1965 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1965 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1965 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 nineteenth 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 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.[1] The nineteenth tournament's champion was Arizona State, coached by Bobby Winkles. The Most Outstanding Player was Sal Bando of Arizona State.

1965 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season1965
Teams23
Finals site
ChampionsArizona State (1st title)
Runner-upOhio State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coachBobby Winkles (1st title)
MOPSal Bando (Arizona State)

Regionals edit

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

District 1 at Boston, MA edit

Finals
    
Connecticut 7 0 7
Holy Cross 4 5 0

District 2 at Princeton, NJ edit

Semifinals Finals
    
Rider 3
Princeton 4
Princeton 4
Lafayette 5
Lafayette 4
Pittsburgh 3

District 3 at Gastonia, NC edit

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Mississippi State6
Florida State3
Mississippi State2
Furman5
Furman4
Maryland3
Furman15
Florida State27
Lower round 1Lower final
Mississippi State2
Florida State7Florida State6
Maryland3

District 4 at Oxford, OH edit

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Ohio7
Detroit6
Ohio2
Ohio State4
Ohio State4
Ball State0
Ohio State10
Detroit7
Lower round 1Lower final
Ohio7
Detroit4Detroit8
Ball State3

District 5 at St. Louis, MO edit

Finals
    
Missouri 4 4
Saint Louis 5 5

District 6 edit

Texas automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.

District 7 at Phoenix, AZ edit

Semifinal Final
Arizona State 7 12
Northern Colorado 1 1 1 Northern Colorado 2 3
Denver 8 0 0

District 8 edit

Semifinals
Stanford, CA
Finals
Pullman, WA
Stanford 1 3
Cal State Northridge 1 1 6 Washington State 2 13
Stanford 0 12 11

College World Series edit

Participants edit

School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record
Arizona State WAC 49–7 (9–3) Bobby Winkles 1
(last: 1964)
6th
(1964)
1–2
Connecticut Yankee 15–7 (7–3) Larry Panciera 2
(last: 1959)
5th
(1957)
1–4
Florida State n/a 31–9–1 (n/a) Fred Hatfield 3
(last: 1963)
4th
(1962)
3–6
Lafayette n/a 16–5 (n/a) Charlie Gelbert 3
(last: 1958)
3rd
(1953)
3–6
Ohio State Big Ten 26–11 (11–2) Marty Karow 1
(last: 1951)
8th
(1951)
0–2
Saint Louis MVC 23–7–1 (6–1) Roy Lee 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
Texas SWC 18–5 (11–4) Bibb Falk 8
(last: 1963)
1st
(1949, 1950)
19–13
Washington State Pac-8 31–6 (14–4) Chuck Brayton 2
(last: 1956)
2nd
(1950)
3–4

Results edit

Bracket edit

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Ohio State2
Florida State1
Ohio State14
Washington State1
Washington State12
Texas5
Ohio State4
Arizona State9
Arizona State14
Arizona State6
Lafayette1
Arizona State13Saint Louis2
Saint Louis3
Saint Louis2
Connecticut1
Arizona State32
Lower round 1Lower round 2Ohio State71
Saint Louis5
Florida State3Florida State3
Ohio State115
Texas2
Washington State0
Washington State3
Lafayette4Connecticut2
Connecticut6

Game results edit

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
June 7 Game 1 Ohio State 2–1 Florida State
Game 2 Washington State 12–5 Texas
Game 3 Arizona State 14–1 Lafayette
Game 4 Saint Louis 2–1 Connecticut
June 8 Game 5 Florida State 3–2 Texas Texas eliminated
Game 6 Connecticut 6–4 Lafayette Lafayette eliminated
Game 7 Ohio State 14–1 Washington State
Game 8 Arizona State 13–3 Saint Louis
June 9 Game 9 Saint Louis 5–3 Florida State Florida State eliminated
Game 10 Washington State 3–2 Connecticut Connecticut eliminated
Game 11 Arizona State 9–4 Ohio State
June 10 Game 12 Arizona State 6–2 Saint Louis Saint Louis eliminated
Game 13 Ohio State 1–0 (15 innings) Washington State Washington State eliminated
June 11 Game 14 Ohio State 7–3 Arizona State
June 12 Final Arizona State 2–1 Ohio State Arizona State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team edit

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

Position Player School
P Steve Arlin Ohio State
Doug Nurnberg Arizona State
C Chuck Brinkman Ohio State
1B Arnold Chonko Ohio State
2B Luis Lagunas Arizona State
3B Sal Bando (MOP) Arizona State
SS Bo Rein Ohio State
OF Jim Dix Saint Louis
Bob Fry Washington State
Rick Monday Arizona State

Notable players edit

Tournament notes edit

  • Ohio State's 15 inning victory over Washington State is the longest game in College World Series history

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved May 30, 2014.