Sixty-four teams opened the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, but now we're down to the final eight for the much-anticipated College World Series. Top-ranked No. 1 seeds like UCLA, Georgia and Georgia Tech are long gone, and we're left with the final section of this year's tournament bracket, featuring the following contenders:
Arkansas (46-18), last seen in the 2018 College World Series
Auburn (38-26), last seen in 1997
Florida State (41-21), last seen in 2017
Louisville (49-16), last seen in 2017
Michigan (46-20), last seen in 1984
Mississippi State (51-13), last seen in 2018
Texas Tech (44-18), last seen in 2018
Vanderbilt (54-11), last seen in 2015
Among the final eight teams, only Vanderbilt and Michigan have ever captured national titles, the Commodores winning it all in 2014 and the Wolverines capturing championships in both 1953 and 1962.
FSU's Mike Martin tips cap as 40-year career closes And so ended the career of a man who had the most wins (2,029) of any college coach in any sport but didn't get the thing he wanted most, a national championship. He made it to the College World Series 17 times and finished second twice.
The Cardinals (51-17) advanced past a third game for the first time in their five CWS appearances. They'll play No. 2 national seed Vanderbilt in the Bracket 2 final on Friday.
Mississippi State (52-15) had been 47-0 when leading after eight innings. Louisville entered the night 1-16 when trailing after eight.
Michigan is in the College World Series finals for the first time since 1962. the Wolverines are in a place Michigan has not seen since the Kennedy administration -- the finals of a College World Series, two wins from a championship that would be an epic feat. One of the last teams to get invited into the tournament, now suddenly one of the last two teams left standing.
Vanderbilt rolls into College World Series finals after passing tense test against Louisville Their national seeding has always suggested they’re the team to beat at this College World Series — at No. 2, the highest in town. Their relentless winning spree gives the idea they can’t and won’t be stopped — 33 victories in 36 games. And now there is only team left from Michigan to prove it all wrong.
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