1968 NCAA University Division baseball tournament: Difference between revisions

1968 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season	1968
Teams	27
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Southern California (5th title)
Runner-up	Southern Illinois (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Rod Dedeaux (5th title)
MOP	Bill Seinsoth (Southern California)
	← 1967 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 1969 →;

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The 1968 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1968 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-second 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 27 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The twenty-second tournament's champion was the Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bill Seinsoth of the Southern California.

Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams.^[2] The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Storrs, CT

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Connecticut

1

Providence

0

Connecticut

0

Harvard

3

Harvard

4

Boston University

1

Harvard

3

—

Connecticut

2

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

Connecticut

8

Providence

4*

Boston University

2

Boston University

5*

District 2 at Princeton, NJ


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



St. John's	12

Rutgers	0
		St. John's	2

		Temple	0
Temple	6

NYU	5
				St. John's	1	—

				NYU	0	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		NYU	5

NYU	5	Temple	2

Rutgers	0

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

NC State

3

Alabama

1

NC State

7

East Carolina

5

East Carolina

2*

Florida State

1*

NC State

12

4

Florida State

15

1

Lower round 1

Lower final

East Carolina

2

Florida State

6

Florida State

3

Alabama

1

District 4 at Minneapolis, MN


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Minnesota	6

Valparaiso	4
		Minnesota	9

		Southern Illinois	10
Southern Illinois	6

Ohio	3
				Southern Illinois	3	—

				Ohio	0	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Minnesota	4

Valparaiso	0	Ohio	5

Ohio	1

District 5 at Stillwater, OK

Finals

Oklahoma State	13	3	—

Bradley	1	0	—

District 6 at Austin, TX

Finals

Texas	3	1*	10

Texas–Pan American	0	2*	6

District 7 at Ogden, UT


First Round		Upper Round		Semifinal			Final



Northern Colorado	4

Weber State	3

		Northern Colorado	15

		Weber State	21

Weber State	7
							BYU	17	7*	—
Denver	5
				Weber State	4	—	Weber State	7	6*	—

				Denver	1	—
		Lower Round



		Denver	15

		Northern Colorado	6

District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

Semifinal				Final

				Southern California	4	4*	5*
Cal State Los Angeles	2	5	—	Cal State Los Angeles	2	8*	4*
Santa Clara	1	3	—

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
BYU	WAC	31–15 (8–4)	Glen Tuckett	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Harvard	EIBL	19–7 (8–1)	Norman Shepard	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
NC State	ACC	23–7 (13–4)	Sam Esposito	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Oklahoma State	Big 8	20–7 (15–3)	Chet Bryan	7 (last: 1967)	1st (1959)	18–13
Southern Illinois		34–12 (n/a)	Joe Lutz	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
St. John's		23–8 (n/a)	Jack Kaiser	3 (last: 1966)	4th (1949, 1966)	3–6
Texas	SWC	22–9 (12–4)	Cliff Gustafson	10 (last: 1966)	1st (1949, 1950)	20–17
USC	Pac-8	38–12–1 (16–2)	Rod Dedeaux	10 (last: 1966)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963)	29–15

Results

Bracket


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Final



Harvard	0

St. John's	2
		St. John's	3¹²

		NC State	2
Southern Illinois	6

NC State	7
				St. John's	6

				USC	7
Texas	5
						USC	2
Oklahoma State	8
		Oklahoma State	5			NC State	0

		USC	6
BYU	3

USC	5

								USC	4

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Southern Illinois	3



				Southern Illinois	7

		Harvard	1	Oklahoma State	1
						Southern Illinois	15
		Southern Illinois	2¹¹
						St. John's	0
				Texas	5

		Texas	7	NC State	6

		BYU	0

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 10	Game 1	St. John's	2–0	Harvard
June 10	Game 2	NC State	7–6	Southern Illinois
June 11	Game 3	Oklahoma State	8–5	Texas
	Game 4	USC	5–3	BYU
	Game 5	Southern Illinois	2–1 (11 innings)	Harvard	Harvard eliminated
June 12	Game 6	Texas	7–0	BYU	BYU eliminated
	Game 7	St. John's	3–2 (12 innings)	NC State
	Game 8	USC	6–5	Oklahoma State
June 13	Game 9	NC State	6–5	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 10	Southern Illinois	7–1	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State eliminated
	Game 11	USC	7–6	St. John's
June 14	Game 12	Southern Illinois	15–0	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
June 14	Game 13	USC	2–0	NC State	NC State eliminated
June 15	Final	USC	4–3	Southern Illinois	USC wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Bill Lee	USC
P	Tom Sowinski	St. John's
C	Ralph Addonizio	St. John's
1B	Bill Seinsoth (MOP)	USC
2B	Lou Bagwell	Texas
3B	Barry O'Sullivan	Southern Illinois
SS	Danny Thompson	Oklahoma State
OF	Jerry Bond	Southern Illinois
	Mike Rogodzinski	Southern Illinois
	Wayne Weatherly	Oklahoma State

Notable players

BYU: Ken Crosby, Doug Howard
Harvard: Ray Peters, Pete Varney
NC State: Mike Caldwell, Tommy Smith
Oklahoma State: Danny Thompson
USC: Jim Barr, Bill Lee, Brent Strom
Southern Illinois: Skip Pitlock, Mike Rogodzinski
St. John's:
Texas: Larry Hardy

References

^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 196. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

[NCAA-1] "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

[NCAA196-2] "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 196. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

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v t e 1967–68 NCAA University Division championships
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Single championship	Fencing Ice hockey Skiing Soccer Indoor track and field

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Tournament

District 1 at Storrs, CT

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

District 4 at Minneapolis, MN

District 5 at Stillwater, OK

District 6 at Austin, TX

District 7 at Ogden, UT

District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

College World Series

Participants

Results

Bracket

Game results

All-Tournament Team

Notable players

See also

References