NCAA releases 2023 Baseball Tournament schedule, TV designations for opening regional matchups

Alex Weberby:Alex Weber05/29/23

The 2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament bracket has just been released with 64 teams hearing their names called and finding out who and where they’ll play this coming weekend. You can find the entire bracket and who the selection committee deemed as the first teams out and last teams in right here. As for the first pitch times for each of the first round regional games, beginning Friday June 2, you can find those just below as well.

Check out the location, opponents, start time, and TV channel for all 32 of Friday’s games to kick off the NCAA Tournament:

Start times for Friday NCAA Tournament games

Auburn, AL Regional
#2 Southern Miss (41-17) vs. #3 Samford (36-23), 2 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Auburn (34-21-1) vs. #4 Penn (32-14), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Baton Rouge, LA Regional
#1 LSU (43-15) vs. #4 Tulane (19-40), 3 p.m., ESPNU
#2 Oregon St. (39-18) vs. #3 Sam Houston (38-23), 8 p.m., ESPN+

Charlottesville, VA Regional
#1 Virginia (45-12) vs. #4 Army (38-16), Noon, ESPN+
#2 East Carolina (45-17) vs. #3 Oklahoma (31-26), 7 p.m., ESPN2

Clemson, SC Regional
#1 Clemson (43-17) vs. #4 Lipscomb (36-24), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#2 Tennessee (38-19) vs. #3 Charlotte (34-26), 6 p.m., ESPNU

Columbia, SC Regional
#2 Campbell (44-13) vs. #3 NC State (35-19), 1 p.m., ACCN
#1 South Carolina  (39-19) vs. #4 Central Connecticut St. (36-12), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Conway, SC Regional 
#2 Duke (35-21) vs. #3 UNCW (34-21), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Coastal Carolina (39-19) vs. #4 Rider (35-19), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Coral Gables, FL Regional
#2 Texas (38-20) vs. #3 Louisiana (40-22), 2 p.m., LHN
#1 Miami (FL) (40-19) vs. #4 Maine (32-19), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Fayetteville, AR Regional
#1 Arkansas  (41-16) vs. #4 Santa Clara (35-18), 3 p.m., ESPN+
#2 TCU (37-22) vs. #3 Arizona (33-24), 9 p.m., ESPNU

Gainesville, FL Regional
#2 UConn (43-15) vs. #3 Texas Tech (39-21), Noon, ESPNU
#1 Florida (44-14) vs. #4 Florida A&M (29-28), 5:30 p.m., ESPN+

Lexington, KY Regional
#1 Kentucky (36-18) vs. #4 Ball St. (36-21), Noon, SECN
#2 West Virginia (39-18) vs. #3 Indiana (41-18), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Nashville, TN Regional
#2 Oregon (37-20) vs. #3 Xavier (37-23), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Vanderbilt  (41-18) vs. #4 Eastern Ill. (38-19), 8 p.m., SECN

Stanford, CA Regional
#1 Stanford (38-16) vs. #4 San Jose St. (31-25), 5 p.m., ESPN+
#2 Texas A&M (36-25) vs. #3 Cal St. Fullerton (31-22), 10 p.m., ESPN2

Stillwater, OK Regional
#2 Dallas Baptist (45-14) vs. #3 Washington (34-18), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Oklahoma St. (41-18) vs. #4 Oral Roberts (46-11), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Terre Haute, IN Regional
#1 Indiana St. (42-15) vs. #4 Wright St. (39-21), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#2 Iowa (42-14) vs. #3 North Carolina (35-22), 7 p.m., ACCN

Tuscaloosa, AL Regional
#2 Boston College (35-18) vs. #3 Troy (39-20), 3 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Alabama (40-19) vs. #4 Nicholls (34-22), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Winston-Salem, NC Regional
#2 Maryland (41-19) vs. #3 Northeastern (44-14), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Wake Forest (47-10) vs. #4 George Mason (34-25), 7 p.m., ESPN+