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1963 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

American college sports championship


American college sports championship

FieldValue
Year1963
DivisionUniversity Division
Teams23
CollegeWorldSeriesBallparkJohnny Rosenblatt Stadium
CityOmaha, NE
ChampionsSouthern California
TitleCount4th
Runner-UpArizona
CWSCount4th
CoachRod Dedeaux
CoachCount4th
MOPBud Hollowell
MOPTeamSouthern California
tournament_linkNCAA Division I Baseball Championship

| Runner-Up=Arizona 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. 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.

| RD1-team1=Holy Cross | RD1-score1-1=4 | RD1-score1-2=7 | RD1-score1-3=— | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2-1=0 | RD1-score2-2=4 | RD1-score2-3=—

| RD1-team3= | RD1-score3-1=4* | RD1-score3-2=3 | RD1-score3-3=6 | RD1-team4=**** | RD1-score4-1=3* | RD1-score4-2=4 | RD1-score4-3=10

| RD2-team1=Holy Cross | RD2-score1-1=11 | RD2-score1-2=7 | RD2-score1-3=— | RD2-team2=Providence | RD2-score2-1=0 | RD2-score2-2=4 | RD2-score2-3=—

  • Indicates game required 10 innings.

District 2 at [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton, NJ]]

| RD1-team1= | RD1-score1=0 | RD1-team2=Penn State | RD1-score2=3

| RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=0 | RD1-team4=**** | RD1-score4=7

| RD2-team1=Penn State | RD2-score1=11 | RD2-team2=St. John's | RD2-score2=2

District 3 at [[Gastonia, North Carolina|Gastonia, NC]]

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=West Virginia | RD1-score2=3

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Florida State | RD1-score4=4

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=West Virginia | RD1-score5=2 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Auburn | RD1-score6=1

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Wake Forest | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Florida State | RD2-score2=12

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Wake Forest | RD2-score3=12 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=West Virginia | RD2-score4=8

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Florida State | RD3-score1-1=5 | RD3-score1-2=11 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Wake Forest | RD3-score2-1=6 | RD3-score2-2=5

District 4 at [[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign, IL]]

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=**** | RD1-score2=13

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Western Michigan | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=1

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Valparaiso | RD1-score5=2 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Notre Dame | RD1-score6=5

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Illinois | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Western Michigan | RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Illinois | RD2-score3=4 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Notre Dame | RD2-score4=0

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Western Michigan | RD3-score1-1=0 | RD3-score1-2=7 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Illinois | RD3-score2-1=8 | RD3-score2-2=0

District 5 at [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia, MO]]

| RD1-team1= | RD1-score1-1=0 | RD1-score1-2=2 | RD1-score1-3=1 | RD1-team2=Missouri | RD1-score2-1=16 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-3=7

District 6

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

District 7 at [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson, AZ]]

| RD1-team1= | RD1-score1-1=0 | RD1-score1-2=0 | RD1-score1-3=— | RD1-team2=Arizona | RD1-score2-1=13 | RD1-score2-2=10 | RD1-score2-3=—

District 8 at [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis, OR]]

| RD1-team1=Southern California | RD1-score1-1=6 | RD1-score1-2=6 | RD1-score1-3=7 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2-1=5 | RD1-score2-2=8 | RD1-score2-3=5

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachCWS appearancesCWS best finishCWS record
ArizonaWAC35–15 (8–4)Frank Sancet6
(last: 1960)2nd
(1956, 1958)12–12
Florida Staten/a25–11 (n/a)Danny Litwhiler2
(last: 1962)4th
(1962)2–4
Holy Crossn/a13–8 (n/a)Albert Riopel3
(last: 1962)1st
(1952)9–5
MissouriBig 821–4 (15–3)Hi Simmons4
(last: 1962)1st
(1954)12–7
Penn Staten/a13–4 (n/a)Chuck Medlar3
(last: 1959)2nd
(1957)7–6
TexasSWC19–15–1 (12–3)Bibb Falk7
(last: 1962)1st
(1949, 1950)17–11
Southern CaliforniaCIBA30–9 (10–6)Rod Dedeaux7
(last: 1961)1st
(1948, 1958, 1961)19–10
Western MichiganMAC24–4 (12–0)Charlie Maher5
(last: 1961)2nd
(1955)9–10

Results

Bracket

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Arizona | RD1-score1=8 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Penn State | RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Florida State | RD1-score3=5 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Western Michigan | RD1-score4=2

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Texas | RD1-score5=8 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Southern California | RD1-score6=3

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Missouri | RD1-score7=3 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Holy Cross | RD1-score8=0

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Arizona | RD2-score1=411 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Florida State | RD2-score2=3

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Missouri | RD2-score3=3 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Texas | RD2-score4=2

| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=Penn State | RD2-score5=3 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=Western Michigan | RD2-score6=0

| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=Southern California | RD2-score7=6 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=Holy Cross | RD2-score8=5

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Arizona | RD3-score1=6 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Missouri | RD3-score2=4

| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Texas | RD3-score3=610 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Penn State | RD3-score4=4

| RD3-seed5= | RD3-team5=Florida State | RD3-score5=3 | RD3-seed6= | RD3-team6=Southern California | RD3-score6=4

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Arizona | RD4-score1=10 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=Texas | RD4-score2=8

| RD4-seed3= | RD4-team3=Missouri | RD4-score3=3 | RD4-seed4= | RD4-team4=Southern California | RD4-score4=12

| RD5-seed1= | RD5-team1=Arizona | RD5-score1-1=4 | RD5-score1-2=2 | RD5-seed2= | RD5-team2=Southern California | RD5-score2-1=6 | RD5-score2-2=5

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 10Game 1Arizona8–1Penn State
Game 2Florida State5–2Western Michigan
Game 3Texas8–3Southern California
Game 4Missouri3–0Holy Cross
June 11Game 5Penn State3–0Western MichiganWestern Michigan eliminated
Game 6Southern California6–5Holy CrossHoly Cross eliminated
Game 7Arizona4–3 (11 innings)Florida State
Game 8Missouri3–2Texas
June 12Game 9Texas6–4 (10 innings)Penn StatePenn State eliminated
Game 10Southern California4–3Florida StateFlorida State eliminated
Game 11Arizona6–4Missouri
June 13Game 12Southern California12–3MissouriMissouri eliminated
Game 13Arizona10–8TexasTexas eliminated
June 14Game 14Southern California6–4Arizona
June 16FinalSouthern California5–2ArizonaSouthern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

PositionPlayerSchool
PDoug HollikerArizona Wildcatsborder=0}}Arizona
Walt PetersonUSC Trojansborder=0}}USC
CBud Hollowell (MOP)USC Trojansborder=0}}USC
1BGary HolmanUSC Trojansborder=0}}USC
2BRon TheobaldArizona Wildcatsborder=0}}Arizona
3BDale HarveyMissouri Tigersborder=0}}Missouri
SSWoody WoodwardFlorida State Seminolesborder=0}}Florida State
OFHector BarnetcheArizona Wildcatsborder=0}}Arizona
Craig MorrisonArizona Wildcatsborder=0}}Arizona
Kenny WashingtonUSC Trojansborder=0}}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

References

References

  1. (2009). "NCAA Men's College World Series Records". NCAA.
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