College Baseball Regionals 2013 Bracket: Schedule, Live Stream and More

After a long and arduous regular season, the road to the College Baseball World Series is finally set to commence on Friday. The 64-team field is in place, and every team believes it has a chance to be crowned champion of college baseball.

The tournament will begin in the regional stage with 16 groups of four. Each group will take part in a double-elimination round, so the last team remaining with less than two losses will advance to the Super Regionals, which are the baseball equivalent of the Sweet 16.

The No. 1 seed in each group obviously has a distinct advantage in terms of overall talent level, but there are no guarantees until the games have been played.

Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming college baseball regionals, including when and where to watch every game.

Where: Multiple Venues

When: Friday, May 31 through Monday, June, 3

Watch: ESPNU

Live Stream: ESPN3

Schedule

Matchup	Date	Time (ET)	Watch	Location
Troy vs. Alabama	Friday, May 31	12 p.m.	ESPNU	Tallahassee, Fla.
Coastal Carolina vs, Oklahoma	Friday, May 31	1 p.m.	ESPN3	Blacksburg, Va.
Towson vs. Florida Atlantic	Friday, May 31	1 p.m.	ESPN3	Chapel Hill, N.C.
Liberty vs. Clemson	Friday, May 31	1 p.m.	ESPN3	Columbia, S.C.
Florida vs. Austin Peay	Friday, May 31	1 p.m.	ESPN3	Bloomington, Ind.
Army vs. Virginia	Friday, May 31	1 p.m.	ESPN3	Charlottesville, Va.
William & Mary vs. Ole Miss	Friday, May 31	2 p.m.	ESPN3	Raleigh, N.C.
Oklahoma State vs. Miami (FL)	Friday, May 31	2 p.m.	ESPN3	Louisville, Ky.
Illinois vs. Georgia Tech	Friday, May 31	2 p.m.	ESPN3	Nashville, Tenn.
Wichita State vs. Kansas State	Friday, May 31	3 p.m.	ESPNU	Manhattan, Kan.
UC Santa Barbara vs. Texas A&M	Friday, May 31	3 p.m.	ESPN3	Corvallis, Ore.
Mercer vs. South Alabama	Friday, May 31	3 p.m.	ESPN3	Starkville, Miss.
Jackson State vs. LSU	Friday, May 31	3 p.m.	ESPN3	Baton Rouge, La.
San Francisco vs. Rice	Friday, May 31	5 p.m.	ESPN3	Eugene, Ore.
Savannah State vs. Florida State	Friday, May 31	5 p.m.	ESPN3	Tallahassee, Fla.
San Diego vs. Cal Poly	Friday, May 31	5 p.m.	ESPN3	Los Angeles, Calif.
UConn vs. Virginia Tech	Friday, May 31	5:30 p.m.	ESPN3	Blacksburg, Va.
Canisius vs. North Carolina	Friday, May 31	6 p.m.	ESPN3	Chapel Hill, N.C.
Bowling Green vs. Louisville	Friday, May 31	6 p.m.	ESPN3	Louisville, Ky.
Elon vs. UNC-Wilmington	Friday, May 31	6 p.m.	ESPN3	Charlottesville, Va.
Valparaiso vs. Indiana	Friday, May 31	7 p.m.	ESPN3	Bloomington, Ind.
Binghamton vs. NC State	Friday, May 31	7 p.m.	ESPN3	Raleigh, N.C.
East Tennessee State vs. Vanderbilt	Friday, May 31	7 p.m.	ESPNU	Nashville, Tenn.
Saint Louis vs. South Carolina	Friday, May 31	7 p.m.	ESPN3	Columbia, S.C.
New Mexico vs. Arizona State	Friday, May 31	7 p.m.	ESPN3	Fullerton, Calif.
Texas-San Antonio vs. Oregon State	Friday, May 31	8 p.m.	ESPN3	Corvallis, Ore.
Central Arkansas vs. Mississippi State	Friday, May 31	8 p.m.	ESPN3	Starkville, Miss.
Bryant vs. Arkansas	Friday, May 31	8 p.m.	ESPN3	Manhattan, Kan.
Sam Houston State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette	Friday, May 31	8 p.m.	ESPN3	Baton Rouge, La.
South Dakota State vs. Oregon	Friday, May 31	9 p.m.	ESPN3	Eugene, Ore.
San Diego State vs. UCLA	Friday, May 31	9 p.m.	ESPN3	Los Angeles, Calif.
Columbia vs. Cal State Fullerton	Friday, May 31	11 p.m.	ESPNU	Fullerton, Calif.

*Remaining schedule on June 1, 2 and 3 depends on winners and losers of May 31 games

*Schedule courtesy of NCAA.com

Bracket

Teams to Watch

North Carolina

No team in college baseball had a stronger season than the North Carolina Tar Heels, who finished with a 52-8 record and were rewarded with the No. 1-overall seed in the tournament for the first time in team history, according to LaSalle Blanks of 13NEWS in Norfolk, Va. UNC has a ton of depth and star power, which should easily carry the team into the Super Regional round.

Offensively, the Tar Heels are led by junior third baseman Colin Moran, who was second on the team with a .357 average and led North Carolina with 13 home runs and 84 RBI. UNC's biggest strength may be its pitching, though, as the flame-throwing trio of Trent Thornton, Kent Emanuel and Hobbs Johnson each had an ERA of 2.14 or better this year.

There are a lot of good teams in the tournament, but North Carolina has to be the odds-on favorite to win it all right now.

LSU

The LSU Tigers had plenty of top-flight competition to contend with in the SEC this year, but they were able to come away smelling like roses with a 52-9 overall record. LSU certainly earned a No. 1 seed, and it has the players necessary to make a very deep run in the tourney.

Balance is the name of the game for the Tigers on offense, as they had five players hit .314 or better during the regular season, each of whom also had an on-base percentage over .400. Their most notable contributor was senior utility man Mason Katz, who hit .377 and racked up 14 homers and 64 RBI.

LSU has an impressive stable of arms as well, but the unquestioned leader is the appropriately named Aaron Nola. The sophomore righty was dominant for the Tigers this year, as he went 10-0 with a 1.94 ERA and 105 strikeouts in 102 innings. Everyone must contribute in order for LSU to thrive, but the team's success rests largely on the strong arm of Nola.

Vanderbilt

Like LSU, Vanderbilt competed in arguably the toughest conference in the nation this season in the form of the SEC. Vandy took its lumps here and there, but with an overall record of 51-9 and an SEC mark of 26-3, the Commodores enter the tournament with a ton of confidence and momentum.

One of the big reasons for Vandy's success this season is the fact that there isn't an easy out in the lineup. That includes table-setter Tony Kemp. The junior second baseman hit an astounding .402, reached base over 48 percent of the time and stole 30 bases. With Kemp wreaking havoc on the basepaths, it was much easier for the lineup's run producers to succeed.

Also, Vanderbilt boasts a pair of aces in the form of Kevin Ziomek and Tyler Beede. Ziomek and Beede ended up with a 2.05 and 2.10 ERA respectively and finished the season with a combined record of 24-2. Each man also struck out more than a batter per inning, so Vandy has a great chance to win essentially every game it plays.

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