Four ACC Teams to Compete in NCAA Baseball Super Regionals
Three league teams among hosts announced Monday.



June 3, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS---The eight Super-Regional hosts were announced today by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Three ACC teams are among the eight hosts - Miami, North Carolina and Florida State. NC State is the league's fourth participant, but the Wolfpack will travel to Athens, Ga. for its Super Regional.

A minimum of 45 hours of super-regional television will be provided by family of ESPN channels, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Consult local listings for specific games shown in each area of the country. As many as 15 national broadcast windows could appear on the three ESPN networks from June 6-9.

The following four super regionals will be played Friday, June 6, Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8 (if necessary). The national seed is indicated before the team name, while updated records through the regionals are in parenthesis.

GAMES BEGIN FRIDAY, JUNE 6 - All Times are Eastern

NC State (41-20) at No. 8 Georgia (39-22-1) Noon (ESPN), Noon (ESPN2), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Wichita State (47-15) at No. 4 Florida State (52-11) 2 p.m. (ESPN2), Noon (ESPN2), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Arizona (41-17) at No. 1 Miami (Florida) (50-8) 7 p.m. (ESPN), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

If *Cal State Fullerton wins

Stanford (37-22-2) at No. 5 *Cal State Fullerton (40-20) 10:30 p.m. (ESPN2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

If UCLA wins

*UCLA (33-26) at Stanford (37-22-2) 10:30 p.m. (ESPN2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

The following four best-of-three super regionals will be played Saturday, June 7, Sunday, June 8, and Monday, June 9 (if necessary).

GAMES BEGIN SATURDAY, JUNE 7 - All times are Eastern

Coastal Carolina (50-12) at No. 2 North Carolina (at Cary, N.C.) (49-12) Noon (ESPNU), 1 p.m. (ESPN), 12:30 p.m./7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)

Texas A&M (46-17) at No. 6 Rice (45-13) 3 p.m. (ESPNU), 7 p.m. (ESPN2), 12:30 p.m./7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)

UC Irvine (41-16) at No. 7 LSU (46-16-1) 6 p.m. (ESPNU), 4 p.m. (ESPN), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

*Fresno State (39-28)/San Diego (44-16) winner at No. 3 Arizona State (48-11) 9 p.m. (ESPNU), 10 p.m. (ESPN2), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

*Fresno State-San Diego, UCLA-Cal State Fullerton games were not completed at the time of the news release. Records are through Sunday, June 1.

The determination of the order of first-round games both Saturday, June 14, and Sunday, June 15, will be announced Monday, June 9. The ESPN family of networks and www.ncaa.com will release the MCWS game dates and times as soon as they are available.

The 62nd College World Series begins play Saturday, June 14, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.