College Sports Update – May 30, 2012

Rachel Margolis Siegal

May 30, 2012

Baseball: Record-Setting 83 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Games Scheduled
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 will provide a record schedule of up to 83 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship games from June 1 to June 26, culminating with the College World Series. The addition of up to 14 games from two more Regional series surpasses the previous high of a maximum 69 games set last year.

The schedule includes complete coverage of six Regionals (up to 42 games from June 1-4), two more than the previous two championships; all eight Super Regionals sites (up to 24 games from June 8-11); and every College World Series game (up to 17 games from June 15-26) from the TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. Full Schedule Release

Join the Conversation and Follow on Twitter: @NCAACWS, @ESPNU and ESPN Baseball Analysts

Softball: Women’s College World Series Begins on ESPN Networks
What to know about the first four games in the Women’s College World Series (WCWS) on ESPN:

USF is making its first appearance in the WCWS
The Oregon Ducks’ last appearance in the WCWS was 23 years ago
A Pac-12 team has won 23 of the last 29 Division I Softball Championship titles
All 17 games utilize ESPN’s Sports Emmy award-winning K Zone technology
The upcoming WCWS will feature four players on Team USA and 12 invited to camp

Full schedule for the eight teams set to compete in the 2012 WCWS

Join the conversation on Twitter: #WCWS and follow ESPN Softball commentators: https://bit.ly/LysfBA

RecruitingNation: Looking to the Future, ESPN 100
The 2013 ESPN 100, formerly the ESPNU 100, which ranks the rising class of the top 100 high school basketball athletes, was released last week. Texas tops the list with 10 recruits making the list, followed by California (7), North Carolina (7) and Tennessee (6). On the list, 33 players have committed to teams.

The full list, scouts report, school commitments, school offers, grades and stats are at ESPN’s RecruitingNation.

College Football Live Continues Daily ESPN & ESPNU
ESPN’s daily, half-hour College Football Live program (3:30 p.m., ESPN & 4 p.m., ESPNU) continues in the off season examining everything from conference realignment to team previews and player injury reports. This week’s remaining College Football Live shows will feature analyst Jesse Palmer, while Joe Tessitore will host with analyst Andre Ware next week.

Follow on Twitter: @CFBLive and @ESPNU

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