SELECTION SUNDAY 🚨 Tennessee Volunteers are No. 1 overall seed in NCAA Men’s College World Series

The College GameDay crew and participating teams react to the 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament bracket.

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the road to Omaha begins in Bristol Connecticut welcome into the selection show our Graphics Department holds the keys to the answers to the test of the Gateway to the West and we are looking forward to it Matt chick Kyle Peterson and Mike Rooney what answers are you most looking forward to here over the next 60 minutes for me it’s the the last couple um of the top eight National seeds the last couple of uh of the hosts I guess that was ultimately answered yesterday um so we don’t need to about that um and just what the bubble looks like I think that’s one of the biggest questions every year who’s in at the very end who’s not and why yeah and we’re entering an error of Mega leagues and you think about it we’ve got something unprecedented the SEC the number one ranked league in college baseball we’ve got five teams that are 13 and 17 in the regular season how will the committee handle that yeah the bubble is going to be very very interesting to uh to quantify and examine a little bit later on LSU won it all last year not hosting a regional this year here are the 16 teams that will be hosting these were announced last night go from Corvalis all the way down to Tallahassee ECU hosting a regional for the fifth time in the last eight seasons Oklahoma first time hosting a regional in 14 years NC State hosting for the first time since 2018 how about UCSB first Regional on campus for the first time each of these 16 programs hosting a four team Regional it’s a double elimination format winners of the 16 regionals advaned to the Super Regional round for a best two out of three Series where the final eight advance to the College World Series the country top eight National seed for the 12th time most of any School Tennessee the number one overall seed yet again another 50 win campaign here is the Knoxville Regional they will open up against the northern Kentucky North head coach dizzy pton The Horizon league tournament Champs making their first NCAA tournament appearance after joining division one 11 short years ago Liam mcfaden akman 21 home runs leading the Horizon elsewhere in the Knoxville Regional the Indiana hooers look like some sort of bubble team coming in Devin Taylor 18 home runs tied for the lead in The Big 10 the hooers are back in for the 10th time and the eighth time in the last 11 tournaments they will face the Southern Miss golden eagles was the only team in the country to have won 40 or more games in each of the last eight full seasons lot of bubble teams out there certainly grateful that Southern Miss won their conference tournament yesterday Sun Belt Champs 20th NCAA tournament appearance and their eighth straight the Knoxville Regional is matched up with the Greenville Regional Lewis field and Clark lir Stadium Cliff Godwin six 16 National seed most Regional appearances without a trip to the College World Series I’m sure they’re done hearing that stat six consecutive 40 win Seasons trus Sage missed that conference tournament the injury he gets back on the mound they will open up against the Evansville purple Aces what a story for head coach West Carrol in his 15th season Missouri Valley Conference champ their first appearance in 18 years after taking down Indiana State in the title game yesterday yes hugs all around elsewhere in Greenville the VCU Rams their third appearance in the last four seasons the A10 tournament Champs beat Richmond 16 to1 in that champ game Brandon Nike that a810 most outstanding player in the tournament five home runs on the week he will face oh Wake Forest that’s a dangerous Regional two seed Nick kurts so good 14 home runs in a 10 game span 22 bombs on the season Siver King outstanding as well for head coach Tom Walter so you got a Wake Forest team that finally is as healthy as they’ve been the entire season East Carolina will see if they get you savage back partially collapse lung he didn’t pitch last weekend think they’ll probably get him back look on the other side that’s when it could get interesting if Wake Forest can run through and win on the road then you get Tennessee moving on down we’ve got the Norman Regional Oklahoma is the number nine National seed 40th nca8 appearance golf clap their third straight appearance haven’t hosted a regional since 2010 and they will open up against Oral Roberts the golden eagles were the Champs out of the summit league for the third consecutive season their 30th NCAA tournament appearance Holden Breeze big hit King there in the summit League moving on down the Yukon huskies are in the 25th NCAA tournament appearance how about they’ve reached six straight regionals for the first time in program history Jim penders Club will face the Duke Blue Devils a team that I have thought they should have been hosting here Chris Par their 11th NCAA tournament appearance the ACC tournament chance 112 long bombs the most in program history Ben Miller Stone AJ Garcia Zach Morris KY capes no not part of that uh the Norman Regional is matched up with the Tallahassee Regional and there we fight of course Florida State Dix Hower Stadium link Jared and Company their 60th NCAA appearance second most all time they will face the Stetson Hatters out of the Atlantic Sun the the 18th NCAA tournament appearance in their first since reaching the supers back in 2018 Kyle Jones can swipe some bases he’s got 22 on the season Steve triper and Company headed to Tallahassee Azar a short trip for the UCF Knights they had big wins over Cincinnati and Oklahoma State in the Big 12 tournament what of those potential bubble teams that’ll bring you out of your chair Rich Wallace in his first first season getting it done former coach in Florida State he’s headed to