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1973 NCAA University Division baseball season
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The 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1973. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1973 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the 27th time in 1973, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship for the fourth year in a row, en route to five consecutive titles.https://books.google.com/books?id=ox665PJnDXQC The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003 W.C. Madden Patrick J. Stewart amp McFarland & Co. 2004 41–43 9780786418428 August 17, 2014
Realignment
Houston joined the Southwest Conference, leaving the ranks of independents.
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1973 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 19 teams earned at-large selections.NCAA Men's College World Series Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2009CWSfull.pdf NCAA August 17, 2014 7 2009
ConferenceRegular season winnerConference tournamentTournament venue • cityTournament winner Atlantic Coast Conference 1973 Clemson Tigers Clemson 1973 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC 1973 NC State Wolfpack NC State Big Eight Conference Oklahoma No tournament Big Ten Conference Minnesota No tournament EIBL 1973 Harvard Crimson Harvard No tournament Mid-American Conference 1973 Miami RedHawks Miami (OH) No tournament Pacific-8 Conference North - 1973 Washington State Cougars Washington StateSouth - Southern California No tournament Southeastern Conference 1973 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt No tournament Southern Conference 1973 Appalachian State Mountaineers Appalachian State No tournament Southwest Conference Texas No tournament Western Athletic Conference North - 1973 BYU Cougars BYUSouth - Arizona State 1973 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Yankee Conference 1973 UMass Minutemen UMass No tournament
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
College World Series
1973 College World Series
The 1973 season marked the twenty seventh NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Southern California claiming their ninth championship, and fourth in a row, with a 4–3 win over Arizona State in the final.
Award winners
All-America team
1973 College Baseball All-America Team
References