Nyquist was considered the best three year old, though there were concerns whether he could handle a mile and a quarter. American Pharoah and California Chrome were considered stand outs against their peers while Orb was a tepid favorite, but still highly regarded to get the distance and had a beloved trainer in his corner.

Even the exactas have gotten chalkier since the start of the Points System. Orb’s exacta paid just short of a grand, but is has been shorter since then including a paltry $30.60 with Nyquist and Exaggerator going 1-2 this year. It is hard to see the payout getting much smaller than that unless there are two towering choices in 2017.

California Based Horses Rise To The Top Under Points System

California horse racing is known for its speed. The horses are bred to go as fast as possible as soon as possible. That does not exactly seem like a recipe for getting a mile and a quarter, but we have seen a shift of 3 year old dominance to the West Coast.

Consider this: 4 of the last 5 horses to win the Kentucky Derby have spent significant time based in California during their two and/or three year old season.

Nyquist (2016): Ran five of his eight races in California. His three races outside of the state have been in Kentucky (Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and now Derby) and Florida (Florida Derby), which happens to be the site of his three biggest career wins.

American Pharoah (2015): Ran all three of his two year old races in California before being shipped between California and Arkansas for his Derby Preps. It worked well as he went on to become the first Triple Crown Winner since Affirmed in 1978.

California Chrome (2014): He ran 10 races in California prior to the Kentucky Derby.

Orb (2013): He wintered in Florida where he won three races before winning the Kentucky Derby.

I’ll Have Another (2012): He raced twice in California as a two year old before a poor race at Saratoga to end his season. At three, he stayed in California before heading to the Kentucky Derby.

Animal Kingdom (2011) and Super Saver (2010) were nomadic in their careers prior to the Derby. Mine That Bird (2009) did have a race in California as a two year old, but it was a stopover in the Breeders’ Cup after his career started in Canada. He eventually landed at Sunland Park before his unlikely Derby win.

For whatever reasons, California has churned out the Kentucky Derby prospects and they are not just winning. They are also doing well enough to hit the board the last two years. Nyquist and Exaggerator went 1-2 this year while American Pharoah, Firing Line, and Dortmund went 1-2-3 in 2015. Again, two years of data in dominating the exacta is far from a serious trend, but is still worth noting.

Position of Winners Under Points System

Another trend that has begun to emerge from the last four years is not just favorites or Californian horses winning the Kentucky Derby. It is also how they are winning the race. Each of the last three years the winning horses have been very close to the lead with none of the them being worse than third during their race. The tables below provide some insight as to where the winners were during their race.

4 Years Since Start of Kentucky Derby Points System
Year	Winner	1/4 Split	1/2 Split	3/4 Split	1 Mile Split	Final Time	Field Size	Track Condition	Winning Style
2016	Nyquist	22.58	45.72	1:10.40	1:35.61	2:01.31	20	Fast	Near Front / Presser
2015	American Pharoah	23.24	47.34	1:11.29	1:36.45	2:03.02	18	Fast	Near Front / Presser
2014	California Chrome	23.04	47.37	1:11.80	1:37.45	2:03.66	19	Fast	Near Front / Presser
2013	Orb	22.57	45.33	1:09.80	1:36.16	2:02.89	19	Sloppy (Sealed)	Deep Closer

4 Years Prior to Start of Kentucky Derby Points System
Year	Winner	1/4 Split	1/2 Split	3/4 Split	1 Mile Split	Final Time	Field Size	Track Condition	Winning Style
2012	I’ll Have Another	22.32	45.39	1:09.80	1:35.19	2:01.83	20	Fast	Off Leaders / Stalking
2011	Animal Kingdom	23.24	48.63	1:13.40	1:37.49	2:02.04	19	Fast	Mid Pack / Closer
2010	Super Saver	22.63	46.16	1:10.58	1:37.65	2:04.45	20	Sloppy (Sealed)	Off Leaders / Stalking
2009	Mine That Bird	22.98	47.23	1:12.09	1:37.49	2:02.66	19	Sloppy (Sealed)	Deep Closer

In the five previous Kentucky Derbies (2009-2013), runners close to the pace were usually nowhere to be found. As previously mentioned, Bodemeister set the pace in the 2012 Kentucky Derby won by I’ll Have Another and finished second. Shackleford tried to wire the field in 2011, but finished fourth by 3 3/4 lengths. Super Saver was close to the lead in terms of position, but was more than 5 lengths off the pace until the mile marker. Pioneerof the Nile (Sire of American Pharoah) was close throughout his Kentucky Derby run (never more than 3 lengths off the lead) while finishing second to Mine That Bird.

One of the hardest conclusions to draw is from race position. Each Kentucky Derby is completely different in how it is run. How many horses were setting the pace? Was there any pressure on the leader(s)? How was the track condition? How did the track condition affect the shape of the race? Did one of the speed horses not break well? Those are just a few of the many questions that can have different answers each year in how the race was run.

Nevertheless, the trend is there that horses near the front are doing well. However, keep in mind that the last three years, the top 3 year old entering the Derby was considered above the rest of the crop. Perhaps this is nothing more than the best horse in the race having a similar style and just being better than their peers.

Speed Under the Kentucky Derby Points System

Last year I postulated that the Kentucky Derby was slowing down in terms of time. After three years of data it appeared to be correct, but then 2016 happened. This year the Kentucky Derby went in 22.58 for the quarter and 45.72 for the opening half-mile. 2015 saw the same fractions go in 23.24 and 47.34, respectively. As stated two paragraphs above, the shape of the race is contingent on many different factors. The draw, the track condition, if a bias is present on the track, the break at the start of the race, etc. all can completely change how a race is run and won, especially in a race with as many as 20 horses.

Conclusion

What you have read above was worth pointing out, but by no means should sculpt one’s handicapping for the 2017 Kentucky Derby. The favorites have dominated the last four years and the winner has run the same race in the last three years. Does that mean it will continue? Not at all, but the trend can also still continue in 2017.

What makes the Derby so different (and difficult) is there is no race to compare it. There are no other races for 3 year olds that are run at a mile and a quarter AND allow 20 horses. The uniqueness of it allows it to be one of, if not the, most popular races each year. That uniqueness also makes it hard to find parallels as noted above.

Horse racing is a fickle sport. The highest highs can be followed by the lowest lows. The trends laid out above could easily be blown apart when a horse completely changes tactics (see Palace Malice in the 2013 Kentucky Derby). A real, concrete pattern may not emerge for another decade or more (four years is hardly a great basis for drawing a solid conclusion). A lot of things can change in the next decade which may show this four year trend as an anomaly.

One trend that will not probably change is my picking of the Kentucky Derby Toss. I had #9 Destin this year and he finished 6th. In addition, there will probably be an article like this one looking back at five year trends instead of four year trends. Enjoy the Triple Crown!

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