The 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 29, 2015, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team

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concluded with the 2015

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, which began on June 13 and ended on June 24 with the

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upsetting the defending champion Vanderbilt Commodores 4–2 in the decisive Game 3 and thereby avenging their CWS Finals loss to Vanderbilt the previous year. The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams. Thirty-one teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Teams were divided into 16 regionals of four teams, which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three series to determine the eight participants of the College World Series.

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split the first two games of the best-of-three championship series before Virginia won Game 3, 4–2, to win their first national championship in baseball. The two teams previously met in the championship series in

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, which Vanderbilt won.

Bids

Automatic bids

By conference

National seeds

With the exception of , these teams would automatically host a super regional if they advanced that far. Missouri State was not able to host because of a venue scheduling conflict. #

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# ‡ Bold indicates

participant
† indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament
‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament

Regionals and Super Regionals

''Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.''

Charlottesville Super Regional

Hosted by Virginia at Davenport Field †UC Santa Barbara was unable to host at their home stadium, Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, due to inadequate facilities according to NCAA regional hosting guidelines.

Fayetteville Super Regional

Hosted by

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at Baum Stadium, due to a scheduling conflict with the Springfield Cardinals, who also play at Missouri State's Hammons Field.

Gainesville Super Regional

Coral Gables Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Fort Worth Super Regional

Louisville Super Regional

Champaign Super Regional

College World Series

The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park in

Participants

Bracket

''Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only''

Game results

:Game began Sunday night at 7 p.m. CT. A rain delay occurred at 9:22 p.m. The game was suspended at 10:41 p.m. and resumed Monday at 2 p.m.

All-Tournament Team

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

Final standings

''Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only''

Record by conference

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion. Nc is non-conference, that is, without games played against teams within the same conference; there may be no difference from overall.

Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha station KOZN, in association with

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Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Sharp acting as the field reporter.

Television

ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks (

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, LHN, and

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). ESPN also provided "Bases Loaded" coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Brendan Fitzgerald and Matt Schick with Kyle Peterson and

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providing analysis. "Bases Loaded" aired Friday-Sunday from 1 p.m.–midnight EDT and Monday from 6 p.m.–midnight EDT on ESPN3. ESPN2 and ESPNU aired "Bases Loaded" in between games and throughout other select times during the tournament.

Broadcast assignments

''Regionals'' * Clay Matvick and Mike Rooney:

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* Mike Keith and Rusty Ensor:

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* Doug Bell and Wes Clements:

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* Mike Morgan and Dave Perno:

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* Jason Benetti and Nick Belmonte:

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* Jim Barbar and Jerry Kindall:

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* Brett Dolan and Greg Swindell:

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* Anish Shroff and Landon Powell:

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''Super Regionals'' *

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and Eduardo Perez:

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*Kevin Dunn and Keith Moreland:

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*Anish Shroff and Danny Kanell: Coral Gables, Florida *Tom Hart and Gabe Gross: Gainesville, Florida ''College World Series'' * Jon Sciambi,

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, and Kaylee Hartung: Afternoons * Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, and Jessica Mendoza: Evenings ''Regionals'' * Tom Hart and Gabe Gross:

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* Kevin Dunn and Keith Moreland:

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* Dave Neal and Chris Burke:

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* Doug Sherman and John Gregory:

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* Mike Couzens and Eduardo Perez:

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* Trey Bender and Jay Walker: Lake Elsinore, California * Mark Neely and Jay Powell:

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* Roxy Bernstein and Randy Flores:

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''Super Regionals'' *Adam Amin, Ben McDonald, and Kaylee Hartung: Baton Rouge, Louisiana *Dave Neal, Kyle Peterson, and Chris Burke: Fort Worth, Texas *Clay Matvick and Jay Walker: Champaign, Illinois *Roxy Bernstein and Randy Flores: Louisville, Kentucky ''College World Series Championship Series'' *Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza, and Kaylee Hartung

References

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