2016 College World Series

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The 2016 College World Series was played at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, NE from June 18 to June 30. Eight teams qualified for the tournament by winning their Regional and Super-Regional Tournaments. Coastal Carolina University defeated University of Arizona in the championship game. They were the fourth straight team to win a title for the first time.

The field was broken into two double elimination brackets of four teams each.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Arizona	Pacific-12 Conference	43-21 (16-14)	Jay Johnson	16 (last: 2012)	1st (1976, 1980, 1986, 2012)	37-27
	University of California, Santa Barbara	Big West Conference	42-18 (13-11)	Andrew Checketts	0 (last: none)	none	0-0
	University of Miami	Atlantic Coast Conference	50-12 (21-7)	Jim Morris	24 (last: 2015)	1st (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)	48-40
	Oklahoma State University	Big 12 Conference	41-20 (16-8)	Josh Holliday	19 (last: 1999)	1st (1959)	38-36

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	Coastal Carolina University	Big South Conference	48-16 (21-3)	Gary Gilmore	0 (last: none)	none	0-0
	University of Florida	Southeastern Conference	52-14 (19-10)	Kevin O'Sullivan	9 (last: 2015)	2nd (2005)	14-18
	Texas Christian University	Big 12 Conference	47-16 (15-9)	Jim Schlossnagle	3 (last: 2015)	4th (2010)	6-6
	Texas Tech University	Big 12 Conference	46-18 (19-5)	Tim Tadlock	1 (last: 2014)	7th (2014)	0-2

Results

2016 College World Series Bracket

The teams in the CWS are divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. The winners of the two pools meet in a best-of-three finals.

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
		UC Santa Barbara	0
		Oklahoma State	1
							Oklahoma State	1
							Arizona	0
		Arizona	5
	3	Miami	1
												Arizona	9	5
											Oklahoma State	3	1
	3	Miami	3
		UC Santa Barbara	5
							UC Santa Barbara	0
							Arizona	3
																	Arizona	3	4	3
																	Coastal Carolina	0	5	4
		TCU	5
	5	Texas Tech	3
							TCU	6
							Coastal Carolina	1
		Coastal Carolina	2
	1	Florida	1
												Coastal Carolina	4	7
											TCU	1	5
	5	Texas Tech	3
	1	Florida	2
							Coastal Carolina	7
						5	Texas Tech	5

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 18	Game 1	Oklahoma State	1-0	UC Santa Barbara
	Game 2	Arizona	5-1	Miami
June 19	Game 3	TCU	5-3	Texas Tech
	Game 4	Coastal Carolina	2-1	Florida
June 20	Game 5	UC Santa Barbara	5-3	Miami	Miami eliminated
	Game 6	Oklahoma State	1-0	Arizona
June 21	Game 7	Texas Tech	3-2	Florida	Florida eliminated
	Game 8	TCU	6-1	Coastal Carolina
June 22	Game 9	Arizona	3-0	UC Santa Barbara	UC Santa Barbara eliminated
June 23	Game 10	Coastal Carolina	7-5	Texas Tech	Texas Tech eliminated
June 24	Game 11	Arizona	9-3	Oklahoma State
	Game 12	Coastal Carolina	4-1	TCU
June 25	Game 13	Arizona	5-1	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma St. eliminated
	Game 14	Coastal Carolina	7-5	TCU	TCU eliminated
June 27	Game 1	Arizona	3-0	Coastal Carolina
June 28	Game 2	Coastal Carolina	5-4	Arizona
June 30	Game 3	Coastal Carolina	4-3	Arizona	Coastal Carolina wins CWS

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team:

Position	Player	School
P	Andrew Beckwith	Coastal Carolina University
	JC Cloney	University of Arizona
1B	Ryan Aguilar	University of Arizona
2B	Cody Ramer	University of Arizona
3B	Zach Remillard	Coastal Carolina University
SS	Ryan Merrill	Texas Christian University
C	David Parrett	Coastal Carolina University
OF	Anthony Marks	Coastal Carolina University
	Zach Gibbons	University of Arizona
	Jared Oliva	University of Arizona
DH	Luken Baker	Texas Christian University

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: J.J. Matijevic, Jared Oliva, Alfonso Rivas, César Salazar
• University of California, Santa Barbara: Noah Davis
• Coastal Carolina University: Austin Kitchen, Zach Remillard
• University of Florida: Pete Alonso, Alex Faedo, Dalton Guthrie, Mark Kolozsvary
• University of Miami: Zack Collins
• Texas Christian University: Luken Baker
• Texas Tech University: Davis Martin, Parker Mushinski

Further Reading

• Jim Callis: "College World Series goes Coastal: Coach Gilmore leads Chanticleers to school's first title in any sport", mlb.com, June 30, 2016. [1]