| Season | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Teams | 28 |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Southern California (10th title) |
| Runner-up | Miami (FL) (1st CWS Appearance) |
| Winning coach | Rod Dedeaux (10th title) |
| MOP | George Milke (Southern California) |
The 1974 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1974 NCAA Division I 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-eighth 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-eighth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was George Milke of Southern California.
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.
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | ||||||||
| Providence | 1 | ||||||||
| Harvard | 10 | 6 | – | ||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0 | – | ||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||
| Providence | 1 | ||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||
| Saint Joseph's | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| St. Joseph's | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Winner's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 11 | — | |||||||||||||
| St. John's | 7 | — | |||||||||||||
| St. John's | 5* | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 4* | ||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Loser's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| St. Joseph's | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | South Carolina | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 2 | South Carolina | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 1 | Miami (FL) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 7 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 2 | South Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | Georgia Southern | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 1 | Georgia Southern | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Miami | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Winner's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 10 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 6* | ||||||||||||||
| Loser's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||
| Oklahoma | 6 | 5 | — | ||
| Tulsa | 2 | 4 | — | ||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 3 | ||||||||
| Texas–Pan American | 2 | ||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Texas | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||||
| Texas | 7 | ||||||||
| Texas–Pan American | 0 | ||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||
| Arizona | 5 | 2 | — | ||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 6 | 6 | — | ||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Gonzaga | 3 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Southern California | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||
| Cal State Los Angeles | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| Southern California | 9 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||
| School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish | CWS Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard | EIBL | 28–9 (10–4) | Loyal Park | 3 (last: 1973) | 5th (1971) | 1–6 |
| Miami | Independent | 48–9 | Ron Fraser | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |
| Northern Colorado | GPAC | 31–11 (–) | Tom Petroff | 9 (last: 1962) | 5th (1955) | 2–18 |
| Oklahoma | Big 8 | 42–6 (18–3) | Enos Semore | 3 (last: 1973) | 1st (1951) | 6–4 |
| Seton Hall | Metro | 33–8–1 (14–2) | Mike Sheppard | 2 (last: 1971) | 5th (1964) | 1–4 |
| Southern Illinois | Independent | 47–10 | Richard Jones | 3 (last: 1971) | 2nd (1968, 1971) | 6–6 |
| Texas | SWC | 52–6 (20–4) | Cliff Gustafson | 15 (last: 1973) | 1st (1949, 1950) | 30–27 |
| Southern California | Pac-8 | 45–19 (11–7) | Rod Dedeaux | 15 (last: 1973) | 1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973) | 53–18 |
| First round | Second round | Third round | |||||||||||
| Winner's bracket | |||||||||||||
| Miami | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Harvard | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Miami | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Miami | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Loser's bracket | |||||||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 4 | Northern Colorado | 2 | ||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 2 | Texas | 10 | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | if needed | |||||||||||
| Re-ordered Semifinals | |||||||||||||
| Miami | 3 | Miami | 3 | ||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 4 | Southern California | 7 | ||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 7 | Game 1 | Miami | 4–1 | Harvard | |
| Game 2 | Oklahoma | 10–1 | Northern Colorado | ||
| June 8 | Game 3 | Southern California | 9–2 | Texas | |
| Game 4 | Southern Illinois | 5–1 | Seton Hall | ||
| June 10 | Game 5 | Northern Colorado | 4–2 | Harvard | Harvard eliminated |
| Game 6 | Texas | 12–2 | Seton Hall | Seton Hall eliminated | |
| Game 7 | Miami | 5–1 | Oklahoma | ||
| Game 8 | Southern California | 5–3 | Southern Illinois | ||
| June 11 | Game 9 | Southern Illinois | 5–2 | Northern Colorado | Northern Colorado eliminated |
| Game 10 | Texas | 10–4 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma eliminated | |
| June 12 | Game 11 | Miami | 7–3 | Southern California | |
| June 13 | Game 12 | Southern Illinois | 4–3 | Miami | |
| Game 13 | Southern California | 5–3 | Texas | Texas eliminated | |
| June 14 | Game 14 | Southern California | 7–2 | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois eliminated |
| June 15 | Final | Southern California | 7–3 | Miami | Southern California wins CWS |
The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Mark Barr | USC |
| Stan Jakubowski | Miami (FL) | |
| George Milke (MOP) | USC | |
| C | Ron Scott | Miami (FL) |
| 1B | Orlando Gonzalez | Miami (FL) |
| 2B | Rob Adolph | USC |
| 3B | Rich Dauer | USC |
| SS | Marvin Cobb | USC |
| OF | Tom Ball | Texas |
| Bob Mitchell | USC | |
| Manny Trujillo | Miami (FL) |
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