College Baseball Regional 2015: Dates, Schedule, Bracket and Players to Watch – Bleacher Report

The Road to Omaha, Nebraska and the 2015 College Baseball World Series has been paved. The 64-team field, dates, schedule and bracket have been established.   

You can view the brackets and schedule on NCAA.com.

Play begins on Friday, May 29 with double-elimination regionals across the country. The sites of those regionals are listed below.

The Super Regionals follow and those matchups are best-of-three series. There’s no date listed for this section of the tournament because the start of this portion of the tournament is dependent on the results of the regionals.

From there, the surviving teams will go to Omaha to compete in the CWS which begins on June 13.

In the most recent poll on NCAA.com, the Miami Hurricanes came in as the No. 1 team in the nation. With a record of 43-14, the Canes could be considered the best team in the country. 

That said, we can’t forget the UCLA Bruins (42-12), LSU Tigers (48-9) or the Texas A&M Aggies (45-10). It wouldn’t be a shock if any of those teams wound up emerging as champions.

The regionals will be filled with great players. Here’s a look at three stars to watch as regional play begins on Friday.

Chris Robinson, Morehead State

With the highest batting average of any player on a team that qualified for regionals, there’s no question Morehead State Eagles star, Chris Robinson can rake. He hit .412 this season with nine home runs and 69 RBI. In his 59 games this season, he only failed to get a hit in seven contests. 

The senior catcher/outfielder offers great versatility, leadership and run production for an Eagles team looking to be a Cinderella story in the Louisville Cardinals bracket. It could be a short stay in the postseason for the Eagles, but Robinson could still shine.

George Iskenderian, Miami, FL

By most accounts, junior shortstop George Iskenderian is the Hurricane’s best player. you might get some arguments from fans of Christopher Barr and Zack Collins, but Iskenderian is the glue guy.

He was drafted in the 34th round of the 2014 MLB draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, but chose to stay in school instead of turning pro. Iskenderian hit .379 this season in 58 games and his scrappiness and slick fielding helps to pace the nation’s top-ranked team.

David Berg, UCLA

After another stellar season with the UCLA Bruins, David Berg won Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year honors. He was 7-1 with a minuscule 0.73 ERA and 12 saves. He is the Bruins’ all-time leader in that category with 48 in his stellar career. The Los Angeles Times’ Mike Hiserman agrees with ESPN’s analysis of Berg.

ESPN analyst just called #UCLABaseball‘s David Berg “the most productive closer in the history of college baseball.” #respect

— mike hiserman (@MikeHiserman) May 25, 2015

The side-arm reliever leads a Bruins pitching staff that led all Division I teams with a 2.16 ERA. Despite the Hurricanes’ No. 1 ranking, the Bruins might be the team to beat. 

Berg’s presence has a lot to do with that. If the Bruins can get any lead heading into the final two or three innings, Berg has proven capable to shut the door better than anyone in the nation.