1960 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament

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1960 NCAA University Division
Baseball Tournament
Season 1960
Teams25
Finals site
Champions Minnesota  (2nd title)
Runner-up Southern California (4th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Dick Siebert  (2nd title)
MOP John Erickson (Minnesota)

The 1960 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1960 NCAA University Division 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 fourteenth 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 25 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 10 to June 20. The fourteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was John Erickson of Minnesota.

Contents

Tournament

The official NCAA record book does not list any participants for District 5 as Oklahoma State was an automatic qualifier for the 1960 College World Series.

District 1

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

Semifinals Finals
    
Boston College 2
Connecticut 1
Boston College5
Holy Cross 4
Holy Cross 5
American International 1

District 2

Games played at Cooperstown, New York.

Semifinals Finals
    
Delaware 15
Colgate 4
Delaware 3
St. John's (NY)4
St. John's 7
Villanova 2

District 3

Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
The Citadel 4
Florida 2 6
The Citadel 1
Winner's bracket
North Carolina13
North Carolina 2
Florida Southern 1
North Carolina7
Florida 5
Florida5
Florida Southern 0 6
The Citadel 1
Loser's bracket
Florida4

District 4

Games played at Saint Paul, Minnesota.

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
Minnesota 15
Notre Dame 6
Minnesota12
Winner's bracket
Detroit 5
Detroit 16
Ohio 2
Minnesota5
Detroit 4
Notre Dame 4
Ohio5
Detroit14
Loser's bracket
Ohio 4

District 5

District 6

Semifinals
Austin, Texas
Finals
Tucson, Arizona
      
Houston 3 4
Arizona 46
Houston 4
Texas 2

District 7

Games played at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Finals
    
Colorado State 3 36
Utah 242 2

District 8

Games played at Los Angeles, California.

Semifinals Finals
        
Washington State 83 5
Southern California7 810
Pepperdine 3 3
Southern California 1010

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conference)Head CoachCWS AppearancesCWS Best FinishCWS Record
Arizona Border 41–7 (2–2) Frank Sancet 5
(last: 1959)
2nd
(1956, 1958)
10–10
Boston College Greater Boston14–4 (7–3) Ed Peligrini 1
(last: 1953)
4th
(1953)
2–2
Colorado State College [lower-alpha 1] Rocky Mountain 25–10 (15–1) Pete Butler 6
(last: 1959)
5th
(1955)
2–12
Minnesota Big 10 29–6–1 (12–2) Dick Siebert 1
(last: 1956)
1st
(1956)
5–1
North Carolina ACC 22–5 (11–3) Walt Rabb 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Oklahoma State Big 8 15–5 (12–4) Toby Greene 3
(last: 1959)
1st
(1959)
10–5
Southern California CIBA 40–14 (12–4) Rod Dedeaux 5
(last: 1958)
1st
(1948, 1958)
10–8
St. John's Metro 19–5 (10–4) Jack Kaiser 1
(last: 1949)
4th
(1949)
0–2

Results

Bracket

 First round  Second round  Third round
              
 Winner's bracket
  Arizona 2 
  Oklahoma State 1  
   Arizona5 
   Minnesota8  
  Minnesota 8     
  North Carolina 3    
   Minnesota1210
   Southern California11
  Boston College 8    
  Colorado State 3     
   Boston College2  
   Southern California5 
  Southern California 3  
  St. John's 1 
 Loser's bracket
 Oklahoma State7 
 North Carolina0  Boston College0
  Oklahoma State1
 Colorado State2 
 St. John's313  Arizona11
  St. John's4
 Semifinals  Finals  if needed
              
 Re-ordered Semifinals
 Minnesota3   Minnesota210
 Oklahoma State1     Southern California1
   Minnesota2  
   Southern California411 
 Southern California13  
 Arizona1 

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 10Game 1 Arizona 2–1 Oklahoma State
June 14Game 2 Minnesota 8–3 North Carolina
Game 3 Boston College 8–3 Colorado State
Game 4 Southern California 3–1 St. John's
June 15Game 5 Oklahoma State 7–0 North Carolina Jim Wixson throws a no-hitter,North Carolina eliminated
Game 6 St. John's 3–2 (13) Colorado State Colorado State eliminated
Game 7 Minnesota 8–5 Arizona
June 16Game 8 Southern California 5–2 Boston College
June 17Game 9 Oklahoma State 1–0 Boston College Boston College eliminated
Game 10 Arizona 11–4 St. John's St. John's eliminated
Game 11 Minnesota 12–11 (10) Southern California
June 18Game 12 Minnesota 3–1 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State eliminated
Game 13 Southern California 13–1 Arizona Arizona eliminated
June 19Game 14 USC 4–2 (11) Minnesota
June 20Final Minnesota 2–1 (10) USC Minnesota wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

PositionPlayerSchool
P Bruce Gardner USC
Jim WardArizona
Bob Wasko Minnesota
C Bill Heath USC
1B William Ryan USC
2BJohn Erickson (MOP)Minnesota
3B Cal Rolloff Minnesota
SS Dave Pflepsen Minnesota
OF Art Ersepke USC
Bob Levingston USC
Mickey McNamee USC

Notable players

Tournament Notes

Jim Wixson throws the second no-hitter in College World Series history.

Notes

  1. Colorado State College is currently known as the University of Northern Colorado. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, then known as Colorado A&M.

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