INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee has selected the teams that will compete in the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS (30)
History Last Conference Team Record Yrs. Won Lost App. America East Stony Brook 29-25 First Appearance Atlantic Coast Florida St. 42-20 41 139 91 2003 Atlantic Sun Fla. Atlantic 45-15 4 7 9 2003 Atlantic 10 St. Bonaventure 29-20 First Appearance Big East Notre Dame 49-10 18 37 38 2003 Big South Coastal Caro. 40-21 4 3 8 2003 Big Ten Minnesota 38-21 26 49 50 2003 Big 12 Oklahoma St. 37-22 32 123 71 2001 Big West Cal St. Fullerton 36-20 25 95 53 2003 Colonial UNC Wilmington 38-21 1 2 2 2003 Conference USA TCU 38-24 2 1 4 1994 Horizon Youngstown St. 22-30 First Appearance Ivy Princeton 27-18 8 2 15 2003 Metro Atlantic Le Moyne 36-19 2 3 4 2003 Mid-American Kent St. 35-25 6 5 12 2002 Mid-Continent Oral Roberts 48-9 15 18 30 2003 Mid-Eastern Bethune-Cookman 27-26 5 1 10 2003 Missouri Valley Wichita St. 47-14 21 60 42 2003 Mountain West UNLV 37-22 8 9 16 2003 Northeast Central Conn. St. 41-15-1 2 0 4 2003 Ohio Valley Jacksonville St. 31-27 First Appearance Pacific-10 Stanford 44-12 24 113 54 2003 Patriot Army 37-13 1 0 2 2000 Southeastern South Carolina 45-15 19 69 42 2003 Southern Citadel 38-26 11 12 22 2001 Southland Lamar 41-14 11 13 22 2003 Southwestern Texas Southern 18-33 First Appearance Sun Belt Western Ky. 34-26 1 2 2 1980 West Coast Pepperdine 28-30 20 43 40 2003 Western Rice 43-12 9 40 22 2003
AT-LARGE BIDS (34)
History Last Team Conference Record Yrs. Won Lost App. Arizona Pacific-10 30-24-1 26 75 52 2003 Arizona St. Pacific-10 40-16 27 119 53 2003 Arkansas Southeastern 39-21 16 32 33 2003 Birmingham-So. Big South 46-16 First Appearance Clemson Atlantic Coast 36-24 29 78 61 2003 Col. of Charleston Southern 45-14 First Appearance East Carolina Conference USA 48-11 19 18 38 2003 Florida Southeastern 40-20 21 53 44 2003 George Mason Colonial 39-17 4 1 8 1993 Georgia Southeastern 38-20 5 20 13 2002 Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 41-19 20 43 40 2003 Long Beach St. Big West 36-19 14 39 30 2003 LSU Southeastern 41-17 19 99 37 2003 Miami (Fla.) Independent 44-11 32 147 68 2003 Middle Tenn. St. Sun Belt 40-20 10 6 20 2003 Mississippi Southeastern 39-19 9 25 20 2003 Mississippi St. Southeastern 34-22 24 67 55 2003 Missouri Big 12 37-21-1 15 32 30 2003 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 41-19 18 41 39 2003 North Carolina St. Atlantic Coast 35-22 16 23 33 1999 Oklahoma Big 12 37-22 26 53 49 2002 Southern Miss. Conference USA 44-17 4 5 8 2003 St. John's Big East 36-21 27 51 48 1997 Tennessee Southeastern 37-22 7 25 15 2001 Texas Big 12 50-13 47 182 92 2003 Texas A&M Big 12 39-19 21 42 44 2003 Texas Tech Big 12 38-19 8 13 16 2002 Tulane Conference USA 38-19 15 22 31 2003 UCF Atlantic Sun 44-16 8 10 16 2002 UC Irvine Big West 34-21-1 First Appearance UCLA Pacific-10 33-27 11 27 23 2000 Vanderbilt Southeastern 42-17 3 3 6 1980 Virginia Atlantic Coast 42-13 3 6 6 1996 Washington Pacific-10 37-18-1 7 17 14 2003
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FIELD BY CONFERENCE (31)
