1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

1980 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season	1980
Teams	34
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium ; Omaha, Nebraska ;
Champions	Arizona (2nd title)
Runner-up	Hawaii (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Jerry Kindall (2nd title)
MOP	Terry Francona (Arizona)
	← 1979 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship ; 1981 →;

Last updated July 19, 2025

The 1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1980 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 fourth 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-fourth tournament's champion was Arizona, coached by Jerry Kindall. The Most Outstanding Player was Terry Francona of the Arizona.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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 onto the College World Series.

Northeast Regional

Games played in Orono, Maine.


First Round		Semi-Finals		Finals



Harvard	7

East Carolina	3
		Harvard	5

		St. John's	9
St. John's	6

Maine	4
				St. John's	6	—

				Harvard	3	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Harvard	7

East Carolina	1	Maine	5

Maine	2

West Regional

Games played in Tucson, Arizona.


First Round		Semi-Finals		Finals



Gonzaga	3

Cal State Fullerton	2
		Gonzaga	9

		Arizona	13
Arizona	5

Fresno State	4
				Arizona	8	—

				Gonzaga	5	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Cal State Fullerton	8

Cal State Fullerton	10	Gonzaga	10

Fresno State	2

South Regional

Games played in Tallahassee, Florida.


First Round		Semi-Finals		Finals



Florida State	10

New Orleans	0
		Florida State	19

		Western Kentucky	7
Western Kentucky	15

Vanderbilt	4
				Florida State	10	—

				Western Kentucky	5	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Western Kentucky	4

New Orleans	8	New Orleans	3

Vanderbilt	2

Central Regional

Games played in Austin, Texas.


First Round		Semi-Finals		Finals



Hawaii	8

Texas–Pan American	4
		Hawaii	2

		Louisiana Tech	1
Louisiana Tech	4

Texas	3
				Hawaii	7	—

				Texas	3	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Louisiana Tech	6

Texas–Pan American	4	Texas	7

Texas	7

Atlantic Regional

Games played in Clemson, South Carolina.


First Round		Semi-Finals		Finals



South Carolina	7

Georgia Southern	2
		South Carolina	2

		Clemson	6
Clemson	22

East Tennessee State	4
				Clemson	17	—

				South Carolina	12	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		South Carolina	8

Georgia Southern	1	East Tennessee State	5

East Tennessee State	2

East Regional

Games played in Miami, Florida.


First Round		Semi-Finals		Finals



James Madison	11

Delaware	10
		James Madison	3

		Miami (FL)	10
Miami (FL)	15

South Alabama	6
				Miami (FL)	10	—

				Delaware	1	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		James Madison	1

Delaware	5	Delaware	6

South Alabama	4

Mideast Regional

Games played in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


First Round		Semi-Finals		Finals



Michigan	9

Central Michigan	4
		Michigan	7

		Nebraska	0
Nebraska	12

BYU	0
				Michigan	12	—

				Nebraska	3	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Nebraska	12

Central Michigan	0	BYU	4

BYU	9

Midwest Regional

Games played in Tulsa, Oklahoma.


First Round		Second Round		Third Round		Semi-Finals		Finals



UNLV	3

California	2	UNLV	4

		Oral Roberts	0

Missouri	5			UNLV	10

Wichita State	4			Missouri	2

		Missouri	6					UNLV	2	0

		Arkansas	0					California	6	12

Arkansas	3					Missouri	1

Oral Roberts	2			Arkansas	1	California	2

		California	5	California	7

		Wichita State	1

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	Pac-10	40–20–1 (17–13)	Jerry Kindall	11 (last: 1979)	1st (1976)	22–21
California	Pac-10	41–21–1 (17–13)	Bob Milano	2 (last: 1957)	1st (1947, 1957)	7–0
Clemson	ACC	38–19 (6–5)	Bill Wilhelm	4 (last: 1977)	5th (1958, 1959, 1976)	4–8
Florida State	Metro	51–10 (n/a)	Mike Martin	6 (last: 1975)	2nd (1970)	8–12
Hawaii	WAC	57–16 (19–5)	Les Murakami	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Miami (FL)	n/a	57–10 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	3 (last: 1979)	2nd (1974)	5–6
Michigan	Big 10	35–16–1 (14–2)	Bud Middaugh	3 (last: 1978)	1st (1953)	9–3
St. John's	Eastern Collegiate	29–9 (n/a)	Joe Russo	5 (last: 1978)	4th (1949, 1966, 1968)	5–10

Results

Bracket


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Preliminary final		Final



St. John's	6

Arizona	1
		St. John's	2

		Hawaii	7
Hawaii	7

Florida State	6
				Hawaii	9

				Miami (FL)	3
Miami (FL)	13
						Hawaii	4
Clemson	5
		Miami (FL)	3			Arizona	6¹¹

		Michigan	2
Michigan	9¹¹

California	8									Hawaii	3

								Arizona	10	Arizona	5

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				California	9



				Michigan	0

		Arizona	5	Arizona	8
						Miami (FL)	3
		Florida State	3
						California	4
				St. John's	5

		Clemson	4	California	8

		California	6

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 30	Game 1	St. John's	6–1	Arizona
May 30	Game 2	Hawaii	7–6	Florida State
May 31	Game 3	Miami (FL)	13–5	Clemson
May 31	Game 4	Michigan	9–8 (11 innings)	California
June 1	Game 5	Arizona	5–3	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 6	California	6–4	Clemson	Clemson eliminated
	Game 7	Hawaii	7–2	St. John's
June 2	Game 8	Miami (FL)	3–2	Michigan
	Game 9	California	8–5	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
	Game 10	Arizona	8–0	Michigan	Michigan eliminated
June 3	Game 11	Hawaii	9–3	Miami (FL)
June 4	Game 12	California	4–3	Miami (FL)	Miami (FL) eliminated
June 4	Game 13	Arizona	6–4 (11 innings)	Hawaii
June 5	Game 14	Arizona	10-9	California	California eliminated
June 6	Final	Arizona	5–3	Hawaii	Arizona wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Greg Barger	Arizona
P	Craig Lefferts	Arizona
C	Collin Tanabe	Hawaii
1B	Wes Clements	Arizona
2B	Paul Hundhammer	Miami (FL)
3B	Kimo Perkins	Hawaii
SS	Eric Tokunaga	Hawaii
OF	Terry Francona (MOP)	Arizona
	Lyle Brackenridge	California
	Jim Paciorek	Michigan
DH	Paul Maruffi	St. John's

Notable players

References

↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
↑ "1980 National Collegiate Baseball Championship" (PDF). NCAA . Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2018.
↑ "Home - CWS of Omaha, Inc". CWS of Omaha, Inc. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
↑ "University of Arizona Wildcats Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2010. (timeline of Arizona athletics. Mentions the Wildcats' accomplishments during the 1980 season)
↑ "UH Sports Circle of Honor". Hawaii Athletics.? (mentions Hawaii's head baseball coach Les Murakami and the team's CWS appearance)

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[NCAA-1] "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved August 27, 2014.

[2] "1980 National Collegiate Baseball Championship" (PDF). NCAA . Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2018.

[3] "Home - CWS of Omaha, Inc". CWS of Omaha, Inc. Retrieved April 22, 2018.

[4] "University of Arizona Wildcats Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2010. (timeline of Arizona athletics. Mentions the Wildcats' accomplishments during the 1980 season)

[5] "UH Sports Circle of Honor". Hawaii Athletics.? (mentions Hawaii's head baseball coach Les Murakami and the team's CWS appearance)

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