The 2012 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division I World Series was played at Golden Park in Columbus, GA from May 25 to May 31. The twelfth tournament's champion was Utah State University.
Format The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets. There are a few differences between the NCAA and the NCBA format. One of which is that the losers of Games 1-4 move to the other half of the bracket. Another difference is that the NCBA plays a winner take all for its national title game while the NCAA has a best-of-3 format to determine its national champion.
Participants Seeding School Region 1 Georgia South Atlantic 2 Texas Tech Gulf Coast 3 Appalachian State Mid-Atlantic 4 UC-San Diego Southern Pacific 5 Utah State Northern Pacific 6 Colorado State Mid-America 7 Pittsburgh North Atlantic 8 Illinois Great Lakes
Results
Bracket
* denotes extra inning game
Game Results Date Game Time Winner Score Loser Notes May 25 Game 1 11:00 AM Colorado State 7-5 Appalachian State Game 2 3:15 PM Pittsburgh 10-7 Texas Tech Game 3 7:30 PM Georgia 7-4 Illinois May 26 Game 4 11:00 AM Utah State 9-3 UC-San Diego Game 5 3:15 PM Texas Tech 6-3 Appalachian State Appalachian State eliminated May 27 Game 6 11:00 AM Illinois 8-5 UC-San Diego UC-San Diego eliminated Game 7 3:15 PM Pittsburgh 8-6 (11 innings) Colorado State Game 8 7:30 PM Utah State 3-0 Georgia May 28 Game 9 3:15 PM Texas Tech 9-8 Georgia Georgia eliminated Game 10 7:30 PM Colorado State 7-6 Illinois Illinois eliminated May 29 Game 11 3:15 PM Utah State 2-1 (16 innings) Texas Tech Texas Tech eliminated Game 12 7:30 PM Colorado State 4-3 (10 innings) Pittsburgh May 30 Game 13 3:15 PM Game not needed Game 14 7:30 PM Colorado State 6-5 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh eliminated May 31 Game 15 7:30 PM Utah State 14-3 Colorado State Utah State wins the NCBA Division I World Series
Championship Game
See also 2012 NCBA Division II World Series
References