Get ready for the Super Regionals to head your way. This Friday through next Monday, the NCAA will have 16 teams compete at 8 sites for 8 births to the College World Series. Up to 24 games will be televised on the networks of ESPN. Below is the press release announcing the schedule. It should be noted that some Sunday game times have been changed from what NCAA.com showed this morning, as ESPN lists 4 games beginning Friday whereas NCAA.com listed 5. Announcing assignments are included.
Entire NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Super Regional Coverage Begins Friday
ESPN’s record-setting coverage of the 2013 college baseball season – more than 270 regular-season and conference tournament games, and all possible 153 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship contests for the first time – will continue with the Super Regionals Friday, June 7 to Monday, June 10.
ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise every game of the eight best-of-three Super Regionals (up to 24 games). Each Super Regional winner will advance to the College World Series. For the 11th straight year, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise the entire College World Series (up to 17 games), including the best-of-three College World Series Finals.
This year’s schedule of up to 153 Championship games across surpasses the previous high of a possible 83 scheduled contests last year. The additional games come from coverage of all 16 Regional sites, an increase over six sites in 2012, four in 2011 and two each of the previous six years.
ESPN Super Regionals Schedule (Schedule subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup / Commentators | Game | Networks |
| Fri, June 7 | 1 p.m. | South Carolina vs. North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Dari Nowkhah, Danny Graves & Danny Kanell | 1 | ESPN2 |
| 4 p.m. | Rice vs. NC State (Raleigh) Tom Hart & Paul Lo Duca | 1 | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Oklahoma vs. LSU (Baton Rouge) Mike Patrick, Kyle Peterson & Kaylee Hartung | 1 | ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | UCLA vs. Cal State Fullerton (Fullerton) Carter Blackburn, Nomar Garciaparra & Jessica Mendoza | 1 | ESPN2 | |
| Sat, June 8 | Noon | North Carolina vs. South Carolina (Chapel Hill) Dari Nowkhah, Danny Graves & Danny Kanell | 2 | ESPN |
| Noon | Indiana vs. Florida State (Tallahassee) Mike Morgan & Doug Glanville | 1 | ESPNU | |
| 1 p.m. | Mississippi State vs. Virginia (Charlottesville) Clay Matvick & Ben McDonald | 1 | ESPN2 | |
| 3 p.m. | Louisville vs. Vanderbilt (Nashville) Dave Neal & Chris Burke | 1 | ESPN | |
| 4 p.m. | NC State vs. Rice (Raleigh) Tom Hart & Paul Lo Duca | 2 | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | LSU vs. Oklahoma (Baton Rouge) Mike Patrick, Kyle Peterson & Kaylee Hartung | 2 | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Kansas State vs. Oregon State (Corvallis) Joe Davis, Alex Cora & Jay Walker | 1 | ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | Cal State Fullerton vs. UCLA (Fullerton) Carter Blackburn, Nomar Garciaparra & Jessica Mendoza | 2 | ESPN2 | |
| Sun, June 9 | 1 p.m. | South Carolina vs. North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Dari Nowkhah, Danny Graves & Danny Kanell | 3 * | ESPN |
| 1 p.m. | Florida State vs. Indiana (Tallahassee) Mike Morgan & Doug Glanville | 2 | ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | Vanderbilt vs. Louisville (Nashville) Dave Neal & Chris Burke | 2 | ESPN | |
| 4 p.m. | Rice vs. NC State (Raleigh) Tom Hart & Paul Lo Duca | 3 * | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Oklahoma vs. LSU (Baton Rouge) Mike Patrick, Kyle Peterson & Kaylee Hartung | 3 * | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Virginia vs. Mississippi State (Charlottesville) Clay Matvick & Ben McDonald | 2 | ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | UCLA vs. Cal State Fullerton (Fullerton) Carter Blackburn, Nomar Garciaparra & Jessica Mendoza | 3 * | ESPN2 | |
| 10 p.m. | Oregon State vs. Kansas State (Corvallis) Joe Davis, Alex Cora & Jay Walker | 2 | ESPNU | |
| Mon, June 10 | 1 p.m. | Indiana vs. Florida State (Tallahassee) Mike Morgan & Doug Glanville | 3 * | ESPN2 |
| 4 p.m. | Mississippi State vs. Virginia (Charlottesville) Clay Matvick & Ben McDonald | 3 * | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Louisville vs. Vanderbilt (Nashville) Dave Neal & Chris Burke | 3 * | ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Kansas State vs. Oregon State (Corvallis) Joe Davis, Alex Cora & Jay Walker | 3 * | ESPNU |
* If necessary
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