1948 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
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The 1948 Division I Baseball Tournament was the second NCAA sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The University of Southern California would go on to win the championship, their first of 12 championships.
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The tournament was divided into two regional brackets, the Eastern Playoff and the Western Playoff. Unlike the previous year, this year's tournament was double-elimination.
The Eastern Playoff bracket consisted of:
- Yale (3-0)
- Lafayette (2-2)
- North Carolina (1-2)
- Illinois (0-2)
The Western Playoff bracket consisted of:
- Southern California (3-0)
- Baylor (2-2)
- Oklahoma State (1-2)
- Northern Colorado (0-2)
Yale won the Eastern Playoff bracket with a record of 3-0. Southern California won the Western Playoff bracket, also with a record of 3-0. Each team moved on to the 1948 College World Series, played at Hyames Field in Kalamazoo, Michigan in a best of three game series.
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