Arizona made it to Omaha all but one year from 1954-60 and won its three titles in the 1970s and 1980s across five CWS appearances. After missing it 17 consecutive times between 1987 and 2003, the Wildcats returned to the CWS in 2004, marking their first of five appearances this century. Four of those trips have come since 2012.

The No. 21 University of Arizona baseball team (44-21, 18-12 in Big 12) capped off its season after facing a heartbreaking 8-3 loss on Sunday, June 15, to the University of Louisville in an elimination game at the College World Series at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha,