The #RoadtoOmaha has concluded and now its time for the final 8 teams to battle it out to determine this years NCAA baseball champion. Congrats to Louisville, Ole Miss, TCU, Texas Tech, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt, Virginia, and Texas who have made it to Omaha. ESPN will begin it’s 35th year in a row of coverage on Saturday. BSO’s Greg Smith will be covering the entire tournament in Omaha from June 14th- 25th.
Former Stanford pitcher, and two-time College World Series participant, Kyle Peterson will rotate analyst responsibilities with Aaron Boone, who will work his first College World Series. Karl Ravech and Jon Sciambi will call play-by-play. Softball Olympic Gold (2004) and Silver (2008) Medalist Jessica Mendoza will report from the field along with Jaymee Sire.
Check out the schedule below:
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Matchups / Commentators | Networks |
Sat, June 14 | 3 p.m. | 1 | UC Irvine vs. Texas Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee Sire | ESPN2 |
8 p.m. | 2 | Louisville vs. Vanderbilt Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica Mendoza | ESPN2 | |
Sun, June 15 | 3 p.m. | 3 | Texas Tech vs. TCU Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee Sire | ESPN2 |
8 p.m. | 4 | Ole Miss vs. Virginia Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica Mendoza | ESPN2 | |
Mon, June 16 | 3 p.m. | 5 | Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee Sire | ESPN2 |
8 p.m. | 6 | Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica Mendoza | ESPN2 | |
Tue, June 17 | 3 p.m. | 7 | Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee Sire | ESPN2 |
8 p.m. | 8 | Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica Mendoza | ESPN | |
Wed, June 18 | 8 p.m. | 9 | Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica Mendoza | ESPN |
Thu, June 19 | 8 p.m. | 10 | Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica Mendoza | ESPN |
Fri, June 20 | 3 p.m. | 11 | Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 6 Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee Sire | ESPNU |
8 p.m. | 12 | Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 8 Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica Mendoza | ESPN | |
Sat, June 21 | 3 p.m. | 13 | If necessary Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee Sire | ESPN2 ** |
8 p.m. | 14 | If necessary Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica Mendoza | ESPN ** | |
Mon, June 23 | 8 p.m. | 1 | CWS Finals Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza & Jaymee Sire | ESPN |
Tue, June 24 | 8 p.m. | 2 | CWS Finals Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza & Jaymee Sire | ESPN |
Wed, June 25 | 8 p.m. | 3 * | CWS Finals Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza & Jaymee Sire | ESPN |
Also, check out the ESPN conference call earlier today with Kyle Peterson and Aaron Boone. I just joined in to ask questions about underdogs and which teams are best built for the park: