The field of 64 teams for the 2015 NCAA Baseball Tournament will be revealed on Monday morning, but on Sunday night we found out the 16 host sites for regionals.
Each regional site will feature four teams playing in a double-elimination tournament, with one winner advancing from each quartet. LSU — rated No. 1 overall by Baseball America, USA Today and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America — will host the Baton Rouge Regional. UCLA is ranked second or third in those polls, and is hosting the Los Angeles Regional.
Here are the 16 host sites and schools:
- Baton Rouge (LSU)
- Champaign (Illinois)
- College Station (Texas A&M)
- Coral Gables, Fla. (Miami)
- Dallas (Dallas Baptist)
- Fort Worth (TCU)
- Fullerton, Calif. (Cal State Fullerton)
- Gainesville (Florida)
- Houston (Houston)
- Lake Elsinore, Calif. (UC Santa Barbara)
- Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Louisville (Louisville)
- Nashville (Vanderbilt)
- Springfield (Missouri State)
- Stillwater (Oklahoma State)
- Tallahassee (Florida State)
The remainder of the 64-team field will be revealed on Monday morning at noon ET on ESPNU.
Regionals will be held from May 29 to June 1, with one winner from each site advancing to super regionals. 16 teams will take part in eight best-of-three series from June 5-8, playing for a berth in the 2015 College World Series, which opens June 13 in Omaha.
