1997 NCAA Division I baseball season

Baseball season August 2023 July 2026 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season NCAA primary logo 1980 reserved.svg 273 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament NCAA tournament 1997 College World Series College World Series LSU 4th Alabama 10th Skip Bertman 4th Brandon Larson LSU 1996 1998 The 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), began in the spring of 1997. It concluded with the 1997 College World Series, the 51st, a double-elimination tournament of eight regional champions held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. LSU claimed its second consecutive and fourth total Division I championship.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 January 31, 2015 Realignment The Big Eight Conference merged with four members of the Southwest Conference (Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech) to form the Big 12 Conference. Format changes The Big West Conference divided into two divisions of four, called Northern and Southern. Conference winners This is a list of conference champions from the 1997 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 10 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The five winners joined the other 19 conference champions with automatic bids, and 32 other teams earned at-large selections.NCAA Men's College World Series Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2009CWSfull.pdf NCAA January 31, 2015 7 2009 ConferenceRegular season winnerConference TournamentTournament Venue • CityTournament Winner America East Conference 1997 Delaware Fighting Blue Hens Delaware 1997 America East Conference baseball tournament Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE 1997 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Atlantic 10 Conference East - 1997 UMass Minutemen UMassWest - 1997 Xavier Musketeers Xavier 1997 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Bear Stadium • Boyertown, PA 1997 Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast Conference 1997 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 1997 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Florida Power Park • St. Petersburg, FL 1997 Florida State Seminoles Florida State Big 12 Conference 1997 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech 1997 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 1997 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Big East Conference American - 1997 West Virginia Mountaineers West VirginiaNational - 1997 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 1997 Big East Conference baseball tournament Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT 1997 St. John's Red Storm St. John's Big South Conference 1997 UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Greensboro 1997 Big South Conference baseball tournament Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC 1997 UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Greensboro Big Ten Conference 1997 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 1997 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Big West Conference Northern - 1997 Nevada Wolf Pack NevadaSouthern - 1997 Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State 1997 Big West Conference baseball tournament Blair Field • Long Beach, CA 1997 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Colonial Athletic Association 1997 VCU Rams VCU 1997 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Grainger Stadium • Kinston, NC 1997 Richmond Spiders Richmond Conference USA 1997 Tulane Green Wave Tulane 1997 Conference USA baseball tournament Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA 1997 Houston Cougars Houston Ivy League Gehrig - 1997 Princeton Tigers PrincetonRolfe - 1997 Harvard Crimson Harvard 1997 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Cambridge, MA 1997 Harvard Crimson Harvard Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Northern - 1997 Niagara Purple Eagles NiagaraSouthern - 1997 Fairfield Stags Fairfield 1997 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament Heritage Park • Colonie, NY 1997 Siena Saints Siena College Siena Mid-American Conference 1997 Ohio Bobcats Ohio 1997 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Trautwein Field • Athens, OH 1997 Ohio Bobcats Ohio Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1997 Wright State Raiders Wright State 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament Wright Stadium • Dayton, OH 1997 Detroit Titans Detroit Mid-Continent Conference Eastern - 1997 Troy State Trojans Troy StateWestern - 1997 Northeastern Illinois Golden Eagles Northeastern Illinois 1997 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament Les Miller Field • Chicago, IL 1997 Troy State Trojans Troy State Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference North - 1997 Howard Bison HowardSouth - 1997 Florida A&M Rattlers Florida A&M 1997 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament Moore–Kittles Field • Tallahassee, FL 1997 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Bethune-Cookman Missouri Valley Conference 1997 Wichita State Shockers Wichita State 1997 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS 1997 Missouri State Bears Southwest Missouri State Northeast Conference 1997 Marist Red Foxes Marist/1997 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Fairleigh Dickinson 1997 Northeast Conference baseball tournament Sussex, NJ 1997 Marist Red Foxes Marist Ohio Valley Conference 1997 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee/1997 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech 1997 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN 1997 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech Pacific-10 Conference North - 1997 Washington Huskies WashingtonSouth - Stanford 1997 Pacific-10 Conference Baseball Championship Series Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA 1997 Washington Huskies Washington Patriot League 1997 Army Black Knights Army 1997 Patriot League baseball tournament Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NY 1997 Army Black Knights Army Southeastern Conference Eastern - FloridaWestern - LSU 1997 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Golden Park • Columbus, GA Alabama Southern Conference 1997 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina1997 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern 1997 Southern Conference baseball tournament Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC 1997 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina Southland Conference Louisiana - 1997 Northwestern State Demons Northwestern StateTexas - 1997 Southwest Texas State Bobcats Southwest Texas State 1997 Southland Conference baseball tournament Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA 1997 Southwest Texas State Bobcats Southwest Texas State Southwestern Athletic Conference East - 1997 Alcorn State Braves Alcorn StateWest - 1997 Southern Jaguars Southern 1997 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament Kirsch-Rooney Stadium • New Orleans, LA 1997 Southern Jaguars Southern Sun Belt Conference 1997 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Southwestern Louisiana 1997 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field • Lafayette, LA 1997 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama Trans America Athletic Conference Eastern - 1997 Mercer Bears MercerSouthern - 1997 Stetson Hatters StetsonWestern - 1997 Jacksonville State Gamecocks Jacksonville State 1997 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Conrad Park • DeLand, FL 1997 UCF Knights UCF West Coast Conference 1997 Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara No tournament Western Athletic Conference North - 1997 Utah Utes UtahSouth - 1997 Rice Owls RiceWest - 1997 San Jose State Spartans San Jose State 1997 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament Smith Field • San Diego, CA 1997 Rice Owls Rice Conference standings The following is an incomplete list of conference standings: College World Series 1997 College World Series The 1997 season marked the fifty first 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 LSU claiming their fourth championship with a 13–6 win over Alabama in the final. Bracket Award winners All-America team 1997 College Baseball All-America Team Coaching changes This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 1997 season until the day before the first day of the 1998 season. TeamFormercoachInterimcoachNewcoachReason Coppin State Jason Booker Paul Blair baseball East Carolina Gary Overton Keith LeClair Hartford Jim Bretz Bob Nenna Iowa Duane Banks Scott Broghamer Banks retired after 28 seasons following 10th-place Big Ten finish in 1997. James Madison Kevin Anderson baseball Spanky McFarland La Salle Frank DiMichele Larry Conti Liberty Johnny Hunton Dave Pastors McNeese State Jim Ricklefsen Mike Bianco Mississippi State Ron Polk Pat McMahon baseball Polk retired following 1997 CWS appearance. Mount St. Mary's Ray Ruffing Scott Thomson baseball Nebraska John Sanders baseball Dave van Horn Sanders fired after 20 seasons following 10th-place Big 12 finish in 1997. Northern Illinois Spanky McFarland Frank Del Medico McFarland left to become head coach at James Madison. Northwestern State Dave van Horn John Cohen baseball Van Horn left after an SLC Louisiana Division title to become head coach at Nebraska. Pittsburgh Mark Jackson baseball Joe Jordano Portland Terry Pollreisz Chris Sperry Princeton Tom O'Connell baseball Scott Bradley baseball Samford Tommy Walker baseball Tim Parenton Santa Clara John Oldham baseball Mike Cummins baseball Southern Miss Hill Denson Corky Palmer Southern Utah Jeff Scholzen DeLynn Corry UTPA Al Ogletree Reggie Tredaway Western Carolina Keith LeClair Rodney Hennon Hennon left after a SoCon Tournament title to become head coach at East Carolina. References