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