ShiChi Information and Pictures. The ShiChi is not a purebred dog. It is a cross between the Chihuahua and the Shih-Tzu.
The College World Series can be broken down into two stages: the group stage and the finals. In the group stage, the eight teams are split into two bracket groups of four, which play a double elimination mini-tournament. This is the same format as the regional round that opened the tournament. The winner of each of the two groups advances to the finals, a best of three series to determine a national champion. Like in the regionals, winning the first two games of group play provides a massive advantage.
If things go according to form, this means the 6-seed wrestles the 7-seed and the 5-seed wrestles the 8-seed in the second consolation round (the first round sees the guys in the consolation bracket dealing with the losers of the pig-tail matches). In effect, these are the consolation quarterfinals. The losers of those matches face each other to determine 7th/8th place. The winners go on to face the losers of the semifinal matches in the championship bracket in what are the de facto consolation bracket semifinals. The losers of those consolation bracket semis face each other to determine 5th/6th place, while the winners of the consolation semis face each other to determine 3rd/4th.