1972 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament

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1972 NCAA University Division
Baseball Tournament
Season 1972
Teams28
Finals site
Champions Southern California  (8th title)
Runner-up Arizona State (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Rod Dedeaux  (8th title)
MOP Russ McQueen (Southern California)

The 1972 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1972 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 twenty-sixth 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 28 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. [1] The twenty-sixth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Russ McQueen of the University of Southern California.

Contents

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and six teams. [2] The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Storrs, CT

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
          
Harvard 4*
Providence 2*
Harvard 5
Winner's bracket
Connecticut816
Connecticut 5
Northeastern 2
Connecticut11
Harvard 2
Providence 3
Northeastern4
Northeastern 6
Loser's bracket
Harvard18

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
          
Temple 3
Penn State 1
Temple1
Winner's bracket
Long Island 0
LIU 2
St. John's 1
Temple4
Penn State 3
Penn State8
St. John's 5
Penn State7
Loser's bracket
Long Island 5

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

Round 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
South Alabama 6
Florida State 5South Alabama9
Jacksonville6
Virginia 18South Alabama6
Richmond 2Virginia1
Virginia9South Alabama41
Ole Miss3Ole Miss812
Ole Miss 9Ole Miss9
Jacksonville 3Ole Miss8Virginia0
Florida State10Florida State3
Richmond5

District 4 at Bowling Green, OH

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
          
Central Michigan 7
Iowa 2
Central Michigan 5
Winner's bracket
Bowling Green710
Bowling Green 2
Northern Illinois 0
Bowling Green 2 5
Iowa47
Iowa8
Northern Illinois 1
Iowa4
Loser's bracket
Central Michigan 3

District 5 at Tulsa, OK

Finals
    
Tulsa 3 4
Oklahoma 65

District 6 at San Antonio, TX

Semifinals Finals
      
Texas–Pan American 6
Trinity 1
Texas-Pan American 0 1
Texas12
Texas 414
Trinity 3

District 7 at Mesa, AZ

Finals
    
Arizona State 85
Weber State 1 0

District 8 at Santa Clara, CA & Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Clara, CA Santa Barbara, CA
        
Southern California 913
UC Santa Barbara 5 6
UC Santa Barbara 1 86
Santa Clara 42 5

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conference)Head CoachCWS AppearancesCWS Best FinishCWS Record
Arizona State WAC 60–4 (18–0) Jim Brock 4
(last: 1969)
1st
(1965, 1967, 1969)
16–5
Connecticut Yankee 19–5 (12–0) Larry Panciera 3
(last: 1965)
5th
(1957)
2–6
Iowa Big 10 25–15 (13–3) Duane Banks 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Ole Miss SEC 28–14 (15–3) Jake Gibbs 3
(last: 1969)
4th
(1956)
3–6
Oklahoma Big 8 34–15 (12–8) Enos Semore 1
(last: 1951)
1st
(1951)
4–0
Southern California Pac-8 42–12–1 (14–4) Rod Dedeaux 13
(last: 1971)
1st
(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963,
1968, 1970, 1971)
43–17
Temple Middle Atlantic 31–13 (10–1) Skip Wilson 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Texas SWC 38–7 (12–6) Cliff Gustafson 13
(last: 1970)
1st
(1949, 1950)
26–23

Results

Bracket

 First round  Second round  Third round
              
 Winner's bracket
  Ole Miss 6 
  Southern California 8  
   Southern California511 
   Connecticut4  
  Texas 0     
  Connecticut 310    
   Southern California0
   Arizona State3
  Temple 1    
  Oklahoma 213     
   Oklahoma0  
   Arizona State1 
  Iowa 1  
  Arizona State 2 
 Loser's bracket
 Ole Miss8 
 Texas9  Texas7
  Oklahoma1
 Temple13 
 Iowa9  Temple7
  Connecticut4
 Semifinals  Finals  if needed
              
 Re-ordered Semifinals
 Arizona State1   Arizona State0
 Temple0     Southern California1
   Arizona State1  
   Southern California3 
 Texas3  
 Southern California410 

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 9Game 1 Southern California 8–6 Ole Miss
Game 2 Connecticut 3–0 (10 innings) Texas
June 10Game 3 Oklahoma 2–1 (13 innings) Temple
Game 4 Arizona State 2–1 Iowa
Game 5 Texas 9–8 Ole Miss Ole Miss eliminated
June 11Game 6 Temple 13–9 Iowa Iowa eliminated
Game 7 Southern California 5–4 (11 innings) Connecticut
Game 8 Arizona State 1–0 Oklahoma
June 12Game 9 Temple 7–4 Connecticut Connecticut eliminated
Game 10 Texas 7–1 Oklahoma Oklahoma eliminated
Game 11 Arizona State 3–0 Southern California
June 14Game 12 Southern California 4–3 (10 innings) Texas Texas eliminated
Game 13 Arizona State 1–0 Temple Temple eliminated
June 15Game 14 Southern California 3–1 Arizona State
June 16Final Southern California 1–0 Arizona State Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

PositionPlayerSchool
P Russ McQueen (MOP)USC
Craig Swan Arizona State
C Sam Ceci USC
1B Daryl Arenstein USC
2B Ken Reed Arizona State
3B David Chalk Texas
SS Steve Dillard Ole Miss
OF Gary Atwell Arizona State
Tim Steele USC
Bump Wills Arizona State

Notable players

Tournament Notes

Southern California becomes the first team to win three consecutive College World Series.

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