Audio note: To capture the full impact of stadium sounds, ESPN is deploying around 75 mics including RF mics in the bases, buried mics at home plate and the pitcher’s mound, warning track mics spanning the entire outfield wall and even impact mics on the foul poles.UmpCam: ESPN will provide an all-new alternate UmpCam telecast on the ESPN App, highlighting the action from a behind-the-plate perspective.TrackMan: TrackMan radar will be employed to capture contemporary baseball data, including precise pitch speeds, spin and movement, HR distance, exit velocity and launch angle.Drone: ESPN’s drone footage will provide low-flying dramatic aerials throughout each game.Corner Cam: A small C360 65 MegaPixel camera will be embedded in the LF and RF corner walls. The camera captures a 180-degree high resolution image and uses digital pan, tilt and zoom to follow action near the corners and foul lines.AllCam: A small C360 65 MegaPixel camera will be placed near the top of the home plate backstop. The camera will capture a 180-degree high resolution image and uses digital pan, tilt and zoom to show the relationship between the runners and the ball.The SEC has had at least one team in the MCWS Finals in 12 of the past 13 seasons.
Four SEC schools make up the elite eight teams that have advanced to the MCWS – Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss and Texas A&M - tying for the most teams from a single conference to reach the Men’s College World Series.There have already been 424 home runs in this year’s NCAA Baseball Tournament, the most in a single postseason in Division I history.Texas is making its 38th appearance in Omaha, more than any other school and outpacing second-place Miami by 13 showings.Oklahoma, Stanford and Texas join the lineup as the only past national champions in this year’s MCWS, though none have raised the trophy in the last 15 years.1 Tennessee on Sunday ranks as the most-watched game of the 2022 post season, averaging 916,000 viewers and peaking at 1.2 million viewers. The series saw a dramatic Monday finish, making it the most-viewed Super Regionals on ESPN networks since 2018 with a 12% increase in viewership ( 456,000 average viewers per game). 14 Auburn, joined by Arkansas, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Ole Miss to round out the MCWS lineup. Kris Budden rounds out ESPN’s MCWS crew in her third season covering the championship series.įour nationally-seeded teams advanced through Super Regionals including No. An Omaha native, Peterson is working his 20th MCWS – 11th in the booth. Mike Monaco will see action as the second play-by-play announcer joined by analysts Chris Burke and Kyle Peterson. They will be joined by analyst Ben McDonald and reporter Dani Wexelman, who will be making her first trip to the Men’s College World Series. Karl Ravech and Eduardo Pérez, top voices from ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball booth, lead off ESPN’s commentator crew in their 13th and sixth appearances covering the MCWS, respectively. The best-of-three championship finals series begins Saturday, June 25, and concludes with the crowning of the national champion on Sunday, June 26, or Monday, June 27, to wrap up the 2021-22 college sports season on ESPN networks – which has featured 30 NCAA Championship events. All games will be available on the ESPN App. Every pitch of the Men’s College World Series (MCWS) will air on ESPN or ESPN2 beginning Friday, June 17 through Thursday, June 23 – with up to 14 games airing in the double-elimination series. Omaha, NE – J– TD Ameritrade Park: The ballpark during game two of the College World Series Championship.ĮSPN returns to Omaha, Neb., this week for exclusive coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s College World Series Presented by Capital One at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.