{"id":283197,"date":"2026-05-25T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283197\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:00:08","slug":"florida-selected-to-host-programs-20th-ncaa-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283197\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Selected to Host Program\u2019s 20th NCAA Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The No. 9\/18 Florida Gators have been selected as one of 16 Regional host sites for the 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament, as announced by the NCAA selection committee on Sunday night.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAs a top-16 seed in the NCAA Tournament, Florida&#8217;s Condron Family Ballpark will host the Gainesville Regional from Friday, May 29 through Monday, June 1 (if necessary). The complete NCAA Gainesville Regional field, along with the full field of 64 teams, national seeding and game times will be announced on Monday, May 25 at 12 p.m. via a selection show on ESPN2.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe 2026 season marks Florida&#8217;s 20th as an NCAA Regional host and first since hosting three in a row from 2021-23. Condron Family Ballpark has now been a host site in four of its six seasons as the home of the Orange &amp; Blue. This will be the Gators&#8217; 13th time hosting under Head Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/coaches\/kevin-o-sullivan\/2146\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2146\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin O&#8217;Sullivan<\/a>, who has reached the NCAA Tournament in each of his 18-full seasons at the helm. Florida will be making its 41st all-time NCAA Regional appearance as a program.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAll NCAA Regionals are scheduled to take place this upcoming weekend, spanning from Friday, May 29\u00a0to Monday, June 1. The Gators enter the postseason as winners of 10 of their last 12 games, claiming three-straight SEC series victories to close out the regular season before advancing to the SEC Tournament semifinals. Florida takes a 39-18 overall record and nation-best 15-7 mark against top-25 opponents into the NCAA Tournament.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOn May 25, 64 total teams will be selected for the NCAA Tournament with the 16 schools chosen as host schools welcoming three visiting teams to each ballpark. Four teams will compete across each of those NCAA Regional sites to determine which 16 programs will advance to NCAA Super Regionals, scheduled for June 5-8. The 2026 College World Series will take place at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb. From June 12-22.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2026 NCAA Gainesville Regional Ticket Information<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/2015\/12\/10\/_tickets_baseball_.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visit the Florida Gators Baseball ticket page for complete details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who Is Eligible and When You Can Order<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBeginning May 24: 2026 baseball season ticket holders can <a href=\"https:\/\/am.ticketmaster.com\/gators\/invoice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">purchase their seats<\/a> until May 26 at 5 p.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBeginning May 27: General public can order All-Session Regional Passes beginning at 10 a.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBeginning May 28: Single-game tickets are available for purchase beginning at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO PURCHASE?<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSeason ticket holders can purchase their regional tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/am.ticketmaster.com\/gators\/invoice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>. You may also purchase over the phone by calling the Gators Ticket Office at 352-375-4683.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFollow the Gators<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n#GoGators<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatorsBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gatorsbb\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GatorsBB\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The No. 9\/18 Florida Gators have been selected as one of 16 Regional host sites&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-283197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}