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Super Regional Preview: Eight Series, Eight Bids to OmahaPostseason
JUN 2, 2026

Super Regional Preview: Eight Series, Eight Bids to Omaha

West Virginia hosts Cal Poly to open the supers. Troy and Little Rock collide in a Sun Belt showdown. Kansas and Oklahoma renew an old Big 12 rivalry in Lawrence. Our picks for all eight series.

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PostseasonJUN 2, 2026

Regional Recap: Cal Poly, Little Rock, and St. John's Punch Tickets; Seven Hosts Go Home

Sixteen teams survived four days of bracket baseball. UCLA, Southern Miss, and Nebraska were gone by Sunday. Florida State, Florida, Georgia Tech, and Texas A&M joined them on Monday. Cal Poly took Los Angeles. Little Rock and St. John's won as No. 4 seeds.

PostseasonJUN 1, 2026

Ten Down, Six to Go: A Monday Morning State of the Regionals

Cal Poly bounced UCLA's side. Ole Miss beat Arizona State twice in extra innings. Little Rock is the only No. 4 seed still alive. And five of Monday's six remaining games are winner-take-all after the loser's brackets survived Sunday.

PostseasonMAY 29, 2026

Regionals Day One: Four Hosts Down, Two 14-Inning Games, and the Lower Seed Won Twelve Times

Saint Mary's over UCLA. Milwaukee over Auburn. St. John's over Florida State. Little Rock over Southern Miss. The first day of the NCAA Tournament delivered four host losses, two extra-inning marathons, and lower-seeded wins in twelve of the night's games.

PostseasonMAY 29, 2026

Friday Regional Slate: Editor's Picks for Opening Day

Thirty-two opening games Friday — all 1-4 or 2-3 seed matchups. From Chapel Hill to College Station, here is how we see every regional opener playing out.

PostseasonMAY 25, 2026

Selection Monday Regional Preview: Breaking Down All 16 Hosts

UCLA leads the field as the No. 1 overall seed. Several hosts weren't so lucky — Arkansas to Lawrence, Tennessee to Chapel Hill, Oregon vs. Oregon State, and USC into College Station. A regional-by-regional look at all 16 host sites.

PostseasonMAY 25, 2026

Conference Tournament Post-Mortem: Who Moved, Who Held, and Who Got Burned

Conference tournament week confirmed the top of the bracket more than it rewrote it. Kansas locked up a host, Florida climbed into the top eight, Texas A&M slipped out — and Arkansas made a run the committee didn't reward.

PostseasonMAY 25, 2026

Regional Players To Watch: The Bats and Arms Who Can Swing Opening Weekend

Selection Monday gave us the bracket. Using the CB9 players tab, here are the hitters and pitchers most likely to change a regional — with Friday's opening matchups in mind.

PostseasonMAY 25, 2026

How the CB9 Bracket Challenge Works: Sign Up, Make Picks, and Scoring

Everything you need to play: create a free account, fill out all 27 picks, and know exactly how points and upset bonuses work. Brackets lock at 10:30 a.m. CT on Friday, May 29.

SECMAY 22, 2026

Florida Is Playing Like a Different Team — And Georgia Is Next

The Gators run-ruled Alabama 13-3 in eight innings, scored 21 runs in two tournament games, and are now one win away from the SEC title game.

ACCMAY 22, 2026

Pittsburgh Is Doing Something Remarkable in Charlotte

The 14th seed has beaten Wake Forest and Florida State by the exact same score — 7-4, both as the road team — and is in the ACC semifinals.

Big 12MAY 22, 2026

Kansas Survives on a Walk-Off. Oklahoma State Didn't Need One.

Savion Flowers hit a solo shot in the 10th to keep the Jayhawks alive. Now they face the Cowboys — 61.6% favorites — in Friday's semifinal.

Big TenMAY 22, 2026

The Big Ten Is Playing in Omaha. USC Is the First Team to Make It Count.

Charles Schwab Field hosts the Big Ten tournament this week. The Trojans beat Michigan State 7-0 in the quarters. UCLA, Nebraska, and a weather delay still to come.

PostseasonMAY 22, 2026

The Bubble Is Clearing Fast. LSU Is Out. Vandy Is Out. NC State Is Sweating.

Four days of conference tournaments have eliminated three programs from the at-large conversation and left Pittsburgh — the 14th ACC seed — as an unlikely bubble story.

SECMAY 19, 2026

Missouri Walks Into Hoover and Ends Ole Miss's National Seed Argument

The Tigers burned their ace, gave up six earned runs, and still won. Ole Miss never touched their weekend arms and still lost. That's Hoover.

PostseasonMAY 17, 2026

Mid-Major Contenders: The Teams Already In, the Teams Fighting to Stay

Coastal Carolina is locked at No. 17. Jacksonville State is No. 30. But Wichita State, Bethune-Cookman, and a dozen others are one bad inning from a season-ending loss. Here's who has breathing room and who needs to win it all.

SECMAY 17, 2026

The ABS Experiment: How the Ball-Strike Challenge Changes Hoover

The SEC is bringing Hawk-Eye technology to Hoover for the first time. Here's how the automated system works, what it means for strategy, and why it matters for May baseball.

SECMAY 17, 2026

The Hoover Gauntlet: What Each Tier of the SEC Tournament Bracket Needs to Accomplish

For Georgia, it's a national seed. For Alabama, it's a host bid. For everyone else, it's the ballgame. Here's what each tier needs to do May 19-24 in Hoover.

