1963 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

American college sports championship August 2023 1963 University Division 23 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE Southern California 4th Arizona 4th Rod Dedeaux 4th Bud Hollowell Southern California NCAA Division I Baseball Championship The 1963 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1963 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 seventeenth 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.NCAA Men's College World Series Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2009CWSfull.pdf NCAA May 3, 2014 193 2009 The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The seventeenth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bud Hollowell of Southern California. Regionals 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 Holy Cross vs. Boston College was played at Newton, Massachusetts and Connecticut vs. Providence and Providence vs. Holy Cross were played at Worcester, Massachusetts. 3 no Holy Cross 4 7 — 1963 Boston College Eagles Boston College 0 4 — 1963 Connecticut Huskies Connecticut 410 3 6 1963 Providence Friars Providence 3 4 10 Holy Cross 11 7 — Providence 0 4 — * Indicates game required 10 innings. District 2 at Princeton, NJ no 1963 Rider Broncs Rider 0 Penn State 3 1963 Temple Owls Temple 0 1963 St. John's Redmen St. John's 7 Penn State 11 St. John's 2 District 3 at Gastonia, NC 1963 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest 4 West Virginia 3 1963 Auburn Tigers Auburn 3 Florida State 4 West Virginia 2 Auburn 1 Wake Forest 4 Florida State 12 Wake Forest 12 West Virginia 8 Florida State 5 11 Wake Forest 6 5 District 4 at Champaign, IL 1963 Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso 2 1963 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 13 Western Michigan 2 1963 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 1 Valparaiso 2 Notre Dame 5 Illinois 0 Western Michigan 1 Illinois 4 Notre Dame 0 Western Michigan 0 7 Illinois 8 0 District 5 at Columbia, MO 3 no 1963 Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis 0 2 1 Missouri 16 1 7 District 6 Texas automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6. District 7 at Tucson, AZ 3 no 1963 Northern Colorado Bears Colorado 0 0 — Arizona 13 10 — District 8 at Corvallis, OR 3 no Southern California 6 6 7 1963 Oregon State Beavers Oregon State 5 8 5 College World Series Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Arizona WAC 35–15 (8–4) Frank Sancet 6(last: 1960) 2nd(1956, 1958) 12–12 Florida State n/a 25–11 (n/a) Danny Litwhiler 2(last: 1962) 4th(1962) 2–4 Holy Cross n/a 13–8 (n/a) Albert Riopel 3(last: 1962) 1st(1952) 9–5 Missouri Big 8 21–4 (15–3) Hi Simmons 4(last: 1962) 1st(1954) 12–7 Penn State n/a 13–4 (n/a) Chuck Medlar 3(last: 1959) 2nd(1957) 7–6 Texas SWC 19–15–1 (12–3) Bibb Falk 7(last: 1962) 1st(1949, 1950) 17–11 Southern California CIBA 30–9 (10–6) Rod Dedeaux 7(last: 1961) 1st(1948, 1958, 1961) 19–10 Western Michigan MAC 24–4 (12–0) Charlie Maher 5(last: 1961) 2nd(1955) 9–10 Results Bracket 2 2 Arizona 8 Penn State 1 Florida State 5 Western Michigan 2 Texas 8 Southern California 3 Missouri 3 Holy Cross 0 Arizona 411 Florida State 3 Missouri 3 Texas 2 Penn State 3 Western Michigan 0 Southern California 6 Holy Cross 5 Arizona 6 Missouri 4 Texas 610 Penn State 4 Florida State 3 Southern California 4 Arizona 10 Texas 8 Missouri 3 Southern California 12 Arizona 4 2 Southern California 6 5 Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 10 Game 1 Arizona 8–1 Penn State Game 2 Florida State 5–2 Western Michigan Game 3 Texas 8–3 Southern California Game 4 Missouri 3–0 Holy Cross June 11 Game 5 Penn State 3–0 Western Michigan Western Michigan eliminated Game 6 Southern California 6–5 Holy Cross Holy Cross eliminated Game 7 Arizona 4–3 (11 innings) Florida State Game 8 Missouri 3–2 Texas June 12 Game 9 Texas 6–4 (10 innings) Penn State Penn State eliminated Game 10 Southern California 4–3 Florida State Florida State eliminated Game 11 Arizona 6–4 Missouri June 13 Game 12 Southern California 12–3 Missouri Missouri eliminated Game 13 Arizona 10–8 Texas Texas eliminated June 14 Game 14 Southern California 6–4 Arizona June 16 Final Southern California 5–2 Arizona Southern California wins CWS All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Doug Holliker Arizona Walt Peterson USC C Bud Hollowell (MOP) USC 1B Gary Holman USC 2B Ron Theobald Arizona 3B Dale Harvey Missouri SS Woody Woodward Florida State OF Hector Barnetche Arizona Craig Morrison Arizona Kenny Washington USC Notable players Arizona: Ron Theobald, Bart Zeller Florida State: Ken Suarez Holy Cross: Dick Joyce, John Peterman Missouri: John Sevcik Penn State: Southern California: Gary Holman, Rene Lachemann Texas: Bill Bethea, Chuck Hartenstein Western Michigan: Greg Bollo See also 1963 NAIA World Series References Category:NCAA Division I baseball tournament Tournament NCAA University Division baseball tournament