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 RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
The Citadel 4
Florida 2 6
The Citadel1
North Carolina13
North Carolina 2
Florida Southern 1
North Carolina7—
Florida5—
Lower round 1Lower final
The Citadel1
Florida5Florida4
Florida Southern0 6

District 4

Games played at Saint Paul, Minnesota.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Minnesota 15
Notre Dame 6
Minnesota12
Detroit5
Detroit 16
Ohio 2
Minnesota5—
Detroit4—
Lower round 1Lower final
Detroit14
Notre Dame4Ohio4
Ohio5

District 5

District 6

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

District 7

Games played at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Finals
    
Colorado State College 3 36
Utah 242 2

District 8

Games played at Los Angeles, California.

Semifinal Final
Washington State 83 5
Pepperdine 3 3 — Southern California7 810
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 [a] 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

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Arizona 2
Oklahoma State 1
Arizona5
Minnesota8
Minnesota 8
North Carolina 3
Minnesota1210
Southern California11
Boston College 8
Minnesota3
Colorado State College 3
Boston College2Oklahoma State1
Southern California5
Southern California 3
St. John's 1
Minnesota22 10
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern California4 11 1
Boston College0
Oklahoma State7Oklahoma State1
Southern California13
North Carolina0
Arizona1
Arizona11
Colorado State College2St. John's4
St. John's313

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.

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 192. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
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