PostseasonMAY 17, 2026

Beyond Hoover: The Big Ten, ACC, and the Conference Tournaments That Could Shape the Field

UCLA, UNC, and Kansas all have seeding to clarify. Here's what's happening in the other tournaments running the same week as Hoover.

SECMAY 16, 2026

Final Regular Season Weekend: Georgia Holds On, Texas Sweeps, Florida and Arkansas Dominate

May 14-16 settled the SEC standings with Georgia taking Auburn 2-1, Texas sweeping Missouri, and Florida dominating LSU in three games. The final weekend delivered clarity on seeding and who enters Hoover hot.

MidweekMAY 13, 2026

Midweek Trap: Why Auburn Couldn't Escape Jacksonville State

The Tigers fell 4-1 to the Gamecocks in a perfect setup for a late-season RPI killer — the kind of midweek ambush that defines who's serious about regional seeding.

MidweekMAY 11, 2026

Midweek Watch: The Tuesday Games Worth Clearing the Calendar For

The biggest Tuesday and Wednesday games on ESPN’s slate for the week of May 11 — résumés and bullpens still move before the final league weekend.

ACCMAY 11, 2026

ACC Weekend Reset: Georgia Tech and North Carolina Separate — and California Roars at Virginia

ESPN scoreboard lines from May 8–10: Georgia Tech swept Duke in three loud games, North Carolina swept Pittsburgh, and California took two of three on the road at Virginia.

Big 12MAY 11, 2026

Big 12 Weekend Reset: West Virginia Wins in Lawrence, TCU Sweeps Utah, and Kansas Takes a Sunday Bruise

ESPN scoreboard lines from May 8–10: West Virginia took two of three at Kansas, TCU swept Utah at home, and Cincinnati won a road series at Kansas State.

SECMAY 11, 2026

Georgia Clinches the SEC in a Weekend LSU Never Wants on Film Again

The Bulldogs scored 36 runs in a three-game sweep of LSU — 11-8, 13-8, and 12-1 in seven on Sunday — and clinched the SEC regular season title with Saturday’s win in Athens.

Big TenMAY 11, 2026

UCLA Survives Oregon With a Sunday Bounce — After the Ducks Landed Saturday’s Punch

The Bruins took the series 2-1 in Los Angeles: 11-1 in seven on Friday, Oregon’s 9-6 Saturday win — UCLA’s first conference loss of the year — and a 9-6 UCLA win in Sunday’s finale.

PostseasonMAY 10, 2026

Bubble Watch: A Dozen Teams Are One Bad Weekend From Watching at Home

Selection Monday is May 25. The cluster of teams sitting on the cut line is bigger than usual — and the conference tournaments still have to play out.

PostseasonMAY 10, 2026

The Most Leverage-Loaded Hoover in Years

Sixteen teams. Six days. Almost everyone has something to play for. The top four want a national seed locked in, the middle wants a host bid, and the bottom plays for its season.

PostseasonMAY 10, 2026

Kansas Is One Weekend Away From Two Firsts

A program that has never hosted a regional and hasn't won a conference title since 1949 is the only Big 12 team in the projected host field. The last weekend decides how high they climb.

PostseasonMAY 10, 2026

The Committee Is Now Engineering the Bracket. Here's What That Means.

For the first time, the NCAA committee will rank the top 32 teams — not just the 16 hosts. That single change makes the opening weekend of regionals tougher for the favorites and the back of the field more interesting.

SECMAY 5, 2026

Texas Shows Grit, Uses Saturday Pressure to Take Series Over Mississippi State

The Longhorns absorbed a 7-4 Saturday loss, turned it into leverage over a taxed Bulldog bullpen, and answered a 5-0 hole with nine third-inning runs to clinch Sunday.

SECMAY 5, 2026

SEC Weekend Recap: Pressure, Punches, and Turning Points

Across the SEC this weekend, it wasn't about clean baseball — it was about who handled pressure best. A few teams found answers. Others let series slip.

Big 12APR 18, 2026

Landon Hairston Is Doing Things Nobody in College Baseball Is Doing in 2026

The Arizona State sophomore is slashing .444/.533/1.007 with 23 home runs through 40 games. Every number gets more absurd the closer you look.

Big 12APR 18, 2026

Kansas Is Suddenly the Best Team in the Big 12 — and the Race Just Got Interesting

A home sweep of No. 12 UCF has vaulted the Jayhawks to sole possession of first place. Behind them, a cluster of contenders is very much alive.

SECAPR 18, 2026

A Mid-Major Just Beat Two SEC Powerhouses in the Same Week

Bethune-Cookman walked into Alex Box Stadium, took down the defending national champions, and followed it up with a win over ranked Florida. The 'easy midweek' is a dead concept.

Big TenAPR 18, 2026

UCLA's 27-Game Winning Streak Ends in a 4-0 Shutout at the Hands of UC Santa Barbara

The Bruins never got comfortable at the plate and couldn't punch through with runners on. Still 18-0 in Big Ten play — and already back in the win column.

SECAPR 14, 2026

A&M's Plate Discipline Exposes Texas Bullpen in Statement Series Win

The Aggies look like a genuine SEC contender. Texas has serious questions heading into a pivotal home series against Alabama.

SECAPR 14, 2026

A Lineup Built for Omaha, a Pitching Staff on the Brink: LSU's Crossroads Moment

The Tigers' offense is as dangerous as advertised. Their arms are a different story — and the schedule is about to find out which side wins.

SECAPR 14, 2026

Beyond the Headlines: Three Stories You Shouldn't Miss from SEC Weekend Five

Auburn's Alex Petrovic throws a gem, Arkansas keeps quietly climbing, and Florida goes into Athens and dismantles the No. 4 team in the country.

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