2023 Men’s College World Series of NCAA Division I Baseball TV and Announcer Schedule

ESPN returns to Omaha, Neb. for exclusive coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s College World Series, June 16-26 at Charles Schwab Field. Every pitch of the Men’s College World Series (MCWS) will air on ESPN platforms beginning Friday, June 16, through Thursday, June 22 in the double-elimination series. All games will be available on the ESPN App and simulcast on ESPN+.

The best-of-three championship finals series begins Saturday, June 24, and concludes with the crowning of the national champion. The winner in Omaha will be the 31st and final NCAA champion crowned on ESPN platforms during the 2022-23 college sports season.

Karl Ravech and Eduardo Pérez, top voices from ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” booth, lead off ESPN’s commentator crew in their 14th and seventh appearances covering the MCWS, respectively.

They will be joined by analyst Ben McDonald and reporter Dani Wexelman, who will be making her second trip to the Men’s College World Series. Mike Monaco will see action as the second play-by-play announcer joined by analysts Chris Burke and Kyle Peterson. An Omaha native, Peterson is working his 21st MCWS – 12th in the booth. Kris Budden rounds out ESPN’s MCWS crew in her fourth season covering the championship series.

Several members of the ESPN crew have connections to this year’s MCWS teams – Burke was a two-time All-American and the 2001 SEC Player of the Year at Tennessee, McDonald was an All-American at LSU, leading the Tigers to a pair of MCWS appearances and Peterson, a two-time Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year, led Stanford to two trips to Omaha as well.

Five nationally-seeded teams advanced through Super Regionals including No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 2 Florida, No. 5 LSU, No. 7 Virginia and No. 8 Stanford joined by Tennessee, TCU and Oral Roberts to round out the MCWS lineup.

Final Facts
* Five of the eight teams in this year’s field have won a national championship while TCU, Tennessee and Oral Roberts are seeking their first title.
* The 367 home runs hit in this year’s NCAA Tournament is third-most entering the MCWS.
* The SEC has three teams in the field, the sixth straight time they’ve had at least three teams make it to Omaha, while the ACC has two teams in the MCWS including No. 1 national seed Wake Forest.

ESPN has exclusively presented the Men’s College World Series since 2003 and the company’s history with the event goes back more than 40 years. ESPN began televising MCWS games in 1980 – within the first year of the original network launch.

The following are the scheduled game start times (all times Eastern; start times subject to change) and respective networks:

Friday, June 16, 2023

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Monday, June 19, 2023

Tuesday, June 20 2023

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Saturday, June 24, 2023

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Monday, June 26, 2023

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