ESPN's exclusive national coverage of the NCAA Division I baseball tournament will feature games, either on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPN College Grand Slam. The maps below detail home market protected games -- areas which will see their home-market games in their entirety. The rest of the country will be part of ESPN's Whiparound coverage, where ESPN and ESPN2 will take viewers to the best action from different games.
ESPN College Grand Slam is the only way to see complete coverage of the 2003 NCAA Super Regionals from June 6-9. To order, contact DIRECTV at 1-800-DIRECTV, Dish Network at 1-800-333-DISH, or your local cable operator.
Columbia Super Regional
Regionalization/Home Market Protection: In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. While constant updates from the other games will be provided, the networks, for the most part, will not switch to another game during live action, thereby establishing home market protection.
Schedule:
Friday, June 6
Game 1 - South Carolina 5, North Carolina 4
Saturday, June 7
Game 2 - South Carolina 14, North Carolina 4 (South Carolina advances to CWS)
Baton Rouge Super Regional
Regionalization/Home Market Protection: In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. While constant updates from the other games will be provided, the networks, for the most part, will not switch to another game during live action, thereby establishing home market protection.
Schedule:
Friday, June 6
Game 1 - Baylor 4, LSU 1
Saturday, June 7
Game 2 - LSU 6, Baylor 5
Sunday, June 8
Game 3 - LSU 20, Baylor 5 (LSU advances to CWS)
Fullerton Super Regional
Regionalization/Home Market Protection: In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. While constant updates from the other games will be provided, the networks, for the most part, will not switch to another game during live action, thereby establishing home market protection.
Schedule:
Friday, June 6
Game 1 - Cal State Fullerton 5, Arizona State 1
Saturday, June 7
Game 2 - Arizona State 7, Cal State Fullerton 6
Sunday, June 8
Game 3 - Cal State Fullerton 7, Arizona State 1 (Cal State Fullerton advances to CWS)
Stanford Super Regional
Regionalization/Home Market Protection: In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. While constant updates from the other games will be provided, the networks, for the most part, will not switch to another game during live action, thereby establishing home market protection.
Schedule:
Friday, June 6
Game 1 - Stanford 5, Long Beach State 1
Saturday, June 7
Game 2 - Stanford 4, Long Beach State 2 (Stanford advances to CWS)
Coral Gables Super Regional
Regionalization/Home Market Protection: In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. While constant updates from the other games will be provided, the networks, for the most part, will not switch to another game during live action, thereby establishing home market protection.
Schedule:
Saturday, June 7
Game 1 - Miami (Fla.) 10, NC State 9
Sunday, June 8
Game 2 - NC State vs. Miami (Fla.) 11, NC State 5, 11 innings (Miami advances to CWS)
Columbus Super Regional
Regionalization/Home Market Protection: In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. While constant updates from the other games will be provided, the networks, for the most part, will not switch to another game during live action, thereby establishing home market protection.
Schedule:
Saturday, June 7
Game 1 - Southwest Missouri State 13, Ohio State 8
Sunday, June 8
Game 2 - Southwest Missouri State 13, Ohio State 7 (Southwest Missouri State advances to CWS)
Tallahassee Super Regional
Regionalization/Home Market Protection: In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. While constant updates from the other games will be provided, the networks, for the most part, will not switch to another game during live action, thereby establishing home market protection.
Schedule:
Saturday, June 7 -- postponed by rain
Sunday, June 8
Game 1 - Texas 8, Florida State 3
Monday, June 9
Game 2 - Texas vs. Florida State, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Tuesday, June 10
Game 3 - Texas vs. Florida State, Noon (ESPN), if necessary
Houston Super Regional
Regionalization/Home Market Protection: In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. While constant updates from the other games will be provided, the networks, for the most part, will not switch to another game during live action, thereby establishing home market protection.
Schedule:
Saturday, June 7
Game 1 - Houston 5, Rice 2
Sunday, June 8
Game 2 - Rice 10, Houston 2
Monday, June 9
Game 3 - Houston vs. Rice, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
