Weekend baseball: KU to open Super Regional vs. Oklahoma on Saturday, Sunday
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- Kansas will host Oklahoma at Hoglund Ballpark Saturday at 5 p.m. Central.
- Game two of the best-of-three Super Regional is scheduled for Sunday at 5 p.m.
- The Super Regional winner advances to the College World Series in Omaha June 12-22.
Kansas baseball will meet Oklahoma in an NCAA Tournament Super Regional game at 5 p.m. Central on Saturday at Hoglund Ballpark, it was announced Tuesday morning.
Game two in the best-of-three series that sends the winner to the College World Series will be contested at 5 p.m. Sunday. A third game, if needed, would be played Monday at a yet-to-be-determined time. Saturday’s game will be on ESPN2.
KU (45-16), which went 3-0 to win the NCAA Tournament’s Lawrence Regional Friday through Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark, on Monday was awarded a host site for the Super Regionals when Oklahoma defeated Georgia Tech for a second consecutive day to claim the regional title in Atlanta.
The College World Series will be held June 12-22 in Omaha, Nebraska. Bracket play is June 12-18 and the best of three championship series June 20-22.
Oklahoma (36-22) tied for 11th in the SEC regular season and lost its only game in the SEC Tournament.
Oklahoma, which was the home team Monday despite playing in Georgia, trailed overall No. 2 seed Georgia Tech 7-3 after six innings in Monday’s 8-7 10-inning victory. OU scored five unanswered runs. Dayton Tockey had the big hit, a walk-off home run in the 10th inning.
This marks OU’s first trip to the Super Regionals since 2022. For KU, meanwhile, it’s the first appearance in program history. The Jayhawks, led by fourth-year coach Dan Fitzgerald, are the No. 15 national seed in the entire 64-team field.
In all, there will be 16 teams playing at eight Super Regionals. Other best-two-of-three series: Cal Poly at West Virginia; Little Rock at Troy; USC at North Carolina; Ole Miss at Auburn; St. John’s at Alabama; Oregon at Texas; Mississippi State at Georgia.
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This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 9:43 AM with the headline "Weekend baseball: KU to open Super Regional vs. Oklahoma on Saturday, Sunday."
