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If you are a Major League Baseball fan, now is the time to get into college baseball. There are currently 16 teams left in the NCAA Tournament and with the MLB Draft just over a month away, it's a chance to see several potential draft prospects for your favorite team.

The NCAA Tournament works this way:

1) We start out with 64 teams in the NCAA Tournament. The 64 teams are divided into 16, four-team "pods" called the regionals. The winner of each of the each of the regionals are then sent to the super regionals.

2) The super regionals have eight, two-team "pods" playing a best-of-three series to determine who gets a berth in the College World Series. The eight super regional winners advance to Omaha.

We are at the super regional stage right now and here's the schedule, per NCAA.com:

GAMES BEGIN FRIDAY, JUNE 9 - All times are Eastern
Note: Game times and ESPN Network subject to change

No. 15 South Carolina (42-19) at No. 2 Florida (48-15)
6 p.m. (ESPN2), 3 p.m. (ESPN2), TBD (TBD)

Duke (38-22) at No. 7 Virginia (48-12)
12 p.m. (ESPN2), 12 p.m. (ESPN2), TBD (TBD)

Oral Roberts (49-11) at Oregon (40-20)
8 p.m. (ESPNU), 9 p.m. (ESPNU), TBD (TBD)

No. 14 Indiana State (45-15) at TCU (40-22)
5 p.m. (ESPNU), 6 p.m. (ESPNU), TBD (TBD)

The following four super regionals will be played Saturday, June 10 and Sunday, June 11, with Monday, June 12 for if necessary or weather-delayed games.

GAMES BEGIN SATURDAY, JUNE 10 – All times are Eastern
Note: Game times and ESPN Network subject to change

No. 16 Alabama (43-19) at No. 1 Wake Forest (50-10)
12 p.m. (ESPN), TBD (TBD), TBD (TBD)

Texas (41-20) at No. 8 Stanford (42-17)
6 p.m. (ESPN2), TBD (TBD), TBD (TBD)

No. 12 Kentucky (40-19) at No. 5 LSU (46-15)
3 p.m. (ESPN), TBD (TBD), TBD (TBD)

Tennessee (41-19) at Southern Mississippi (45-18)
3 p.m. (ESPNU), TBD (TBD), TBD (TBD)

The College World Series begins on June 16. The first day of the MLB Draft is Sunday, July 9. 

The Pittsburgh Pirates have the No. 1 pick in the draft, while the Washington Nationals are No. 2. The Tigers, Rangers and Twins round out the top five.

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