1956 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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The 1956 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held in 1956 at various locations across the country. 24 NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with 8 teams in the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

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[edit] Tournament

[edit] District 1

  • New Hampshire (2-0)
  • Vermont (1-1)
  • Massachusetts (0-1)
  • Boston University (0-1)

[edit] District 2

  • New York University (2-0)
  • St. John's (NY) (1-1)
  • Penn St. (0-1)
  • Delaware (0-1)

[edit] District 3

  • Mississippi (4-1)
  • Duke (3-3)
  • Florida St. (1-2)
  • Tennessee Tech (0-2)

[edit] District 4

  • Minnesota (4-1)
  • Ohio (1-2)
  • Notre Dame (1-2)
  • Cincinnati (0-1)

[edit] District 5

Games played in Stillwater, OK.

  Semifinal     Final
                 
     Bradley 11
   Oklahoma 3      North Dakota St. 2
   North Dakota St. 8  


[edit] District 6

  • Arizona (2-0)
  • Texas Christian University (0-2)

[edit] District 7

  • Wyoming (2-1)
  • Northern Colorado (1-2)

[edit] District 8

  • Washington St. (Automatic College World Series qualifier)

[edit] College World Series

Arizona, Bradley, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York University, Washington St. and Wyoming won their regionals and moved on to the 1956 College World Series.

[edit] See also


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