Following a captivating Friday of action that saw four teams take one step closer to the College World Series, all 16 remaining teams took to the diamond looking for a crucial win to secure that berth.   Vanderbilt, Texas, Louisville and UC Irvine all won their opening game of the super regionals on Friday, each team is looking to clinch on Saturday. As for the other side of the bracket, all eight teams will take the ...

It's been a topsy-turvy NCAA tournament so far. Only three of the eight national seeds remain, and only seven of the 16 regional hosts advanced to the super regionals. No super regional matchup is more unexpected than the Lubbock Super Regional between Texas Tech and College of Charleston. The Red Raiders were the No. 2 seed in the Coral Gables Regional, where they went 3-1, and the Cougars were the No. 4 seed in the Gainesville ...

Sixteen teams remain as college baseball enters super regional play, with four teams in play Friday taking one more step toward Omaha.   Today's losers still have a chance to move on, but they're hanging on by a thread right now. They'll have to win each of their next two games to escape these best-of-three series to avoid getting squeezed out before the College World Series. Day 1 featured four super-regional games, with the remaining eight teams ...

After the thrilling double-elimination regionals, only 16 teams remain standing—each coveting a spot in the 2014 College World Series. Eight of those teams will be facing off on Saturday, and a bevy of talent will be on display across the nation. As these teams prepare to take the field for Game 1 of their best-of-three series, there will be plenty of developing storylines to follow. Let's take a look at a few of the more intriguing narratives to ...

The 2014 NCAA Baseball Tournament breeds chaos. Last weekend, 64 teams battled it out in the regionals. Four days later, only 16 teams remain, advancing to play in the super regionals this weekend. Upsets have been the major theme of the tournament thus far, as just three of the eight national seeds still stand. Oregon State and Florida, the top two national seeds, are gone. The super regionals begin Friday with four Game 1s in what is ...

Notre Dame pitcher Pat Connaughton won't take long to make a splash in professional baseball, but it will take at least another year of college basketball—that's right, basketball—and finishing his degree with the Fighting Irish before that comes. Whichever team is willing to accept that and work a contract around it will get one of the best picks of the 2014 MLB draft. The rising senior out of Arlington, Massachusetts has put teams interested in him in ...

Underdogs turned the 2014 NCAA baseball tournament on its head during the double-elimination regionals.  The SEC entered 10 teams in the tournament of 64, but only two advanced to the round of 16. Among the 16 regional hosts, only five survived. Both of the top national seeds in Oregon State and Florida got knocked off, and all that wild action sets up an unusual road ahead to winning the College World Series. The eight matchups in the Super ...

The road to Omaha is a long one, but the teams competing in the 2014 NCAA super regionals are well-equipped to make a run in the College World Series if they can escape their current opponents in a three-game set. While this tournament may not be the most exciting tourney in college sports, diehard baseball fans won't want to miss a single pitch of the supers. If you love games where each pitch is filled with ...

While the 16 best ballclubs are competing in the NCAA baseball super regionals, the 16 best hitters necessarily aren't. Many of the nation's most dangerous baseball players with a bat in their hands are on teams that have been eliminated from the College World Series. However, though some of the best are gone, numerous elite hitters remain in action. Here they are.   4. INF Eric Gutierrez, Texas Tech There are larger players left in the College World Series ...

Add the 2014 NCAA baseball tournament to the grand list of top-notch sporting events currently going on across the globe, as the 2014 college baseball super regionals are set to kick off this Friday. It isn't the most high-profile tournament in college sports, but any baseball fan knows of the high-quality baseball played during this tournament. With Omaha and the College World Series in sight, the remaining teams will crank it up to put their best ...