The NCAA selects 64 teams to complete the NCAA softball tournament, with the full bracket being announced on Sunday before regionals start. Thirty-two of the 64 teams receive automatic bids to the ...

If one team loses ... along with the bracket of teams that will be playing in Omaha, Nebraska: The eight teams in the College World Series are split into two double-elimination brackets.

The tournament started in 1947 and featured just eight teams, divided into two four-team single-elimination brackets. In 1948, the first round was changed to a double ... to fill out a bracket.

However, it is not a strict double-elimination tournament in that the championship game is a winner-take-all affair. A team coming out of the losers’ bracket needs to beat the unbeaten team only ...

The NCAA Baseball Tournament features 64 college teams grouped in 16 four-team brackets. They compete in a double-elimination tournament called regionals. The 16 regional winners then slug it out ...