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2008 NCAA Division I baseball season

Baseball season

Baseball season

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The 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season play of college baseball in the United States, organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 22, 2008. The season was the first to have a uniform start date for both southern and northern teams. The change from previous seasons, in which weather allowed southern teams to begin play weeks before northern teams, was an attempt to improve parity between warm-weather and cold-weather teams. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2008 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska, at Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 25, 2008, with the final game of the best of three championship series. Fresno State defeated Georgia two games to one to claim their first championship. Fresno State was the first team seeded fourth in its regional tournament to win a national championship since the NCAA tournament adopted the current 64-team format in 1999.

Realignment

New programs

Five new programs joined Division I baseball for the 2008 season, four from the NCAA Division II. Florida Gulf Coast, previously a Division II independent; North Carolina Central, previously of the Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Presbyterian, previously of the Division II South Atlantic Conference; and South Carolina Upstate, previously of the Division II Peach Belt Conference, all made the transition to Division I. The fifth new program, Houston Baptist, joined Division I from the NAIA.

Conference changes

Main article: NCAA Division I conference realignment#2007-2008

Entering the 2008 baseball season, the Mid-Continent Conference was renamed The Summit League. The renamed conference was one of several conferences to make membership changes.

Both the renamed Summit League and the Atlantic Sun Conference added multiple members. The Summit added three schools, IPFW, North Dakota State, and South Dakota State, all previously Division I independents. The Atlantic Sun added two schools, Florida Gulf Coast and South Carolina Upstate, both from Division II.

Both the Big West Conference, which added UC Davis from the Division I independent ranks, and the Horizon League, which added Valparaiso from the Mid-Continent, added a single member.

Three schools joined the Division I independent ranks. Le Moyne left the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to become an independent, and both North Carolina Central and Presbyterian became independents after their transitions from Division II.

Conference standings

ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Binghamton158.6522927.518
Stony Brook1410.5833426.567
UMBC1311.5422129.420
Vermont1211.5222724.529
Hartford1013.4351831.367
Albany1014.4171737.318
Maine815.3941828.394
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Charlotte198.7044316.729
Xavier166.7272429.453
Duquesne159.6252729.482
Temple1611.5932528.472
Rhode Island1511.5743127.534
St. Bonaventure1512.5562923.558
Fordham1313.5002923.558
Dayton1213.4802723.540
George Washington1116.4072629.473
Massachusetts1116.4071827.400
La Salle1116.4071636.308
Richmond1016.3892031.396
Saint Louis917.3462129.420
Saint Joseph's918.3331832.360
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
*Atlantic*
Florida State246.8005414.794
North Carolina State1811.6214222.656
Wake Forest1316.4482531.446
Clemson1118.3833127.534
Maryland921.3003026.536
Boston College921.3002627.491
*Coastal*
Miami (FL)235.8215311.828
North Carolina227.7595414.794
Georgia Tech1614.5334121.629
Virginia1515.5003923.629
Duke1018.3623718.670
Virginia Tech624.2002332.418

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ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Florida Gulf Coast258.7583515.700
Kennesaw State2112.6363026.536
Lipscomb1914.5763330.524
North Florida1815.5452926.527
South Carolina Upstate1716.5152529.463
Mercer1716.5152423.421
Belmont1617.4852432.429
Stetson1517.4692633.441
Gardner–Webb1518.4552730.474
Jacksonville1320.3942729.482
Campbell1220.3752137.362
East Tennessee State924.2731838.321
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
St. John's207.7414216.724
Cincinnati198.7043820.655
Notre Dame1610.6153221.604
Louisville1611.5934121.661
Seton Hall1512.5563125.554
South Florida1413.5193127.534
West Virginia1314.4813521.625
Villanova1215.4443028.517
Connecticut1116.4072728.491
Rutgers1116.4072329.443
Pittsburgh719.2691934.358
Georgetown720.2591730.362
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Coastal Carolina173.8505014.781
Liberty147.6673526.573
VMI147.6672926.527
Winthrop109.5262533.431
High Point912.4292033.377
Radford614.3002432.429
Charleston Southern615.2861735.327
UNC Asheville514.2632334.404