back home there to Florida State as is Alabama the Crimson tied and head coach Rob vaugh 24th tournament appearance getting it done back to back seasons in the field for the first time in 10 years Mike Rooney NKU and UCF best watch party reacts so far for my money uh three of these eight teams were in a Super Regional last year and bubble and locations Yukon in UCF in Alabama in Tallahassee Regional and the Norman Regional squared up for a possible super here’s the fville regional Arkansas Razer backs bomb Walker stadium is going to be rocking D Van Horn closing in on 900 wins at Arkansas Payton Hol Kendall Diggs aan Smith getting set for Arkansas who we Face who are we going to open up against how about the Champs out of the Ohio Valley Conference Southeast Missouri Red Hawks and head coach Andy Sawyers their sixth tournament appearance and their third in the last four seasons started the year 7 and 12 just kept on keeping on Josh Cameron with 13 home runs K Miller three-time allc conference pitcher for the Red Hawks the Kansas State Wildcats are in and head coach Pete Hughes top 10 in the nation and stolen faes with a buck 27 Jackson Wentworth on the mound fifth tournament appearance in their first in 11 Seasons welcome back to the field of 64 cats you will face that’s a battle of cats and dogs the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs out of Conference USA head coach Lane Burrows their 11th NCAA appearance Paul McConnell hit King out of Conference USA the Charlottesville Regional Virginia gets the 12 overall seed hosting a regional for the 11th time Harrison denwick 23 home runs top three in the ACC private party taking on the Quakers Pennsylvania Quakers out of the ivy league the ivy league Champs backto back appearances after none since 1995 M Hensler with 22 home runs to break the IV League record St John’s is in the Big East tournament Champs Mike Hampton and his first season 38 alltime appearances for St John’s but their first in six years red storm will face the Mississippi State Bulldogs dangelo s sja third in the SEC with 108 strikeouts how about Mississippi State Mak in the field of 64 for the first time since winning it all in 21 and a few things on this obviously Arkansas’s pitched it better than anybody the entire season good to see K stay in they were one of those teams last year that were one of the first four out thought they should have got in this year they’re in and playing ped hughes’s Club is is going to be playing next weekend Mississippi State Virginia gets really interesting to me and Mississippi state’s got two real starters thought that they potentially should have hosted they don’t uh Cal Steven’s been great the whole year and Virginia has one of the best offenses in the entire country they’re top five runs per game if those two end up in the 101 game that would be a great Saturday game to watch faville and Charlottesville in a Super Regional let’s go to the desert let’s go to Tucson the Arizona Wildcat what a season it was what a finish it was for not only their campaign but for the Pack 12 as a whole pack 12 regular season and tournament champ Tommy Spain with that walk-off RBI single to capture the trophy against us C they’ll face GCU the Lopes The Wack regular season champs for the fourth straight year they won The Wack by five games now they lost to Charlton state in the wack tournament Charlton is ineligible fourth and final year that transition from division 2 GCU is in as the regular season Champs elsewhere in Tucson West Virginia JJ weather Hol he’s healthy this 25 games with a hamstring still has the hamstring but now he’s 15th NCAA appearance in their back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 1960s they will face the Dallas Baptist Patriots 13th tournament appearance for DBU the Conference USA Champs Ryan Johnson getting it done on the mound top five in ER at strikeouts nationally Dan Hefner DBU back in it Regional matched up with the Chapel Hill Regional the Bosch will be rocking this weekend top eight National seed for the ninth time Vance Honeycut and Company clapping and and ready to take on a team that has had a incredible season the Long Island Lutheran sharks Long Island University sharks Dan pillo not to be confused with the high school it is eth season their fourth NCAA appearance Seth SED NEC tournament MVP how about wford second tournament appearance first since 2007 the socon Champs are in 142 stolen bases nobody in the tournament has more eight players hitting 300 or better who do they got the LSU Tigers and head coach Jay Johnson what a run they had on the back half of the season started they lost 12 of their first 15 conference games the first SEC team to do that and reach the tournament Michael brazwell certainly A Difference Maker since entering the leadoff spot what a tournament they had there yeah there’s some real star power in these eight teams JJ weather Hol for West Virginia one of the best hitters in the tournament Ryan Johnson the ace for DBU then you think about Chapel Hill what if we get North Carolina and LSU and that winter bracket game Vance Honeycut Tommy tanks let’s go let’s go to rileigh shall we NC State Oakfield at Dale Park head coach Elliot Avent 28th season as head coach more than a thousand wins eth tournament appearance in the last nine Seasons hosting a regional for the seventh time Alec marevich ECU transfer one of the most experienced players in all of college baseball Gary hennington as well Sam Hill is back 100% healthy they will take on the Bryant Bulldogs the Champs out of the American East First Title in their second year as a member of the America East and their first appearance since 2016 hold the trophy hold the sign kin Nora with 17 home runs led the conference this year elear and Raleigh another one of those bubble teams they’re in look at that [Applause] reaction that is fantastic the Dukes of James Madison get never really know when you’re on the bubble