Southeastern 9 (Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi St., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt) Atlantic Coast 6 (Clemson, Florida St., Georgia Tech, North Carolina, North Carolina St., Virginia) Big 12 6 (Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech) Pacific-10 5 (Arizona, Arizona St., Stanford, UCLA, Washington) Conference USA 4 (East Carolina, Southern Miss., TCU, Tulane) Big West 3 (Cal St. Fullerton, Long Beach St., UC Irvine) Atlantic Sun 2 (Fla. Atlantic, UCF) Big East 2 (Notre Dame, St. John's) Big South 2 (Birmingham So., Coastal Caro.) Colonial 2 (George Mason, UNC Wilmington) Southern 2 (Citadel, Col. of Charleston) Sun Belt 2 (Middle Tenn. St., Western Ky.) America East 1 (Stony Brook) Atlantic 10 1 (St. Bonaventure) Big 10 1 (Minnesota) Horizon 1 (Youngstown St.) Independent 1 (Miami (Fla.)) Ivy 1 (Princeton) Metro Atlantic 1 (Le Moyne) Mid-American 1 (Kent St.) Mid-Continent 1 (Oral Roberts) Mid-Eastern 1 (Bethune-Cookman) Missouri Valley 1 (Wichita St.) Mountain West 1 (UNLV) Northeast 1 (Central Conn. St.) Ohio Valley 1 (Jacksonville St.) Patriot 1 (Army) Southland 1 (Lamar) Southwestern 1 (Texas Southern) West Coast 1 (Pepperdine) Western 1 (Rice)
FIELD BY STATE (25)
Texas 7 (Lamar, Rice, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, Texas Tech) California 6 (Cal St. Fullerton, Long Beach St., Pepperdine, Stanford, UC Irvine, UCLA) Florida 6 (Bethune-Cookman, Fla. Atlantic, Florida, Florida St., Miami, UCF) New York 5 (Army, Le Moyne, St. Bonaventure, St. John's, Stony Brook) South Carolina 5 (Citadel, Clemson, Coastal Caro., Col. of Charleston, South Carolina) North Carolina 4 (East Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina St., UNC Wilmington) Mississippi 3 (Mississippi, Mississippi St., Southern Miss.) Oklahoma 3 (Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Oral Roberts) Tennessee 3 (Middle Tenn. St., Tennessee, Vanderbilt) Alabama 2 (Birmingham-So., Jacksonville St.) Arizona 2 (Arizona, Arizona St.) Georgia 2 (Georgia, Georgia Tech) Louisiana 2 (LSU, Tulane) Ohio 2 (Kent St., Youngstown St.) Virginia 2 (George Mason, Virginia) Arkansas 1 (Arkansas) Connecticut 1 (Central Conn. St.) Indiana 1 (Notre Dame) Kansas 1 (Wichita St.) Kentucky 1 (Western Ky.) Minnesota 1 (Minnesota) Missouri 1 (Missouri) Nevada 1 (UNLV) New Jersey 1 (Princeton) Washington 1 (Washington)
OTHER NOTES
38 of the 64 teams were in the 2003 field. Eight teams make the field for the first time in their history: Birmingham-So., Col. of Charleston, Jacksonville St., St. Bonaventure, Stony Brook, Texas Southern, UC Irvine and Youngstown St.
Western Ky. and Vanderbilt are in the tournament for the first time since 1980, while George Mason returns for the first time since 1993, TCU had not made it since 1994 and Virginia is in for the first time since 1996.
Miami (Fla.) is in the field for the 32nd consecutive year, extending its own record. Florida St. is making its 27th straight appearance, which ranks second all time. Other long consecutive streaks include Clemson (18), LSU (16), Cal St. Fullerton (13) and Stanford (11).
26 teams won at least 40 Division I games through May 30, and all but one are in the field. George Washington, which went 41-18 against Division I foes this year, did not make the tournament. There are 285 Division I teams sponsoring baseball in 2004, equaling the most from history (285 in 2003).
The SEC set a record by getting nine teams into the tournament, breaking its own record of eight in 2001 and '03. Other leagues fared well too. The ACC got six teams, tying the most by that league (1998); the Big 12 received six bids, tying their most ever (1999); and the Pac-10 tied their most bids ever by getting five teams, as it did in 1997.