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ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Michigan265.8394614.767
Purdue219.7003225.561
Penn State1715.5312731.466
Illinois1615.5162925.537
Ohio State1515.5003026.536
Indiana1417.4523030.500
Northwestern1418.4381928.404
Michigan State1218.4002429.453
Minnesota1021.3232035.364
Iowa1022.3122133.389
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Long Beach State168.6673821.644
Cal State Fullerton168.6674122.651
UC Irvine1410.5834218.700
UC Santa Barbara1410.5833521.625
UC Riverside1410.5832133.389
UC Davis1311.5423524.593
Cal Poly816.3332432.429
Cal State Northridge816.3332432.429
Pacific519.2081441.255
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Texas A&M198.7044919.708
Oklahoma State189.6674218.700
Nebraska179.6484016.711
Missouri1611.5933721.638
Texas1512.5563922.639
Baylor1116.4093126.544
Kansas State1116.4092929.500
Oklahoma917.3523525.582
Kansas918.3332627.491
Texas Tech918.3332530.455

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ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
UNC Wilmington254.8624417.721
James Madison209.6903919.672
George Mason1810.6433025.545
William & Mary1613.5523621.632
Old Dominion1414.5002527.481
Towson1416.4673028.517
Georgia State1217.4143323.589
Northeastern1217.4142526.490
Delaware1117.3932231.415
Virginia Commonwealth817.3201530.333
Hofstra723.2331936.345
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Rice213.8754715.758
Southern Miss159.6254222.656
Tulane139.5913922.639
Houston1410.5834224.636
East Carolina1311.5424221.667
Marshall1013.4353030.500
Central Florida816.3333127.534
Alabama-Birmingham717.2922634.433
Memphis518.2171738.309
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Illinois-Chicago176.7393522.614
Wright State166.7273023.566
Youngstown State1312.5202333.411
Cleveland State1013.4352231.415
Wisconsin-Milwaukee1115.4232536.410
Valparaiso813.3812135.375
Butler717.2921234.261

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ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
*Lou Gehrig*
Columbia155.7502230.423
Princeton119.5502022.476
Penn613.3501523.395
Cornell614.3001227.308
*Red Rolfe*
Dartmouth155.7502517.595
Yale910.4742024.455
Brown911.4502024.455
Harvard812.4001030.250
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Canisius195.7924113.759
Manhattan195.7923120.608
Siena158.6523026.536
Rider1310.5652928.509
Fairfield1113.4581436.280
Niagara1014.4172228.440
Marist815.3481928.404
Saint Peter's716.3042030.400
Iona420.167444.083
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
*East*
Kent State168.6673621.632
Bowling Green168.6673220.615
Ohio1413.5192930.492
Akron813.3812524.510
Miami (OH)819.2961836.333
Buffalo719.2691438.269
*West*
Eastern Michigan158.6522534.424
Northern Illinois1610.6152826.519
Ball State1211.5222825.528
Western Michigan1212.5002923.558
Central Michigan1313.5002927.518
Toledo1013.4351831.367

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ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Bethune-Cookman171.9453622.621
North Carolina A&T116.6472930.492
Florida A&M117.6112022.476
Delaware State117.6111633.327
Norfolk State710.4122524.510
Maryland-Eastern Shore412.250650.107
Coppin State018.000452.071
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Wichita State195.7924817.738
Missouri State186.7504017.702
Creighton168.6673721.638
Northern Iowa1410.5833024.556
Southern Illinois1212.5003423.596
Bradley1014.4172628.481
Indiana State915.3751832.360
Illinois State618.2502230.423
Evansville420.1671442.250
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Texas Christian195.7924419.698
New Mexico168.6673425.576
San Diego State168.6673128.525
Utah1014.4172628.481
Brigham Young1014.4172236.379
Nevada-Las Vegas915.3752237.373
Air Force420.1671833.353

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ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Monmouth205.8003716.698
Central Connecticut189.6672524.510
Wagner1711.6072728.491
Mount St. Mary's1311.5422134.382
Fairleigh Dickinson1016.3851538.283
Sacred Heart1018.3571241.226
Quinnipiac919.3211636.308
Long Island715.3181631.340
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Jacksonville State234.8523721.638
Samford197.7313323.589
Austin Peay1412.5382729.466
Eastern Illinois1313.5002730.474
Tennessee Tech1314.4813523.603
Southeast Missouri State1213.4802626.500
Murray State1214.4622130.412
Eastern Kentucky1215.4442627.491
Morehead State819.2961833.353
Tennessee-Martin520.2001041.196
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Arizona State168.6674913.790
Stanford1410.5834142.629
UCLA1311.5423327.550
Arizona1212.5004219.689
California1212.5003321.609
Washington1113.4583221.604
Oregon State1113.4582824.538
USC1113.4582828.500
Washington State816.3333026.536

