NCAA College World Series: What time, channel is Miami vs. Arizona? Live stream, how to watch online (6/18/16)
NCAA College World Series: What time, channel is Miami vs. Arizona? Live stream, how to watch online (6/18/16)
Arizona players celebrate after defeating Mississippi
State 6-5 in 11 innings during an NCAA college baseball tournament super
regional game in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, June 11, 2016. Arizona
meets Miami in the College World Series. (AP Photo | Jim Lytle)
The tournament is a double elimination format.
The
College World Series begins Saturday, June 18, 2016, at TD Ameritrade
Park in Omaha, Nebraska, as UC Santa Barbara plays Oklahoma State and
Arizona faces Miami.
Here's what you need to know:Who: Miami (50-12) vs. Arizona (44-21)
What: College World Series
When: Saturday, June 18
Where: TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb.
Time: 8 p.m. Eastern
TV: ESPN2
Livestream: WatchESPN
Thirteen pitchers who will be in Omaha were taken in the first 10 rounds of the Major League Baseball draft, with No. 1 national seed Florida leading the way with six, including five in the first four rounds. There are the high-quality freshman and sophomore arms sprinkled throughout all eight teams.
Throw in the fact that the wind usually blows in this time of year at the spacious TD Ameritrade Park, and conditions are ripe for dominant pitching.
Big 12 pitcher of the year and third-round pick Thomas Hatch (8-2, 2.04) and seventh-rounder Tyler Buffett (8-3, 3.15) have been a formidable 1-2 combination for Oklahoma State in the national tournament. Miami has impressive depth, and UC Santa Barbara has been led by a fourth-round pick in Shane Bieber (12-3, 2.84).
ESPN college baseball analyst Kyle Peterson said the raw talent level among college pitchers is significantly higher than it was 10 to 15 years ago.
"There are more kids who throw harder," he said. "You see it in the major league draft, you see it in the major league bullpen. There's more velocity in the game."
Some of the hardest throwers are freshmen.
TCU closer Durbin Feltman touches 97 mph, Arizona's Cody Deason hits 93 and Coastal Carolina's Jason Bilous regularly is in the low 90s after having Tommy John surgery in 2014.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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