1965 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1965 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1965 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 nineteenth 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. The nineteenth tournament's champion was Arizona State, coached by Bobby Winkles. The Most Outstanding Player was Sal Bando of Arizona State.

1965 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament

Season	1965
Teams	23
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Arizona State (1st title)
Runner-up	Ohio State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Bobby Winkles (1st title)
MOP	Sal Bando (Arizona State)

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 at Boston, MA

	Finals
	Connecticut	7	0	7
	Holy Cross	4	5	0

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

	Semifinals				Finals
	Rider	3
	Princeton	4
					Princeton	4
					Lafayette	5
	Lafayette	4
	Pittsburgh	3

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Mississippi State		6
	Florida State		3
						Mississippi State		2
						Furman		5
	Furman		4
	Maryland		3
											Furman		1	5
											Florida State		2	7
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Mississippi State		2
	Florida State		7			Florida State		6
	Maryland		3

District 4 at Oxford, OH

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Ohio		7
	Detroit		6
						Ohio		2
						Ohio State		4
	Ohio State		4
	Ball State		0
											Ohio State		10	—
											Detroit		7	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Ohio		7
	Detroit		4			Detroit		8
	Ball State		3

District 5 at St. Louis, MO

	Finals
	Missouri	4	4	—
	Saint Louis	5	5	—

District 6

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

District 7 at Phoenix, AZ

	Semifinal						Final
							Arizona State	7	12	—
	Northern Colorado	1	1	1			Northern Colorado	2	3	—
	Denver	8	0	0

District 8

	Semifinals Stanford, CA						Finals Pullman, WA
							Stanford	1	3	—
	Cal State Northridge	1	1	6			Washington State	2	13	—
	Stanford	0	12	11

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona State	WAC	49–7 (9–3)	Bobby Winkles	1 (last: 1964)	6th (1964)	1–2
Connecticut	Yankee	15–7 (7–3)	Larry Panciera	2 (last: 1959)	5th (1957)	1–4
Florida State	n/a	31–9–1 (n/a)	Fred Hatfield	3 (last: 1963)	4th (1962)	3–6
Lafayette	n/a	16–5 (n/a)	Charlie Gelbert	3 (last: 1958)	3rd (1953)	3–6
Ohio State	Big Ten	26–11 (11–2)	Marty Karow	1 (last: 1951)	8th (1951)	0–2
Saint Louis	MVC	23–7–1 (6–1)	Roy Lee	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Texas	SWC	18–5 (11–4)	Bibb Falk	8 (last: 1963)	1st (1949, 1950)	19–13
Washington State	Pac-8	31–6 (14–4)	Chuck Brayton	2 (last: 1956)	2nd (1950)	3–4

Results

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Ohio State		2
	Florida State		1
						Ohio State		14
						Washington State		1
	Washington State		12
	Texas		5
											Ohio State		4
											Arizona State		9
	Arizona State		14
																Arizona State		6
	Lafayette		1
						Arizona State		13								Saint Louis		2
						Saint Louis		3
	Saint Louis		2
	Connecticut		1
																					Arizona State		3	2
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Ohio State		7	1
											Saint Louis		5
						Florida State		3			Florida State		3
																Ohio State		115
						Texas		2
																Washington State		0
											Washington State		3
						Lafayette		4			Connecticut		2
						Connecticut		6

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 7	Game 1	Ohio State	2–1	Florida State
	Game 2	Washington State	12–5	Texas
	Game 3	Arizona State	14–1	Lafayette
	Game 4	Saint Louis	2–1	Connecticut
June 8	Game 5	Florida State	3–2	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 6	Connecticut	6–4	Lafayette	Lafayette eliminated
	Game 7	Ohio State	14–1	Washington State
	Game 8	Arizona State	13–3	Saint Louis
June 9	Game 9	Saint Louis	5–3	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 10	Washington State	3–2	Connecticut	Connecticut eliminated
	Game 11	Arizona State	9–4	Ohio State
June 10	Game 12	Arizona State	6–2	Saint Louis	Saint Louis eliminated
	Game 13	Ohio State	1–0 (15 innings)	Washington State	Washington State eliminated
June 11	Game 14	Ohio State	7–3	Arizona State
June 12	Final	Arizona State	2–1	Ohio State	Arizona State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Steve Arlin	Ohio State
	Doug Nurnberg	Arizona State
C	Chuck Brinkman	Ohio State
1B	Arnold Chonko	Ohio State
2B	Luis Lagunas	Arizona State
3B	Sal Bando (MOP)	Arizona State
SS	Bo Rein	Ohio State
OF	Jim Dix	Saint Louis
	Bob Fry	Washington State
	Rick Monday	Arizona State

Notable players

• Arizona State: John Pavlik, Sal Bando, Duffy Dyer, Rick Monday, Al Schmelz
• Connecticut:
• Florida State: Randy Brown, Jim Lyttle
• Lafayette:
• Ohio State: Steve Arlin, Chuck Brinkman, Russ Nagelson
• St. Louis:
• Texas: Joe Hague, Gary Moore
• Washington State: Danny Frisella

Tournament notes

• Ohio State's 15 inning victory over Washington State is the longest game in College World Series history

See also

• 1965 NAIA World Series