The NCAA baseball and softball tournaments are unique animals: where the CFP and basketball tournaments drive toward straightforward conclusions, the bat-and-ball brackets weave their way forward in labyrinthine fashion.
Teams in the double-elimination field lose a game, double back to course correct, and advance to another round where they are, yet again, allowed to lose a game. Four-team regionals become two-team super regionals become the eight-team College World Series. Nothing moves in a straight line.
