College World Series: Schedule, Bracket and Game Times Revealed
The pairings and game times for the first two days of the 2023 NCAA Men’s College World Series (MCWS) have been announced. The 76th MCWS will take place at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, June 16-25/26.
The LSU Tigers are Omaha bound for the first time since 2017 after Jay Johnson’s group punched their ticket to the College World Series on Sunday.
Led by Dylan Crews, Tommy White and Tre Morgan at the plate in the Super Regional, the Tigers defeated the Kentucky Wildcats in the Baton Rouge Super Regional to claim their spot in Omaha.
The full bracket:
The 2023 College World Series bracket with game times and potential opponents in LSU's way, provided by the NCAA.
No. 5 national seed LSU (48-15) will square off against Tennessee (43-20) at 6 p.m. Central time on ESPN in the primetime slot on Saturday.
The first game on Friday, June 16 is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Central time, and showcases TCU (42-22) against Oral Roberts (51-12) on ESPN. Friday’s second game features No. 2 national seed Florida (50-15) against No. 7 national seed Virginia (50-13) and is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Central time on ESPN.
The losing teams of Friday’s two games will play at 1 p.m. Central time Sunday, June 18 on ESPN, while Friday’s winners face off at 6 p.m. Central time Sunday, June 18 on ESPN2. The losers of Saturday’s games will play each other at 1 p.m. Central time Monday, June 19 on ESPN. Saturday’s winners will meet Monday, June 19 at 6 p.m. Central time on ESPN.
The winners of the two brackets will play a best-of-three Men’s College World Series Finals, with the first game set for 6 p.m. Central time Saturday, June 24 on ESPN.
The second game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Central time Sunday, June 25 on ESPN with game three (if necessary) scheduled for 6 p.m. Central time Monday, June 26 on ESPN.