1972 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

1972 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season1972
Teams28
Finals site
ChampionsSouthern California (8th title)
Runner-upArizona State (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning coachRod Dedeaux (8th title)
MOPRuss 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.

Regionals

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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

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Harvard4*
Providence2*
Harvard5
Connecticut816
Connecticut5
Northeastern2
Connecticut11
Harvard2
Lower round 1Lower final
Northeastern6
Providence3Harvard18
Northeastern4

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Temple3
Penn State1
Temple1
Long Island0
LIU2
St. John's1
Temple4
Penn State3
Lower round 1Lower final
Penn State7
Penn State8Long Island5
St. John's5

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

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Round 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
South Alabama6
Florida State5South Alabama9
Jacksonville6
Virginia18South Alabama6
Richmond2Virginia1
Virginia9South Alabama41
Ole Miss3Ole Miss812
Ole Miss9Ole Miss9
Jacksonville3Ole Miss8Virginia0
Florida State10Florida State3
Richmond5

District 4 at Bowling Green, OH

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Central Michigan7
Iowa2
Central Michigan5
Bowling Green710
Bowling Green2
Northern Illinois0
Bowling Green25
Iowa47
Lower round 1Lower final
Iowa4
Iowa8Central Michigan3
Northern Illinois1

District 5 at Tulsa, OK

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Finals
    
Tulsa 3 4
Oklahoma 6 5

District 6 at San Antonio, TX

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Semifinals Finals
      
Texas–Pan American 6
Trinity 1
Texas-Pan American 0 1
Texas 1 2
Texas 414
Trinity 3

District 7 at Mesa, AZ

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Finals
    
Arizona State 8 5
Weber State 1 0
Santa Clara, CA Santa Barbara, CA
Southern California 9 13
UC Santa Barbara 1 8 6 UC Santa Barbara 5 6
Santa Clara 4 2 5

College World Series

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Participants

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School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS 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)
none 0–0
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)
none 0–0
Texas SWC 38–7 (12–6) Cliff Gustafson 13
(last: 1970)
1st
(1949, 1950)
26–23

Results

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Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Ole Miss6
Southern California8
Southern California511
Connecticut4
Texas0
Connecticut310
Southern California0
Arizona State3
Temple1
Arizona State1
Oklahoma213
Oklahoma0Temple0
Arizona State1
Iowa1
Arizona State2
Arizona State10
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern California31
Texas7
Ole Miss8Oklahoma1
Texas3
Texas9
Southern California410
Temple7
Temple13Connecticut4
Iowa9

Game results

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

All-Tournament Team

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

Position Player School
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

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Tournament Notes

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 197. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  3. ^ "Former Temple Standout Joe Kerrigan Named Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Coach". Temple University Athletics. October 21, 2008. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.