Miami Hurricanes’ NCAA tournament path is set. Here’s where they’ll start
The Miami Hurricanes baseball team congregated inside their clubhouse at Mark Light Field on Monday wearing matching grey T-shirts with the phrase “Every Run Earned” imprinted atop a baseball diamond.
Everything the Hurricanes did this season led up to this point, a chance to go on a run to Omaha, Nebraska, and the Men’s College World Series.
On Monday, they found out how that journey would begin — and it will start in the Sunshine State.
The Hurricanes (38-18) are the No. 2 seed in the Gainesville regional, hosted by the No. 8 national seed Florida Gators (39-19). No. 3 seed Troy (32-29) and No. 4 seed Rider (33-18) round out the four-team bracket for the regional.
Miami plays Troy at 6 p.m. Friday to begin the tournament, with the game televised on the ACC Network. Florida and Rider open the tournament at 1 p.m. Friday, broadcasted on ESPN+.
“It’s a great opportunity,” Hurricanes coach JD Arteaga said. “It’s a new season. Everybody starts 0-0. We’re part of the field of 64 and this is what you play for. Everything is just to get to this point, just this opportunity to go play. It doesn’t matter where it’s at. We had an opportunity to stay in state and go to Gainesville, but Troy’s our number one objective right now, trying to try to get that game won and then get into that winner’s bracket game on Saturday. So we’re excited and ready to go.”
The NCAA announced the full 64-team field on Monday.
The NCAA tournament takes place in four rounds. It starts with 16 regionals, where groups of four play in a double-elimination format. Regionals will take place from Friday through June 1.
The 16 teams who advance from the regional round will then be grouped into pairs based off their national seeding — the team from the No. 1 seed regional plays the No. 16 seed regional’s winner, No. 2 plays No. 15, and so on and so forth. Those pairs will play a best-of-3 series in the super regional round. The Gainesville regional that Miami is in is paired with the Hattiesburg regional, hosted by No. 9 seed Southern Miss and also contains Jacksonville State, Virginia and Little Rock.
The eight super regional winners then move on to the Men’s College World Series in Omaha, where the format essentially repeats itself. A double-elimination tournament narrows the field from eight teams to two, and the final two teams play a best-of-3 series for the national championship.
The Men’s College World Series will be played from June 12-22 at Charles Schwab Field.
Miami last reached the College World Series in 2016 and last won the national championship in 2001. The Hurricanes were one win away from advancing to Omaha last season but fell in three games to Louisville in the super regionals.
“I think everybody on this team is ready for the challenge,” Hurricanes pitcher Rob Evans said. “We’ve been put out to face some of those type of teams now — Florida State, Georgia Tech, great teams. And now we got to go face another one in Troy on Friday. So you’ve got to be ready for it.”
Hurricanes history against the Gainesville Regional field
The Hurricanes unsurprisingly are most familiar with the Gators. Miami is are 136-138-1 against Florida and dropped both games against UF during the regular season — a 7-2 loss on Feb. 27 and an 8-4 loss on Feb. 28 (the finale of that three-game series on March 1 was canceled due to inclement weather). The teams last met in the NCAA tournament during the 2015 College World Series. This is the first time Miami is playing a regional in Gainesville since 2021.
UM has played Troy once before in program history, a 12-4 win back in 1978.
Miami has also played Rider just once before, a 17-4 win in 1994.
The latest on Daniel Cuvet
Arteaga on Monday said star third baseman Daniel Cuvet, who has been sidelined with a stress fracture in his lower back, is unlikely to play in the regional round of the tournament
“He’s still swinging the bat,” Arteaga said. “You probably won’t see him this week, but he’s progressing. He’s progressing slowly. So the longer we play, the more chance we all have of seeing him play.”
The full NCAA tournament field
Los Angeles Regional
No. 1 national seed UCLA
No. 2 seed Virginia Tech
No. 3 seed Cal Poly
No. 4 seed St. Mary’s
Morgantown Regional
No. 16 national seed West Virginia
No. 2 seed Wake Forest
No. 3 seed Kentucky
No. 4 seed Binghamton
Hattiesburg Regional
No. 9 national seed Southern Miss
No. 2 seed Virginia
No. 3 seed Jacksonville State
No. 4 seed Little Rock
Gainesville Regional
No. 8 national seed Florida
No. 2 seed Miami
No. 3 seed Troy
No. 4 seed Rider
Chapel Hill Regional
No. 5 national seed North Carolina
No. 2 seed Tennessee
No. 3 seed East Carolina
No. 4 seed VCU
College Station Regional
No. 12 national seed Texas A&M
No. 2 seed USC
No. 3 seed Texas State
No. 4 seed Lamar
Lincoln Regional
No. 13 national seed Nebraska
No. 2 seed Ole Miss
No. 3 seed Arizona State
No. 4 seed South Dakota State
Auburn Regional
No. 4 national seed Auburn
No. 2 seed UCF
No. 3 seed NC State
No. 4 seed Milwaukee
Atlanta Regional
No. 2 national seed Georgia Tech
No. 2 seed Oklahoma
No. 3 seed The Citadel
No. 4 seed UIC
Lawrence Regional
No. 13 national seed Kansas
No. 2 seed Arkansas
No. 3 seed Missouri State
No. 4 seed Northeastern
Tallahassee Regional
No. 10 national seed Florida State
No. 2 seed Coastal Carolina
No. 3 seed NIU
No. 4 seed St. John’s
Tuscaloosa Regional
No. 7 national seed Alabama
No. 2 seed Oklahoma State
No. 3 seed USC Upstate
No. 4 seed Alabama State
Austin Regional
No. 6 national seed Texas
No. 2 seed UCSB
No. 3 seed Tarleton State
No. 4 seed Holy Cross
Eugene Regional
No. 11 national seed Oregon
No. 2 seed Oregon State
No. 3 seed Washington State
No. 4 seed Yale
Starkville Regional
No. 14 national seed Mississippi State
No. 2 seed Cincinnati
No. 3 seed Louisiana
No. 4 seed Lipscomb
Athens Regional
No. 3 national seed Georgia
No. 2 seed Boston College
No. 3 seed Liberty
No. 4 seed LIU
This story was originally published May 25, 2026 at 12:17 PM.
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