A tournament that started with 64 teams is narrowing down to eight as the 2013 NCAA baseball tournament shifts to Omaha, Neb., and officially transforms into the highly anticipated College World Series.North Carolina and South Carolina are scheduled to play at noon ET on Tuesday to decide the winner of the Chapel Hill Super Regional and the final entrant into the College World Series.There have been plenty of exciting games and surprises along the way, ...

We have some scintillating showdowns in store for us in the 2013 College World Series.In the first matchups that were determined, No. 15 UCLA and No. 4 LSU will battle it out and No. 16 Louisville and No. 12 Indiana will clash.All four squads have looked mighty powerful throughout the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, pointing to some high-octane matchups in the CWS.*Official bracket can be found at NCAA.comUCLA (15) vs. LSU (4)LSU is ...

The 2013 College World Series is taking shape, as the Super Regionals have concluded and the final eight teams have moved on. Amongst the squads that are one step closer to reaching their dreams are surprisingly strong forces Louisville and Indiana.The question is, what will be the keys to their upcoming clash?Louisville advanced by shocking the world and sweeping the Vanderbilt Commodores. This comes after Vanderbilt was ranked second in the nation entering the College ...

Following a national championship game appearance, the Michigan basketball program is looking to make a return trip to the Final Four in 2013-14. Such a feat would fall under the Wolverines' best-case scenario for the upcoming season.Unexpected losses, much like the one against the struggling Penn State Nittany Lions in Happy Valley last year, will have the Maize and Blue trending toward their worst-case scenario.Wins and losses are not the only thing relevant to these ...

Heading into the 2012-13 college basketball season, Indiana boasted a roster full of proven veteran players, many of whom had shown themselves capable of producing at an All-Big Ten level.As we look down the road at the 2013-14 campaign? Not so much.Only three Hoosiers have been starters at the Division I college level, and only two of those did so in the Big Ten. The other, Arizona State transfer Evan Gordon, spent his first two ...

Indiana basketball is back in the national spotlight. After three seasons of irrelevance, IU is once again making noise in college basketball.With a solid coach, a talented team and high-profile recruits on the way, things are looking good in Bloomington. If you are a fan of the Hoosiers there is a lot to be happy about. Here are five reasons why life is good for IU faithful.Begin Slideshow

As Tim Duncan vies for another NBA championship, it’s a great time to celebrate the rare breed for which he’s become the shining symbol: superstar college basketball players who stay in school for four years. Between today’s one-and-done stars and the pre-1973 ban on freshman eligibility, the number of truly great players with four college seasons on their resumes is shockingly small. Duncan was one of the best of that group, developing from a defensive ...

You could make the argument that the most athletic teams in the country have won the last two national championships. Louisville had a great combination of quickness and length, and Kentucky in 2012 had Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (no need to say anymore there). It takes a lot more than having great athletes to win consistently. Rick Pitino and John Calipari had to convince those players to buy into defense. But if you have the athletes, ...

The NCAA Baseball Super Regionals have produced loads of highlights this year, and Day 4 on Monday was no different. Mississippi State and Virginia got things started off, with a trip to the College World Series on the line. Virginia was the No. 3 team in the country headed into the NCAA Division I baseball tournament, but found itself in a close-knit affair against the Bulldogs on Monday.Oregon State and Kansas State followed, with the Beavers ...

Five baseball teams punched their tickets to the 2013 College World Series over the weekend after winning two games in the Super Regional round. Several familiar faces secured their spots in Omaha, Neb., with wins on Saturday, including LSU (16 appearances) and UCLA (five appearances).Sunday was a day for the history books for several college baseball programs that are new to the CWS.After advancing to the Super Regionals for the first time in school history, Indiana made the ...