1956 NCAA baseball tournament

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1956 NCAA I
baseball tournament
Season 1956
Teams24
Finals site
Champions Minnesota  (1st title)
Runner-up Arizona (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Dick Siebert  (1st title)
MOP Jerry Thomas (Minnesota)

The 1956 NCAA baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1956 NCAA baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its tenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 24 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. [1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 14. The tenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Thomas of Minnesota. [2]

Contents

Tournament

District 1

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

Semifinals Finals
    
Vermont 8
Massachusetts 1
New Hampshire2
Vermont 0
New Hampshire 5
Boston University 0

District 2

Games played at Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Semifinals Finals
    
St. John's 3
Delaware 1
St. John's 2
NYU6
NYU 15
Penn State 7

District 3

Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.

Semifinals Finals
        
Duke 1 74
Florida State 26 2
Duke 42 1
Ole Miss2 67
Ole Miss 43
Tennessee Tech 3 2

District 4

Games played at Athens, Ohio (Ohio vs. Cincinnati and Ohio vs. Minnesota) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minnesota vs. Notre Dame).

Semifinals Finals
        
Ohio 8
Cincinnati 6
Ohio 0 6
Minnesota57
Minnesota 3 1510
Notre Dame 45 1

District 5

Games played in Stillwater, OK.

Semifinal Final
Bradley 11
Oklahoma 3 North Dakota State 2
North Dakota State 8

District 6

Games played at Tucson, Arizona.

Finals
    
Arizona 78
TCU 5 2

District 7

Games played at Greeley, Colorado.

Finals
    
Wyoming 83 9
Colorado State College 5 87

District 8

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachCWS appearancesCWS best finishCWS record
Arizona Border 45–6 (4–0) Frank Sancet 2
(last: 1955)
4th
(1954)
3–4
Bradley MVC 22–6 (7–2) Leo Schrall 1
(last: 1950)
8th
(1950)
0–2
Minnesota Big 10 28–8 (11–2) Dick Siebert 0
(last: none)
none0–0
New Hampshire Yankee 12–5 (7–1) Hank Swasey 0
(last: none)
none0–0
NYU MNYC 16–4–1 (n/a) Bill McCarthy 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Ole Miss SEC 22–8 (13–3) Tom Swayze 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Washington State PCC 28–6 (11–4) Buck Bailey 1
(last: 1950)
2nd
(1950)
3–2
Wyoming Skyline 17–13 (7–2) Bud Daniel 0
(last: none)
none0–0

Results

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Arizona 3
NYU 0
Arizona2
Minnesota3
Minnesota 4
Wyoming 0
Minnesota13
Ole Miss5
Ole Miss 13
Minnesota8
New Hampshire 2
Ole Miss4Bradley3
Bradley0
Bradley 4
Washington State 3
Minnesota412
Lower round 1Lower round 2Arizona101
Bradley12
NYU2Wyoming8
Ole Miss3
Wyoming8
Arizona7
Arizona1
New Hampshire6New Hampshire0
Washington State3

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 9Game 1 Arizona 3–0 NYU
Game 2 Minnesota 4–0 Wyoming
Game 3 Ole Miss 13–2 New Hampshire
Game 4 Bradley 4–3 Washington State
June 10Game 5 Wyoming 8–2 NYU New York eliminated
Game 6 New Hampshire 6–3 Washington State Washington State eliminated
Game 7 Minnesota 3–1 Arizona
Game 8 Ole Miss 4–0 Bradley
June 11Game 9 Bradley 12–8 Wyoming Wyoming eliminated
Game 10 Arizona 1–0 New Hampshire New Hampshire eliminated
Game 11 Minnesota 13–5 Ole Miss
June 12Game 12 Arizona 7–3 Ole Miss Ole Miss eliminated
Game 13 Minnesota 8–3 Bradley Bradley eliminated
June 13Game 14 Arizona 10–4 Minnesota
June 14Final Minnesota 12–1 Arizona Minnesota wins CWS

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