The 2013 NCAA Baseball Championships begin Friday with the first games of the regional rounds. Everybody plays Friday, so there’s a full slate of baseball ahead of us, starting with Coastal Carolina and Oklahoma at noon (ET) and running until Columbia and Cal State Fullerton finish up late into the night after an 11 p.m. start.
NCAA Baseball Tournament 2013 schedule: Friday kicks off Day 1 of the Road to Omaha
The tournament gets under way with all 64 teams in more than 12 hours of nonstop regional action.
This round pits one-seeds versus four-seeds and twos against threes, meaning there’s bound to be upsets. With 16 one-four matchups going, some top teams will undoubtedly fall. Remember that this is a double-elimination tournament, so don’t go throwing your beer at the TV when your school blows a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth, especially if you’re at a bar and it’s not your TV.
ESPN 3 will be broadcasting every game live online, and a few select games will air on ESPNU and ESPN2. The Worldwide Leader is also unveiling a program called Bases Loaded, which will take viewers around the country for live look-ins wherever the action is happening, kind of like NFL RedZone or ESPN Goal Line.
Here’s the full TV schedule for Friday’s games, all times listed in Eastern.
Troy vs. Alabama
Time: Noon
TV: ESPNU, ESPN3
Regional: Tallahassee, Fla.
Coastal Carolina vs. Oklahoma
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Blacksburg, Va,
Liberty vs. Clemson
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Columbia, S.C.
Army vs. Virginia
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Charlottesville, Va.
Florida vs. Austin Peay
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Bloomington, Ind.
Towson vs. Florida Atlantic
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Illinois vs. Georgia Tech
Time: 2 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Nashville, Tenn.
William & Mary vs. Ole Miss
Time: 2 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Raleigh, N.C.
Oklahoma State vs. Miami (Fla.)
Time: 2 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Louisville, Ky.
Mercer vs. South Alabama
Time: 3 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Starkville, Miss.
Jackson State vs. LSU
Time: 3 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Baton Rouge, La.
UCSB vs. Texas A&M
Time: 3 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Corvallis, Calif.
Wichita State vs. Kansas State
Time: 3 p.m.
TV: ESPN U, ESPN 3
Regional: Manhattan, Kan.
San Diego vs. Cal Poly
Time: 5 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Los Angeles
Savannah State vs. Florida State
Time: 5 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Tallahassee, Fla.
San Francisco vs. Rice
Time: 5 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Eugene, Ore.
Connecticut vs. Virginia Tech
Time: 5:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Blacksburg, Va.
Bowling Green vs. Louisville
Time: 6 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Louisville, Ky.
Canisius vs. North Carolina
Time: 6 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Elon vs. UNC-Wilmington
Time: 6 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Charlottesville, Va.
New Mexico vs. Arizona State
Time: 7 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Fullerton, Calif.
Binghampton vs. N.C. State
Time: 7 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Raleigh, N.C.
ETSU vs. Vanderbilt
Time: 7 p.m.
TV: ESPN U, ESPN 3
Regional: Nashville, Tenn.
Saint Louis vs. South Carolina
Time: 7 p.m.
TV: ESPN 2, ESPN 3
Regional: Columbia, S.C.
Valparaiso vs. Indiana
Time: 7 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Bloomington, Ind.
Bryant vs. Arkansas
Time: 8 p.m.
TV: EPSN 3
Regional: Manhattan, Kan.
UTSA vs. Oregon State
Time: 8 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Corvallis, Ore.
Sam Houston State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
Time: 8 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Baton Rouge, La.
Central Arkansas vs. Mississippi State
Time: 8 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Starkville, Miss.
San Diego State vs. UCLA
Time: 9 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Los Angeles
SDSU vs. Oregon
Time: 9 p.m.
TV: ESPN 3
Regional: Eugene, Ore.
Columbia vs. Cal State Fullerton
Time: 11 p.m.
TV: ESPN U, ESPN 3
Regional: Fullerton, Calif.
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