Post Season - 2005
Last updated: June 28, 2005
Final record: 56-16 (regular season info)
Big 12 Tournament
Seedings: #1 - Nebraska #2 - Baylor #3 - Texas #4 - Missouri
#5 - Oklahoma #6 - Oklahoma State #7 - Kansas #8 - Texas Tech
Wednesday, May 25
Game 1: OSU 10 Game 2: Kansas 1 Game 3: OU 7 Game 4: Tech 5
Texas 4 Baylor 2 Missouri 8 Nebraska 3
Thursday, May 26
Game 5: Texas 9 Game 6: Nebraska 6 Game 7: Baylor 8 Game 8: Missouri 10
Kansas 0 (x) OU 3 (x) OSU 3 Tech 1
Friday, May 27
Game 9: Texas 6 Game 10: Nebraska 2
OSU 1 (x) Tech 1 (x)
Saturday, May 28
Game 11: Baylor 9 Game 12: Missouri 4 Game 13: Not played Game 14: Nebraska 17
Texas 8 (x) Nebraska 5 Missouri 9 (x)
Sunday, May 29
Game 15: Nebraska 1 - Tournament champs!
Baylor 0
Notes:
- Game 13 will be played if the team from the loser's bracket wins Game 11. Game 14 will be played if the team from the loser's bracket wins Game 12.
- Only one game will be played on Sunday regardless of whether or not either team has a loss.
- Games 11, 12, and 15 will be broadcast on FOX Sports.
Austin Regional Info
Seedings: #1 - Texas (45-14) #2 - Arkansas (37-20) #3 - Miami (OH) (44-16) #4 - Quinnipiac (26-22) Friday, June 3 Game 1: Miami (OH) 5 Game 2: Quinnipiac 2 Arkansas 9 Texas 20 Saturday, June Game 3: Miami (OH) 35 Game 4: Arkansas 9 Quinnipiac 8 (x) Texas 2 Sunday, June 5 Game 5: Texas 12 Game 6: Texas 19 Miami (OH) 5 (x) Arkansas 8 Monday, June 6 Game 7: Arkansas 2 Texas 5 - Regional champs!
Notes:
- Quinnipiac is representing the Northeast Conference. It's their first time to make the Tournament.
- Game 7 is only played if the winner of Game 5 wins Game 6.
- Game times are 12 PM and 6 PM on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Game time is 1 PM on Monday (if played).
Other News of Interest:
- The National Seeds: #1 Tulane (50-9), #2 Georgia Tech (42-16), #3 Nebraska (51-13), #4 Baylor (39-21), #5 Mississippi (44-18), #6 Cal State Fullerton (41-15), #7 Florida (40-20), #8 Oregon State (41-9)
- The winner of the Austin Regional will play the winner of the Oxford (Ole Miss) Regional: #1 Mississippi (44-18), #2 Southern Miss (41-19), #3 Oklahoma (33-24), and #4 Maine (34-17)
- The Nebraska Regional (paired with the Coral Gables Regional): #1 Nebraska (51-13), #2 North Carolina State (40-17), #3 Creighton (46-15), #4 Illionois-Chicago (38-19-1)
- The Baylor Regional (paired with the Clemson Regional): #1 Baylor (39-21), #2 TCU (40-18), #3 Stanford (32-23), #4 UT-San Antonio (27-32). UT-San Antonio started the season with an 0-11 record and was the #5 seed in the Southland Conference Tournament; they won the tournament with 4 straight wins.
- Missouri is going to the Fullerton Regional (paired with the Tempe Regional): #1 Cal State Fullerton (41-15), #2 Arizona (37-19), #3 Missouri (39-21), #4 Harvard (29-15)
- Rice is going to the Baton Rouge Regional (paired with Tulane in New Orleans): #1 LSU (38-20), #2 Rice (41-17), #3 Northwestern State (40-18), #4 Marist (33-19)
- My favorite "small" school (Virginia Commonwealth) is headed to the Coral Gables Regional: #1 Miami (38-17-1), #2 Mississippi State (40-20), Florida Atlantic (36-22), VCU (33-20)
- So, that makes 5 schools from the Big 12 in the Tourney (Texas, Baylor, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma) and 5 schools from the old SWC (Texas, Baylor, Arkansas, Rice, and TCU).
Post-Regional notes:
- The National Top Eight Seeds all won their tournaments which, to my mind, is rather remarkable. It seems that there's always an upset or two. Interesting.
- Of the "lower" eight seeds (#1 seeds in the remaining 8 Regionals), only three lost: LSU (defeated by Rice in the Championship game); Long Beach State (who didn't even make it to the Championship game; Southern Cal won that Regional); and Coastal Carolina (defeated by Arizona State in the Championship game). Coastal Carolina was the only top seed that didn't host a Regional.
- So, only three top seeds in the field of 16 failed to move on. Very interesting.
- Three Big 12 schools ramain in the field: Texas, Baylor, and Nebraska. Oklahoma went 2-2 in the Oxford Regional, losing both games to eventual champion (and host to Texas in the Super Regional) Ole Miss. Missouri went 1-2 (beating Harvard and losing to Arizona and Cal State Fullerton).
- Of the old SWC schools, Arkansas and TCU lost but Rice is moving on.
- Of last year's CWS field, only three have survived to this point in the post-season: Texas, Cal State Fullerton, and Miami.
Oxford Super Regional Info
The Longhorns are travelling to Oxford, Mississippi, to face the Ole Miss Rebels in a best-of-3 format tournament. The Rebels won the Oxford Regional in three straight games. They beat Maine on opening day by a score of 5-0 and then beat Oklahoma twice: 7-3 on Saturday and 20-5 on Sunday.
Results:
Saturday, June 11
Game 1: Texas 4
Mississippi 6
Note: game suspended at the end of the 3rd inning due to
rain, resumed and completed on Sunday, June 12th.
Sunday, June 12
Game 2: Mississippi 1
Texas 3
Monday, June 13
Game 3: Mississippi 4
Texas 6 - Super Regional champs!
Teams in the Super Regionals (in CWS seeding order):
- Rice (44-17) at Tulane (53-9)
- Tennessee (44-19) at Georgia Tech (45-17)
- Miami (41-17-1) at Nebraska (54-13)
- Clemson (42-21) and Baylor (42-21)
- Texas (49-15) at Mississippi (47-18)
- Arizona State (37-22) at Cal State Fullerton (45-16)
- Florida State (53-18) at Florida (43-20)
- Southern Cal (40-20) at Oregon State (44-9)
Post-Super Regional notes:
- Only 3 of the Super Regional tournaments were decided in 2 games (Tennessee over Georgia Tech, Nebraska over Miami, and Florida over Florida State). None of those games were on the Texas side of the CWS bracket.
- The first game of the Arisona State v. Cal State Fullerton series was decided by a balk call on an intentional walk. Amazing. But, a good call. But, wow.
- USC committed 8 errors in their first game against Oregon State. Oregon State turned around and committed 4 in the second game of the series.
- Texas is the only team from last year's CWS field returning this year.
- 3-of-5 Big 12 teams made it through to the CWS. Wow.
- Two schools got teams to the CWS in baseball and softball this year: Texas and Tennessee. Cool.
College World Series Info
The CWS field consists of the following 8 teams (records going into the CWS in parentheses):
- Arizona State (56-10)
- Baylor (44-22)
- Florida (45-20)
- Nebraska (56-13)
- Oregon State (46-10)
- Tennessee (46-19)
- Texas (51-16)
- Tulane (55-10)
The field is divided into two 4-team brackets that play double-elimination mini-tournaments. The winners of the two mini-tournaments then meet up for a best-of-3 championship round. Bracket 1 is made up of Arizona State, Florida, Nebraska, and Tennessee. Bracket 2 is made up of Baylor, Oregon State, Texas, and Tulane. Seeding for the tournament is based on the seeding of the original field of 64. So, the teams that did not have National seedings at the beginning of the tournament take over the seeding positions of the seeded teams they defeated on their way to the CWS.
Tournament brackets:
BRACKET ONE:
Friday, June 17
Game 1: Tennessee 4 Game 2: Arizona St. 3
Florida 6 Nebraska 5
Sunday, June 19
Game 5: Arizona St. 4 Game 6: Florida 7
Tennessee 2 (x) Nebraska 4
Tuesday, June 21
Game 9: Nebraska 7 (x)
Arizona St. 8
(11 innings)
Wednesday, June 22
Game 11: Florida 1
Arizona St. 6
Thursday, June 23
Game 13: Arizona St. 3
Florida 6 - Bracket One Champion!
BRACKET TWO:
Saturday, June 18
Game 3: Oregon St. 1 Game 4: Texas 5
Tulane 3 Baylor 1
Monday, June 20
Game 7: Baylor 4 Game 8: Tulane 0
Oregon St. 3 (x) Texas 5
(10 innings)
Tuesday, June 21
Game 10: Tulane 7 (x)
Baylor 8
Wednesday, June 22
Game 12: Baylor 3
Texas 4 - Bracket Two Champion!
Championship series:
Saturday, June 25
Game 1: Texas 4
Florida 2
Sunday, June 26
Game 2: Florida 2
Texas 6 - 2005 National Champion!
Monday, June 27
Game 3: (not played)
Post-CWS notes:
- None of the teams scored more than 8 runs in any of the games.
- The largest margin of victory was 5 runs. That happened twice.
- Nine of the fifteen games played were decided by only 1 or 2 runs. Wow. That makes for some nail-biting finishes. I have to say, I love that sort of thing.
- 'Looks like the era of "Gorilla Ball" is is fading away in college baseball. I think that's a very happy turn of events. Someone told me yesterday that a 1-0 baseball game is the most boring thing in the world. I replied that it's a lot better than a 19-15 slug fest. How boring is it when all the balls go flying out of the park and the defense doesn't even have a chance at making a play? A homerun is that much more sweet when there are only 1 or 2 in a game. It's nothing special if everyone's hitting 'em.
- Texas is the first CWS champion to get through the new format undefeated. I heard this stat repeated several times. Note to everyone: this is only the third time the CWS has been played with the new format.
- The sportscasters made much of Matt LaPorta's NCAA-leading 26 home runs. I thought that must not be very close to the all-time record since I never heard them mention the record. So, I looked it up. I was right: the record is held by Pete Incaviglia (yes, the Longhorns' Thomas Incaviglia's uncle). He hit 48 for OSU in 1985. He also has the career record with 100 (hit in the 1983-85 seasons).
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