The 2025 NCAA Tournament continues with 16 teams playing in super regionals that will set the College World Series field of teams. Here is a look at the Louisville, Durham, Los Angeles, and Corvallis super regionals.
Louisville Super Regional: Miami Hurricanes vs. Louisville Cardinals – Both Louisville and Miami defeated regional hosts on their way to an ACC-on-ACC matchup in the super regional round at Jim Patterson Stadium.
The two teams have not played against each other this season despite being in the same conference.
Outside of a 17-6 loss Miami suffered during the Hattiesburg regional, the pitching from both teams has been good so far in the NCAA Tournament.
Louisville gave up no more than three runs in each game of the Nashville regional and shut out Wright State to advance to the super regional.
In that final game, the Cardinals’ pitchers, Ethan Eberle and Wyatt Danilowicz, allowed just two hits while striking 15 hitters in the Raiders’ lineup.
Miami had some impressive pitching performances last weekend as well. However, nothing topped Griffin Hugus’ complete game he threw against the Columbia Lions. He held the Ivy League champions to just one run all game and had nine strikeouts.
Alfred picks – Louisville. The pitching played a crucial role in both Louisville and Miami getting this far in the NCAA Tournament. The difference maker here is that Louisville will be playing at home, where they have a 27-7 record this season. On top of that, the Cardinals have a top five offense in the ACC while Miami’s offense ranks 12th in the conference.
Leif Skodnick picks – Miami. In Griffin Hugus, the Hurricanes have a potential shutdown starter who showed his talent is matching his potential with a complete game win against Columbia in Hattiesburg. AJ Ciscar also had a quality start in the regional, going seven innings and three runs on six hits and a walk in a 5-3 win against Alabama. Baseball generally favors pitching, and Miami has been getting pitching.
Louisville Super Regional Schedule
Friday, June 6 – 3 p.m. EDT – ESPN 2
Saturday, June 7 – 11 a.m. EDT – ESPN
Durham Super Regional: Murray State Racers vs. Duke Blue Devils – The “Cinderella” Murray State Racers are headed to Durham, N.C., as they will take on the Duke Blue Devils for a chance at the College World Series.
This is currently the furthest Murray State has gotten in the tournament in their program’s history.
The Racers won the Oxford Regional with great offense. They averaged 10.5 runs per game in matchups against Ole Miss and Georgia Tech.
As for Duke, solid pitching was a big story. In the final two games of the Athens regional, the Blue Devils’ pitching staff allowed five runs and struck out 21 batters combined in games against Georgia and Oklahoma State.
Both Duke and Murray State have seen minimal action at the College World Series. The Racers have never been, and Duke has not been since 1961. A win in this matchup would go a long way for either program.
Alfred Picks – Duke. Murray State’s offense has been great against some good competition. However, it is hard to see it continuing against a team like Duke, which pitched two brilliant games to cap off their regional championship.
Leif Picks – Murray State. Coming off the win at the Oxford regional, the Racers are riding high in the saddle. They’ll have to get runs on the board early, as Blue Devils’ reliever Reid Easterly has been lights out to pull it off, but Murray State does have five batters hitting over .300 with and four players with at least 50 RBIs. It’ll take three, but Murray State will go to Omaha for the first time in 2025.