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45 Frank Sancet
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WAC champions WAC Championship Series champions District VII champions | |
College World Series, T-5th | |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
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| Record | 40–15 (8–4 WAC) |
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| Home stadium | UA Field |
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| Wyoming | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 26 | – | 25 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 22 | – | 16 | .579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 19 | – | 20 | .487 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| No. 5 Arizona †y | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 40 | – | 15 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Arizona State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 41 | – | 11 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 23 | – | 17 | .575 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1966 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at UA Field. The team was coached by Frank Sancet in his 17th year at Arizona.
The Wildcats won the District VII Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Southern California Trojans.
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