1963 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament

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1963 NCAA University Division
Baseball Tournament
Season 1963
Teams23
Finals site
Champions Southern California  (4th title)
Runner-up Arizona (4th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Rod Dedeaux  (4th title)
MOP Bud Hollowell (Southern California)

The 1963 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1963 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 seventeenth 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 23 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 11 to June 16. The seventeenth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bud Hollowell of Southern California.

Contents

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

District 1

Holy Cross vs. Boston College was played at Newton, Massachusetts and Connecticut vs. Providence and Providence vs. Holy Cross were played at Worcester, Massachusetts.

Semifinals Finals
        
Holy Cross 47
Boston College 0 4
Holy Cross117
Providence 0 4
Connecticut 4*3 6
Providence 3* 410

*Indicates game required 10 innings.

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

Semifinals Finals
    
Rider 0
Penn State 3
Penn State11
St. John's 2
Temple 0
St. John's 7

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
Wake Forest 4
West Virginia 3
Wake Forest 4
Winner's bracket
Florida State12
Auburn 3
Florida State 4
Florida State 5 11
Wake Forest 65
West Virginia2
Auburn 1
Wake Forest12
Loser's bracket
West Virginia 8

District 4 at Champaign, IL

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
          
Valparaiso 2
Illinois 13
Illinois 0
Winner's bracket
Western Michigan1
Western Michigan 2
Notre Dame 1
Western Michigan0 7
Illinois 80
Valparaiso 2
Notre Dame5
Illinois4
Loser's bracket
Notre Dame 0

District 5 at Columbia, MO

Finals
    
Saint Louis 0 21
Missouri 161 7

District 6

Texas automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.

District 7 at Tucson, AZ

Finals
    
Colorado 0 0
Arizona 1310

District 8 at Corvallis, OR

Finals
    
Southern California 66 7
Oregon State 5 85

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conference)Head CoachCWS AppearancesCWS Best FinishCWS Record
Arizona WAC 35–15 (8–4) Frank Sancet 6
(last: 1960)
2nd
(1956, 1958)
12–12
Florida State n/a25–11 (n/a) Danny Litwhiler 2
(last: 1962)
4th
(1962)
2–4
Holy Cross n/a13–8 (n/a) Albert Riopel 3
(last: 1962)
1st
(1952)
9–5
Missouri Big 8 21–4 (15–3) Hi Simmons 4
(last: 1962)
1st
(1954)
12–7
Penn State n/a13–4 (n/a) Chuck Medlar 3
(last: 1959)
2nd
(1957)
7–6
Texas SWC 19–15–1 (12–3) Bibb Falk 7
(last: 1962)
1st
(1949, 1950)
17–11
Southern California CIBA 30–9 (10–6) Rod Dedeaux 7
(last: 1961)
1st
(1948, 1958, 1961)
19–10
Western Michigan MAC 24–4 (12–0) Charlie Maher 5
(last: 1961)
2nd
(1955)
9–10

Results

Bracket

 First round  Second round  Third round
              
 Winner's bracket
  Arizona 8 
  Penn State 1  
   Arizona411 
   Florida State3  
  Florida State 5     
  Western Michigan 2    
   Arizona6
   Missouri4
  Texas 8    
  Southern California 3     
   Missouri3  
   Texas2 
  Missouri 3  
  Holy Cross 0 
 Loser's bracket
 Penn State3 
 Western Michigan0  Texas610
  Penn State4
 Southern California6 
 Holy Cross5  Florida State3
  Southern California4
 Semifinals  Finals  if needed
              
 Re-ordered Semifinals
 Arizona10   Arizona2
 Texas8     Southern California5
   Arizona4  
   Southern California6 
 Missouri3  
 Southern California12 

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 10Game 1 Arizona 8–1 Penn State
Game 2 Florida State 5–2 Western Michigan
Game 3 Texas 8–3 Southern California
Game 4 Missouri 3–0 Holy Cross
June 11Game 5 Penn State 3–0 Western Michigan Western Michigan eliminated
Game 6 Southern California 6–5 Holy Cross Holy Cross eliminated
Game 7 Arizona 4–3 (11 innings) Florida State
Game 8 Missouri 3–2 Texas
June 12Game 9 Texas 6–4 (10 innings) Penn State Penn State eliminated
Game 10 Southern California 4–3 Florida State Florida State eliminated
Game 11 Arizona 6–4 Missouri
June 13Game 12 Southern California 12–3 Missouri Missouri eliminated
Game 13 Arizona 10–8 Texas Texas eliminated
June 14Game 14 Southern California 6–4 Arizona
June 16Final Southern California 5–2 Arizona Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

PositionPlayerSchool
P Doug Holliker Arizona
Walt Peterson USC
C Bud Hollowell (MOP)USC
1B Gary Holman USC
2B Ron Theobald Arizona
3B Dale Harvey Missouri
SS Woody Woodward Florida State
OF Hector Barnetche Arizona
Craig MorrisonArizona
Kenny Washington USC

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References

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