1963 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season1963
Teams23
Finals site
ChampionsSouthern California (4th title)
Runner-upArizona (4th CWS Appearance)
Winning coachRod Dedeaux (4th title)
MOPBud Hollowell (Southern California)

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.[1] 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.

Semifinals Finals
        
Holy Cross 4 7
Boston College 0 4
Holy Cross 11 7
Providence 0 4
Connecticut 4* 3 6
Providence 3* 4 10

* Indicates game required 10 innings.

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

Semifinals Finals
    
Rider 0
Penn State 3
Penn State 11
St. John's 2
Temple 0
St. John's 7

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
Wake Forest4
West Virginia3
Wake Forest4
Florida State12
Auburn3
Florida State4
Florida State511
Wake Forest65
Lower round 1Lower final
Wake Forest12
West Virginia2West Virginia8
Auburn1

District 4 at Champaign, IL

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Valparaiso2
Illinois13
Illinois0
Western Michigan1
Western Michigan2
Notre Dame1
Western Michigan07
Illinois80
Lower round 1Lower final
Illinois4
Valparaiso2Notre Dame0
Notre Dame5

District 5 at Columbia, MO

Finals
    
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

Finals
    
Colorado 0 0
Arizona 13 10

District 8 at Corvallis, OR

Finals
    
Southern California 6 6 7
Oregon State 5 8 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

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Arizona8
Penn State1
Arizona411
Florida State3
Florida State5
Western Michigan2
Arizona6
Missouri4
Texas8
Arizona10
Southern California3
Missouri3Texas8
Texas2
Missouri3
Holy Cross0
Arizona42
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern California65
Texas610
Penn State3Penn State4
Missouri3
Western Michigan0
Southern California12
Florida State3
Southern California6Southern California4
Holy Cross5

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
Walt PetersonUSC
CBud Hollowell (MOP)USC
1BGary HolmanUSC
2BRon TheobaldArizona
3BDale HarveyMissouri
SSWoody WoodwardFlorida State
OFHector BarnetcheArizona
Craig MorrisonArizona
Kenny WashingtonUSC

Notable players

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 193. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
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