1964 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1964 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1964 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 eighteenth 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 21 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 8 to June 18. The eighteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was Joe Ferris of third place Maine.

1964 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season1964
Teams21
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (3rd title)
Runner-upMissouri (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coachDick Siebert (3rd title)
MOPJoe Ferris (Maine)

Regionals

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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 and District 5, 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

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Finals
    
Maine 9 4
Northeastern 5 2

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

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Semifinals Finals
    
Ithaca 6
St. John's 3
Ithaca 3
Seton Hall 8
Seton Hall 8
La Salle 3

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
Ole Miss11
West Virginia0
Ole Miss4
North Carolina3
North Carolina8
East Carolina0
Ole Miss13
North Carolina1
Lower round 1Lower final
North Carolina13
West Virginia5East Carolina2
East Carolina6

District 4 at Kent, OH

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Finals
    
Minnesota 7 13
Kent State 4 2

District 5 at Columbia, MO

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Finals
    
Saint Louis 1 1
Missouri 1 2

District 6

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

Semifinal Final
Arizona State 6 7
Colorado State College ^ 1 1 Air Force 1 6
Air Force 3 7

^ Note: Colorado State College of Education became Northern Colorado University in 1970.

District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

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Semifinal Final
Oregon 0 3
Cal Poly Pomona 3 3 Southern California 5 9
Southern California 12 5

College World Series

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Participants

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School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record
Arizona State WAC 43–5 (11–1) Bobby Winkles 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
Maine Yankee 18–6 (8–2) Jack Butterfield 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
Minnesota Big 10 27–11 (11–3) Dick Siebert 2
(last: 1960)
1st
(1956, 1960)
10–2
Ole Miss SEC 24–5 (11–1) Tom Swayze 1
(last: 1956)
4th
(1956)
2–2
Missouri Big 8 23–3 (19–0) Hi Simmons 5
(last: 1963)
1st
(1954)
14–9
Seton Hall 24–3 (n/a) Owen Carroll 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
Southern California CIBA 39–13 (17–3) Rod Dedeaux 8
(last: 1963)
1st
(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963)
24–11
Texas A&M SWC 19–6 (12–3) Tom Chandler 1
(last: 1951)
6th
(1951)
1–2

Results

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Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Maine5
Seton Hall1
Maine0
Minnesota12
Minnesota7
Texas A&M3
Minnesota6
Southern California5
Southern California3
Minnesota1
Ole Miss2
Southern California3Missouri4
Missouri2
Missouri7
Arizona State0Missouri1
Missouri2Minnesota5
Lower round 1Lower round 2Maine1
Missouri3
Seton Hall14Seton Hall1
Maine2
Texas A&M5
Southern California1
Maine4
Arizona State5Arizona State2
Ole Miss0

Game results

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Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
June 8 Game 1 Maine 5–1 Seton Hall
Game 2 Minnesota 7–3 Texas A&M
June 9 Game 3 Southern California 3–2 Ole Miss
Game 4 Missouri 7–0 Arizona State
June 10 Game 5 Seton Hall 14–5 Texas A&M Texas A&M eliminated
Game 6 Arizona State 5–0 Ole Miss Ole Miss eliminated
June 12 Game 7 Minnesota 12–0 Maine
Game 8 Southern California 3–2 Missouri
June 13 Game 9 Missouri 3–1 Seton Hall Seton Hall eliminated
June 12 Game 10 Maine 4–2 Arizona State Arizona State eliminated
June 13 Game 11 Minnesota 6–5 Southern California
June 15 Game 12 Missouri 4–1 Minnesota
Game 13 Maine 2–1 Southern California Southern California eliminated
June 17 Game 14 Missouri 2–1 Maine Maine eliminated
June 18 Final Minnesota 5–1 Missouri Minnesota wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position Player School
P Joe Ferris (MOP) Maine
Joe Pollack Minnesota
C Ron Wojciak Minnesota
1B Bill Davis Minnesota
2B Dewey Markus Minnesota
3B Dave Thompson Maine
SS Gary Sutherland USC
OF Willie Brown USC
Dave Hoffman Minnesota
Gary Woods Missouri

Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved May 5, 2014.