1960 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

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1960 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season1960
Teams25
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (2nd title)
Runner-upSouthern California (4th CWS Appearance)
Winning coachDick Siebert (2nd title)
MOPJohn Erickson (Minnesota)

The 1960 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1960 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 fourteenth 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 25 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.[1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 20. The fourteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was John Erickson of Minnesota.

Tournament[edit]

The official NCAA record book does not list any participants for District 5 as Oklahoma State was an automatic qualifier for the 1960 College World Series.

District 1[edit]

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

Semifinals Finals
    
Boston College 2
Connecticut 1
Boston College 5
Holy Cross 4
Holy Cross 5
American International 1

District 2[edit]

Games played at Cooperstown, New York.

Semifinals Finals
    
Delaware 15
Colgate 4
Delaware 3
St. John's (NY) 4
St. John's 7
Villanova 2

District 3[edit]

Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
The Citadel4
Florida26
The Citadel1
North Carolina13
North Carolina2
Florida Southern1
North Carolina7—
Florida5—
Lower round 1Lower final
The Citadel1
Florida5Florida4
Florida Southern06

District 4[edit]

Games played at Saint Paul, Minnesota.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Minnesota15
Notre Dame6
Minnesota12
Detroit5
Detroit16
Ohio2
Minnesota5—
Detroit4—
Lower round 1Lower final
Detroit14
Notre Dame4Ohio4
Ohio5

District 5[edit]

District 6[edit]

Semifinals
Austin, Texas 		Finals
Tucson, Arizona
Houston 3 4 —
Houston 4 Arizona 4 6 —
Texas 2

District 7[edit]

Games played at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Finals
    
Colorado State College 3 3 6
Utah 24 2 2

District 8[edit]

Games played at Los Angeles, California.

Semifinal Final
Washington State 8 3 5
Pepperdine 3 3 — Southern California 7 8 10
Southern California 10 10 —

College World Series[edit]

Participants[edit]

School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record
Arizona Border 41–7 (2–2) Frank Sancet 5
(last: 1959)		 2nd
(1956, 1958)		 10–10
Boston College Greater Boston 14–4 (7–3) Ed Peligrini 1
(last: 1953)		 4th
(1953)		 2–2
Colorado State College[a] Rocky Mountain 25–10 (15–1) Pete Butler 6
(last: 1959)		 5th
(1955)		 2–12
Minnesota Big 10 29–6–1 (12–2) Dick Siebert 1
(last: 1956)		 1st
(1956)		 5–1
North Carolina ACC 22–5 (11–3) Walt Rabb 0
(last: none)		 none 0–0
Oklahoma State Big 8 15–5 (12–4) Toby Greene 3
(last: 1959)		 1st
(1959)		 10–5
Southern California CIBA 40–14 (12–4) Rod Dedeaux 5
(last: 1958)		 1st
(1948, 1958)		 10–8
St. John's Metro 19–5 (10–4) Jack Kaiser 1
(last: 1949)		 4th
(1949)		 0–2

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Arizona2
Oklahoma State1
Arizona5
Minnesota8
Minnesota8
North Carolina3
Minnesota1210
Southern California11
Boston College8
Minnesota3
Colorado State College3
Boston College2Oklahoma State1
Southern California5
Southern California3
St. John's1
Minnesota2210
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern California4111
Boston College0
Oklahoma State7Oklahoma State1
Southern California13
North Carolina0
Arizona1
Arizona11
Colorado State College2St. John's4
St. John's313

Game results[edit]

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
June 10 Game 1 Arizona 2–1 Oklahoma State
June 14 Game 2 Minnesota 8–3 North Carolina
Game 3 Boston College 8–3 Colorado State
Game 4 Southern California 3–1 St. John's
June 15 Game 5 Oklahoma State 7–0 North Carolina Jim Wixson throws a no-hitter,North Carolina eliminated
Game 6 St. John's 3–2 (13) Colorado State Colorado State eliminated
Game 7 Minnesota 8–5 Arizona
June 16 Game 8 Southern California 5–2 Boston College
June 17 Game 9 Oklahoma State 1–0 Boston College Boston College eliminated
Game 10 Arizona 11–4 St. John's St. John's eliminated
Game 11 Minnesota 12–11 (10) Southern California
June 18 Game 12 Minnesota 3–1 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State eliminated
Game 13 Southern California 13–1 Arizona Arizona eliminated
June 19 Game 14 USC 4–2 (11) Minnesota
June 20 Final Minnesota 2–1 (10) USC Minnesota wins CWS

All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

Position Player School
P Bruce Gardner USC
Jim Ward Arizona
Bob Wasko Minnesota
C Bill Heath USC
1B William Ryan USC
2B John Erickson (MOP) Minnesota
3B Cal Rolloff Minnesota
SS Dave Pflepsen Minnesota
OF Art Ersepke USC
Bob Levingston USC
Mickey McNamee USC

Notable players[edit]

Tournament Notes[edit]

Jim Wixson throws the second no-hitter in College World Series history.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Colorado State College is currently known as the University of Northern Colorado. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, then known as Colorado A&M.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 192. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
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