you don’t know what’s going to happen ninth tournament appearance in their first in 13 years the Euphoria palpable with those napkin table claw South Carolina Gamecock will say hello to the Dukes 35th tournament appearance they finished 13 and 17 in League Play but did enough to get in Cena top five in the SEC and runs batted in had handful of home runs in that SEC tournament Bryant JMU South Carolina all heading to Raleigh the Raleigh Regional matched up with the Athens Regional the number seven overall seed the Georgia Bulldogs have not won a regional since 2008 when they made it to the College World Series I think that’s a m askk in the front row Charlie cond with 35 home runs SEC player of the year they will face Black Knights of army West Point Patriot League champ sixth straight tournament appearance led the ivy league with 57 home runs drik Berg had 15 of them Georgia Tech is in Danny Hall with his more than 12200 wins as head coach they know where the camera is [Applause] my gritt they’re doing their gritt dance go on the set Drew buris 23 home run second most among all division one freshman Georgia Tech faces UNC Wilmington Seahawks the Champs out of colonial Elite record eight Colonial championships for the Seahawks first backto back championships in five years for them Ander thatch with 27 home runs Randy hood has him back in for the 12 time in program history rooms yeah NC State’s got a special group of freshman arms Cole MSA you mentioned maybe the hottest player entering the tournament in Athens Conan Tanner thatch of UNCW Drew burus of tech I mean some chance for some real power in Athens Raleigh and Athens NC States and Georgia perhaps on a collision course let’s go to Clemson Eric bage and Clemson again took a program that missed back-to-back tournaments now they’re back-to- back 40 win Seasons boosting a regional for the 18th time ninth most out of any school they will face the Highpoint Panthers what a great year it’s been for that athletics department Allen hus takes the men’s team to the tournament or actually won the Big South championship I should say and then baseball team gets their first NCAA appearance as Big South tournament Champs how about Coastal Carolina the shanana clears Gary Gilmore in his 29th and final season as head coach of CCU they get in guy who almost became a PE teacher after two years on the job with stood the test of time won a national championship and they will face the Vanderbilt commodor and head coach Tim Corbin their 22nd tournament appearance Jen Davis good to see him back taking some at bats in the SCC tournament RJ Austin Calvin hwit getting it done on the bases for Vandy that’s the Clemson Regional it’s matched up with the Stillwater Regional Josh holidays team is back in after winning the Big 12 tournament 49 tournament appearance for the Cowboys that’s fourth most all time haven’t won a regional since 2019 they’ll go through Niagara the purple Eagles they’ll attempt to their first tournament appearance congrats to the Champs out of the MAAC Eric rchak with 16 home runs for the purple Eagles elsewhere in Still Water the Florida Gators are in the field for the 39 time in the 16th consecutive year second longest active streak we’ll get to see Jack kleon top five with 29 home runs they will face oh we’ve got a Fiesta Bowl 1996 rematch yes will bolts up in that thing 18 NCAA tournament appearance the Big 10 tournament Champs lost the first game W five straight Josh Karen with six home runs in that big 10 tournament Tommy touchdown come on back let’s see it again um all right started the first of all Gary Gore is one of the greatest men in in college baseball and to see him get one more chance in the postseason was awesome Vandy look like a different offense now in the SEC tournament we’ll see if that can continue Santa Barbara region you see Santa Barbara Caesar usaka Stadium for the first time in the 64 Team Bracket era is going to host they just put in artificial turf this year nearly a $3 million renovation project it paid off 14th tournament appearance for the gaos they’ll face another team in the west Fresno State Mountain West Champs one it one the conference tournament is a four seed Rocco Pepe with 14 home runs 76 home runs as a team the Oregon Ducks are back in for the fourth straight year after missing four straight regionals when oer in the Pack 12 terit they find their way in Mason Neville the best hitters in the Pack 12 had 16 home runs and the San Diego terreros are in the West Coast Conference Champs are some young players in the front 10th NCAA tournament appearance Jacob Christian with 23 home runs on the season congrats sanago Santa Barbara matched up with the college station Regional Bluebell Park Texas ADM and Jim schlagle bra Montgomery lulette 28 home runs top five of division one lost a couple of games in the Stanford Stanford in the regional last year started 17-0 this year looking to finish stronger how about rambling oh they’re on the bus come on so good the Tigers on their way back to Louisiana after winning the swack I get used to that bus I got 300 drive to College Station T walk with 11 home runs congrats to the Tigers on the bus you love technology that’s outstanding the Texas Longhorns are in for the 63rd time that’s the most of any school 12 quad one wins top 50 RPI Jared Thomas one of the best hitters in the conference 109 home run second most in program history for the team and they’ll face the Louisiana rent cage said coach Matt DS 19th tournament appearance haven’t been to a Super in 9 years he won four regionals to two or three from Southern Miss good team out of the sun belts getting an at large Mike Rooney yeah great to see Santa Barbara hosting they’ve had a ton of adversity this year it’s an Omaha caliber pitching staff Fresno State won the national title in 2008 as a four seed # just saying and then Texas won nine out of their 10 Big 12 SE series very dangerous three seed [Music]