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ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Army137.6502525.500
Navy119.5503225.561
Holy Cross119.5502128.429
Bucknell1010.5003024.556
Lafayette812.4002523.521
Lehigh713.3502327.460
TeamWLPctWLPct
*East*
Georgia209.6834525.641
Florida1713.5673424.586
Kentucky1614.5334419.698
Vanderbilt1514.5174122.651
South Carolina1515.5004023.635
Tennessee1218.4002729.482
*West*
LSU1811.6174919.717
Alabama1614.5333428.548
Ole Miss1515.5003926.600
Arkansas1415.4833424.586
Auburn1119.3672828.500
Mississippi State921.3002333.411
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Elon198.7044418.710
College of Charleston189.6673920.661
Furman1710.6303324.579
Georgia Southern1611.5933325.569
UNC Greensboro1512.5563327.550
Appalachian State1413.5193227.542
Western Carolina1413.5192928.509
The Citadel1215.4442828.500
Wofford621.2222435.407
Davidson423.1481238.240

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ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
*East*
Lamar2010.6673523.603
Northwestern State1712.5862828.500
Southeastern Louisiana1515.5003227.542
Central Arkansas1316.4482727.500
McNeese State723.2331342.236
Nicholls State525.1671044.185
*West*
Texas-San Antonio228.7333919.672
Texas State1911.6333027.526
Sam Houston State1812.6003725.597
Texas-Arlington1614.5332631.456
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi1415.4832433.421
Stephen F. Austin1217.4142529.463
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
*East*
Jackson State185.7833722.627
Alcorn State159.6252916.644
Mississippi Valley State1310.5651826.409
Alabama State814.3641322.371
Alabama A&M420.167739.152
*West*
Southern186.7502818.607
Grambling State159.6252128.429
Prairie View A&M1410.5832526.490
Texas Southern717.2921634.320
Arkansas-Pine Bluff618.2501033.233
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Oral Roberts244.8574814.774
Southern Utah1611.5933128.525
Western Illinois1311.5422133.389
Centenary1315.4643026.536
South Dakota State911.4502227.449
IPFW1017.3701436.280
Oakland714.3331530.333
North Dakota State716.3041530.333

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ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Louisiana-Monroe2010.6673424.586
New Orleans1811.6214321.672
Troy1812.6003226.552
Florida Atlantic1512.5563227.542
Western Kentucky1614.5333327.550
Louisiana-Lafayette1614.5333029.508
South Alabama1515.5003226.552
Middle Tennessee1316.4482729.482
Florida International1218.4002036.357
Arkansas-Little Rock1018.3571632.333
Arkansas State821.2762034.370
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
Fresno State2111.6564731.603
Nevada1814.5633426.567
Hawaii1814.5632931.483
San Jose State1714.5483125.554
New Mexico State1517.4692833.459
Sacramento State1417.4522434.414
Louisiana Tech723.2332331.426
ConfOverallTeamWLPctWLPct
San Diego165.7624417.721
Pepperdine146.7003821.644
Santa Clara138.6193322.600
San Francisco129.5713126.544
Gonzaga1010.5003023.566
Saint Mary's813.3812626.500
Loyola Marymount714.3332332.434
Portland318.1432133.389

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TeamWLPct
Dallas Baptist3419.642
Le Moyne3221.604
Houston Baptist2324.489
Longwood2336.470
Savannah State1723.425
New York Tech1931.385
Texas-Pan American1934.358
Northern Colorado1633.327
Utah Valley1432.309
Presbyterian1340.245
Hawaii–Hilo522.185
Chicago State641.128
New Jersey Tech547.096
North Carolina Central022.000

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College World Series

Main article: 2008 College World Series

The 2008 season marked the sixty second NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Fresno State claiming their first championship with a two games to one series win over Georgia in the final.

Bracket

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 2008 College Baseball All-America Team

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