College World Series 2014: Matchups, TV listings, live stream schedule, and more
By Brian Spaen
Three Big 12 teams have made it to the College World Series, and there is a potential that two of them could meet up in the best-of-three finals.
Texas is in bracket one while Texas Tech and TCU are in bracket two. These were already decided when the group of 64 was formed. Similar to how the Big 12 tournament now is, the CWS is set up where national seeds (if they all made it) 1, 4, 5, and 8 would all be placed in one bracket and seeds 2, 3, 6, and 7 would be placed in the other.
Only two national seeds made it to the final, and one of them are the 7th-seeded Horned Frogs. The other seed are the third-seeded Virginia Cavaliers.
There’s a potential that Texas could meet TCU or Texas Tech in the finals for an all-Big 12 matchup.
All games will take place at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, and will be televised on the ESPN family of networks. Most of the early games will be on ESPN2 while the later games will be on ESPN. ESPNU will have one game with the World Cup going on at the same time.
Here’s the full slate of games for the College World Series. Central times are listed. All games will also be on WatchESPN (authorized cable or satellite provider required).
Saturday, June 14 (Bracket 1)
- Game 1: UC Irvine vs Texas – 2:00 PM, ESPN2
- Game 2: Louisville vs Vanderbilt – 7:00 PM, ESPN2
Sunday, June 15 (Bracket 2)
- Game 3: Texas Tech vs (7)TCU – 2:00 PM, ESPN2
- Game 4: Ole Miss vs (3)Virginia – 7:00 PM, ESPN2
Monday, June 16 (Bracket 1)
- Game 5: Game 1 loser vs Game 2 loser – 2:00 PM, ESPN2
- Game 6: Game 1 winner vs Game 2 winner – 7:00 PM, ESPN2
Tuesday, June 17 (Bracket 2)
- Game 7: Game 3 loser vs Game 4 loser – 2:00 PM, ESPN2
- Game 8: Game 3 winner vs Game 4 winner – 7:00 PM, ESPN
Wednesday, June 18 (Bracket 1)
- Game 9: Game 5 winner vs Game 6 loser – 7:00 PM, ESPN
Thursday, June 19 (Bracket 2)
- Game 10: Game 7 winner vs Game 8 loser – 7:00 PM, ESPN
Friday, June 20 (Bracket 1 then Bracket 2)
- Game 11: Game 6 winner vs Game 9 winner – 2:00 PM, ESPNU
- Game 12: Game 8 winner vs Game 10 winner – 7:00 PM, ESPN
Saturday, June 21 (Bracket 1 then Bracket 2)
- Game 13: Game 6 winner vs Game 9 winner – 2:00 PM, ESPN2*
- Game 14: Game 8 winner vs Game 10 winner – 7:00 PM, ESPN*
*If necessary. Time and network subject to change.
Finals (Best-of-three series)
Bracket 1 winner vs Bracket 2 winner
- Game 1: Monday, June 23rd – 7:00 PM, ESPN
- Game 2: Tuesday, June 24th – 7:00 PM, ESPN
- Game 3 – Wednesday, June 25th – 7:00 PM, ESPN**
**If necessary.