Miami leads the 64-team tournament field

The 64-team field has been announced for the NCAA Div. I baseball tournament, and the University of Miami Hurricanes leads the field of teams looking for a trip to Omaha for the College World Series.

Miami won the ACC tournament title and is one of three ACC teams among the top eight national seeds. North Carolina is No. 2 and Florida State is No. 4 in the group of the top eight seeds.

Two SEC teams made it into the top eight. LSU, which has been on fire lately and has won 20 in a row, is the No. 7 seed while Georgia, the SEC regular-season champion, is in at No. 8 despite going 0-2 in their conference tournament.

The other teams among the top eight national seeds include No. 3 Arizona State, No. 5 Cal State Fullerton and No. 6 Rice.

Eight more teams secured No. 1 seeds for regional tournament action this weekend. All but Arizona will host their regional tournaments, with the Wildcats heading up to Michigan where No. 2 seed Michigan will serve as host. Other host schools include North Carolina State, Stanford, Oklahoma State, Coastal Carolina, Nebraska, Texas A&M and Long Beach State.

The 64-team field shapes up as follows:

Left Bracket

At Coral Gables, Fla. -- 1. Miami (47-8) vs. 4. Bethune Cookman (36-20), 2. Missouri (38-19) vs. 3. Ole Miss (37-24)

At Ann Arbor, Mich. -- 1. Arizona (38-17) vs. 4. Eastern Michigan (25-32), 2. Michigan (45-12) vs. 3. Kentucky (42-17)

At Raleigh, N.C. -- 1. North Carolina State (38-20) vs. 4. James Madison (38-17), 2. South Carolina (38-21) vs. 3. Charlotte (43-14)

At Athens, Ga. -- 1. Georgia (35-21-1) vs. 4. Lipscomb (32-28), 2. Georgia Tech (39-19) vs. 3. Louisville (41-19)

At Fullerton, Calif. -- 1. Cal State Fullerton (37-19) vs. 4. Rider (29-26), 2. UCLA (31-25) vs. 3. Virginia (38-21)

At Stanford, Calif. -- 1. Stanford (33-21-2) vs. 4. UC Davis (34-22), 2. Pepperdine (36-19) vs. 3. Arkansas (34-22)

At Stillwater, Okla. -- 1. Oklahoma State (42-16) vs. 4. Western Kentucky (33-25), 2. Wichita State (44-15) vs. 3. TCU (43-17)

At Tallahassee, Fla. -- 1. Florida State (48-10) vs. 4. Bucknell (29-22-2), 2. Florida (34-22) vs. Tulane (37-20-1)

Right Bracket

At Cary, N.C. -- 1. North Carolina (46-12) vs. 4. Mount St. Mary's (21-32), 2. UNC Wilmington (42-15-1) vs. 3. Elon (43-16)

At Conway, S.C. -- 1. Coastal Carolina (47-12) vs. 4. Columbia (22-28), 2. East Carolina (40-19) vs. 3. Alabama (34-26)

At Lincoln, Neb. -- 1. Nebraska (40-14-1) vs. 4. Eastern Illinois (27-28), 2. UC Irvine (38-16) vs. 3. Oral Roberts (46-12)

At Baton Rouge, La. -- 1. LSU (43-16-1) vs. 4. Texas Southern (16-32), 2. Southern Miss (40-20) vs. 3. New Orleans (42-19)

At Houston Texas -- 1. Rice (42-13) vs. 4. Sam Houston State (37-23), 2. Texas (37-20) vs. 3. St. John's (41-14)

At College Station, Texas -- 1. Texas A&M (43-16) vs. Illinois-Chicago (34-20), 2. Dallas Baptist (37-17) vs. 3. Houston (39-22)

At Long Beach, Calif. -- 1. Long Beach State (37-19) vs. 4. Fresno State (37-27), 2. San Diego (41-15) vs. 3. California (33-19-2)

At Tempe, Ariz. -- 1. Arizona State (45-11) vs. 4. Stony Brook (34-24), 2. Vanderbilt (40-20) vs. 3. Oklahoma (34-24-1)

Regional winners advance to the best-of-three super regional series, with super regional winners advancing to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., beginning June 14.