Wake Forest NCAA Baseball Tournament Tracker: Opponents, Dates, Location, Record
The college baseball regular season and the conference tournaments are behind us. For 64 teams, the Road to Omaha begins now. Over the next two weekends, we will live through the exhilarating games of the Regionals and Super Regionals. By this time, two weeks from now, we will know the eight teams headed to Charles Schwab Field in Omaha in mid-June.
For the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (38-19, 16-14 ACC), we know that if they want to return to the Greatest Show on Dirt, they will have to go on the road for the Regionals round. If they make it out of the Regionals, barring surprises, they will most likely have to travel for the Super Regional round as well.
The Demon Deacons will be the No. 2 seed in the Morgantown Regional. Other teams in this regional include No. 16 national seed West Virginia (39-14), No. 3 seed Kentucky (31-21), and No. 4 seed Binghamton. Wake Forest will play Kentucky on Friday, May 29, at 12 pm ET.
This article will be updated throughout this week before the games begin. Additional updates will occur as the action begins. Bookmark this page. You will want to visit it frequently over the next few weeks. Let this article be your guide to follow the Deacs through the NCAA Tournament.
How Do Teams Make The College World Series?
The Road to Omaha begins with the Regionals round - 16 separate double-elimination round-robin tournaments at host sites across the country from Friday, May 29, through Monday, June 1. Then comes the Super Regionals, which will be Friday, June 5, through Monday, June 8. The eight winners of the Super Regionals advance to Omaha for the Men's College World Series.
Wake Forest Begins Postseason in the Morgantown Regional
The Morgantown Regional will take place from Friday, May 29, through Monday, June 1
For the first time, the selection committee seeded the top 32 teams. In past tournaments, the committee seeded only the top 16 teams, which were the regional hosts. This year, they also ranked the No. 2 seeds in each regional. Wake Forest is one of the top 2-seeds, as the 17-20 seeded teams were paired with national seeds 13-16.
The Regionals round is a double-elimination, round-robin format. A team must lose twice before they are eliminated. In the first round, the No. 1 seed West Virginia plays the No. 4 seed Binghamton, and the No. 2 seed Wake Forest plays the No. 3 seed Kentucky. Then we get into "winners brackets" and "losers brackets." After the double-elimination process, one team will emerge as the Regional winner.
Here is the schedule for the Morgantown Regional:
- Game 1: No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Kentucky - Friday, May 29, 12 pm ET, ESPN2
- Game 2: No. 1 West Virginia vs. No. 4 Binghamton - Friday, May 29, 5 pm ET, ESPN+
- Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
- Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
- Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
- Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
- Game 7 (if necessary): If Game 5 winner also wins Game 6
Super Regionals Structure
Friday, June 5 through Monday, June 8
The winner of each Regional advances to the Super Regionals for a best-of-three series. Since West Virginia is the No. 16 national seed, the winner of the Morgantown Regional will play the winner of the Los Angeles Regional, most likely against the overall No. 1 seed, UCLA.
The winner of each Super Regional will advance to Omaha for the Men's College World Series.
College World Series Structure
Friday, June 12, through Thursday, June 18
The College World Series format is a combination of the Regionals and Super Regionals. To begin with, we have two brackets. Each bracket once again plays a double-elimination round robin, just like the Regionals. Winners from regions 1/16, 8/9, 5/12, and 4/13 are grouped into one bracket. Winners from regions 2/15, 7/10, 6/11, and 3/14 are grouped into the other bracket
Saturday, June 20, through Monday June 22
The winners of each bracket then meet for a best-of-three series to determine the national championship.
What's Next for the Wake Forest Baseball Team?
If the Demon Deacons wish to return to Omaha for the first time since 2023, they will have to win the Morgantown Regional. Their first game is at 12 pm ET on Friday, May 29, against the Kentucky Wildcats, an at-large bid team from the SEC.
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