1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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1979 NCAA Division I
Baseball Tournament
Season 1979
Teams34
Finals site
Champions Cal State Fullerton  (1st title)
Runner-up Arkansas (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Augie Garrido  (1st title)
MOP Tony Hudson (Cal State Fullerton)

The 1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1979 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 thirty third year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Seven regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while one region included six teams, resulting in 34 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. [1] The thirty-third tournament's champion was Cal State Fullerton, coached by Augie Garrido. The Most Outstanding Player was Tony Hudson of Cal State Fullerton.

Contents

Regionals

Seven of the eight regionals were played as 4-team double-elimination tournaments. One regional was played as a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The winner of each regional moved on to the College World Series.

Northeast Regional

Games played at Annapolis, Maryland.

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
Connecticut 5
Navy 4
St. John's6
Winner's bracket
Connecticut 3
St. John's 5
Nebraska 0
St. John's 4 0
Connecticut144
Navy 4
Nebraska13
Connecticut15
Loser's bracket
Nebraska 0

Atlantic Regional

Games played at Coral Gables, Florida.

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
Clemson 8
Georgia Southern 4
Clemson 1
Winner's bracket
Miami (FL)2
Miami (FL) 316
The Citadel 1
Miami (FL)4
Clemson 1
Georgia Southern5
The Citadel 3
Clemson2
Loser's bracket
Georgia Southern 0

Mideast Regional

Games played at East Lansing, Michigan.

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
San Diego State 11
Miami (OH) 6
San Diego State 9
Winner's bracket
Pepperdine15
Pepperdine 15
Michigan State 0
Pepperdine13
San Diego State 2
Miami (OH) 4
Michigan State6
San Diego State5
Loser's bracket
Michigan State 4

East Regional

Games played at Tallahassee, Florida

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Delaware 10
Seton Hall 1Delaware7
Florida State6
Arkansas 12Delaware6
George Washington 11Arkansas8
Arkansas9Arkansas4
Florida1Delaware3
Florida 9Delaware5
Florida State 5Florida12Florida5
Seton Hall2George Washington7
George Washington5

Midwest Regional

Games played at Tucson, Arizona.

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
Hawaii 4
Indiana State 3
Hawaii 2
Winner's bracket
Arizona10
Arizona 8
Oklahoma 1
Arizona5
Hawaii 3
Indiana State 2
Oklahoma9
Hawaii12
Loser's bracket
Oklahoma 8

Central Regional

Games played at Austin, Texas.

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
Texas 4
Texas–Pan American 2
Texas6
Winner's bracket
Lamar 4
Lamar 3
BYU 2
Texas6
BYU 2
Texas–Pan American 5
BYU11
Lamar 4
Loser's bracket
BYU7

South Regional

Games played at Starkville, Mississippi.

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
Murray State 5
Tulane 3
Murray State16
Winner's bracket
New Orleans 15
New Orleans 13
Mississippi State 11
Murray State 6 8
Mississippi State818
Tulane 4
Mississippi State12
New Orleans 10
Loser's bracket
Mississippi State13

West Regional

Games played at Fresno, California.

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
UCLA 5
Cal State Fullerton 4
UCLA5
Winner's bracket
Fresno State 4
Fresno State 10*
Portland 8*
UCLA 2 5
Cal State Fullerton99
Cal State Fullerton20
Portland 3
Fresno State 3
Loser's bracket
Cal State Fullerton12

College World Series

Connecticut, Miami (FL), Pepperdine, Arkansas, Arizona, Texas, Mississippi St., and Cal St. Fullerton won their regionals and moved on to the College World Series.

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conference)Head CoachCWS AppearancesCWS Best FinishCWS Record
Arizona Pac-10 42–23 (17–13) Jerry Kindall 10
(last: 1976)
1st
(1976)
21–19
Arkansas SWC 46–13 (19–5) Norm DeBriyn 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Cal State Fullerton SCBA 55–13 (23–4) Augie Garrido 1
(last: 1975)
7th
(1975)
0–2
Connecticut Eastern Collegiate 31–11 (n/a) Larry Panciera 4
(last: 1972)
5th
(1957, 1972)
3–8
Miami (FL) n/a55–9 (n/a) Ron Fraser 2
(last: 1978)
2nd
(1974)
5–4
Mississippi State SEC 47–10 (17–2) Ron Polk 1
(last: 1971)
7th
(1971)
0–2
Pepperdine SCBA 50–16 (19–9) Dave Gorrie 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Texas SWC 53–6 (22–2) Cliff Gustafson 17
(last: 1975)
1st
(1949, 1950, 1975)
36–30

Results

Bracket

 First round  Second round  Third round
              
 Winner's bracket
  Arkansas 5 
  Pepperdine 4  
   Arkansas10 
   Arizona3  
  Arizona 5     
  Miami (FL) 1    
   Arkansas9
   Texas4
  Texas 11    
  Connecticut 5     
   Texas8  
   Mississippi State2 
  Mississippi State 6  
  Cal State Fullerton 1 
 Loser's bracket
 Pepperdine9 
 Miami (FL)3  Mississippi State4
  Pepperdine510
 Connecticut3 
 Cal State Fullerton8  Arizona3
  Cal State Fullerton16
 Semifinals  Finals  if needed
              
 Re-ordered Semifinals
 Arkansas10   Cal State Fullerton2
 Cal State Fullerton13     Arkansas1
   Cal State Fullerton8  
   Pepperdine5 
 Texas4  
 Pepperdine6 

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 1Game 1 Arkansas 5–4 Pepperdine
Game 2 Arizona 5–1 Miami (FL)
June 2Game 3 Texas 11–5 Connecticut
Game 4 Mississippi State 6–1 Cal State Fullerton
Game 5 Pepperdine 9–3 Miami (FL) Miami eliminated
June 3Game 6 Cal State Fullerton 8–3 Connecticut Connecticut eliminated
Game 7 Arkansas 10–3 Arizona
Game 8 Texas 8–2 Mississippi State
June 4Game 9 Cal State Fullerton 16–3 Arizona Arizona eliminated
Game 10 Pepperdine 5–4 (10 innings) Mississippi State Mississippi State eliminated
June 5Game 11 Arkansas 9–4 Texas
June 6Game 12 Pepperdine 6–4 Texas Texas eliminated
Game 13 Cal State Fullerton 13–10 Arkansas
June 7Game 14 Cal State Fullerton 8–5 Pepperdine Pepperdine eliminated
June 8Final Cal State Fullerton 2–1 Arkansas Cal State Fullerton wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

PositionPlayerSchool
P Tony Hudson (MOP)Cal State Fullerton
Steve Krueger Arkansas
C Kurt Kingsolver Cal State Fullerton
1B Tim Wallach Cal State Fullerton
2B Mike Gates Pepperdine
3B Dan Hanggie Cal State Fullerton
SS Larry Wallace Arkansas
OF Marc Brumble Arkansas
Kevin McReynolds Arkansas
Joseph Bruno Texas
DH Keith Walker Texas

Notable players


Tournament notes

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