1993 NCAA Division I baseball season

1993 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams 274
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions LSU
Runners-up Wichita State
MOP Todd Walker (LSU)
Seasons

← 1992

1994 →

The 1993 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1993. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1993 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty seventh time in 1993, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the second time.[1]

Realignment

Format changes

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1993 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 24 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Georgia Tech 1993 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC Clemson
Big East Conference Villanova 1993 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT St. John's
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1993 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Ohio State 1993 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament C. O. Brown Stadium • Battle Creek, MI Minnesota
Big West Conference Long Beach State No Tournament
Ivy League Gehrig - Columbia
Rolfe - Yale 		1993 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Palmer Field • Middletown, CT Yale
Metro Conference 1993 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament The Diamond • Richmond, VA Charlotte
Mid-American Conference Kent State 1993 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH Kent State
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Notre Dame 1993 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament South Bend, IN Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference Wright State 1993 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament Chicago, IL UIC
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington
South - Arizona State 		No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Eastern - Tennessee 1993 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament[lower-alpha 1] Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC Tennessee
Western - LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA LSU
Southern Conference Georgia Southern 1993 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament College Park • Charleston, SC Western Carolina
Southwest Conference Texas A&M 1993 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Baylor
Trans America Athletic Conference East - Stetson
West - Southeastern Louisiana 		1993 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Conrad Park • DeLand, FL UCF
West Coast Conference Pepperdine No tournament
  1. ↑ The SEC held separate tournaments for its Eastern and Western Divisions in 1993. LSU was awarded the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1993 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#13 Georgia Tech †y 16 – 6   .727     47 – 14   .770
#21 NC State y 15 – 7   .682     49 – 17   .742
#22 Florida State y 14 – 9   .609     46 – 19   .708
#23 North Carolina y 13 – 10   .565     43 – 20   .683
#17 Clemson ‡y 11 – 11   .500     45 – 20   .692
Duke 11 – 13   .458     39 – 19   .672
Wake Forest 9 – 13   .409     31 – 22   .585
Virginia 7 – 15   .318     21 – 30   .412
Maryland 5 – 17   .227     24 – 29   .453
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1993[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Villanova † 14 – 7 – 0   .667     27 – 15 – 1   .640
Seton Hall 12 – 8 – 0   .600     30 – 18 – 0   .625
Connecticut y 12 – 9 – 0   .571     27 – 19 – 0   .587
#14 St. John's ‡y 11 – 10 – 0   .524     28 – 20 – 0   .583
Boston College 11 – 10 – 0   .524     22 – 14 – 0   .611
Pittsburgh 10 – 11 – 0   .476     30 – 13 – 0   .698
Providence 8 – 12 – 0   .400     21 – 24 – 0   .467
Georgetown 5 – 16 – 0   .238     7 – 22 – 0   .241
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1993[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#12 Ohio State †y 19 – 9   .679     44 – 19   .698
Minnesota ‡y 17 – 9   .654     43 – 18   .705
Purdue 16 – 12   .571     36 – 22   .621
Indiana 15 – 12   .556     38 – 21   .644
Northwestern 15 – 13   .536     27 – 27   .500
Iowa 13 – 13   .500     32 – 20   .615
Michigan 13 – 14   .481     25 – 30   .455
Michigan State 12 – 16   .429     31 – 23   .574
Illinois 12 – 16   .429     32 – 23   .582
Penn State 5 – 23   .179     15 – 28   .349
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1993[6][7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#27 Kent State †‡y 22 – 10 – 0   .688     41 – 15 – 0   .732
Central Michigan 22 – 10 – 0   .688     39 – 19 – 0   .672
Western Michigan 20 – 10 – 0   .667     35 – 21 – 0   .625
Ball State 17 – 13 – 0   .567     32 – 24 – 0   .571
Ohio 13 – 15 – 0   .464     21 – 26 – 0   .447
Toledo 13 – 17 – 0   .433     24 – 31 – 0   .436
Eastern Michigan 13 – 17 – 0   .433     30 – 24 – 0   .556
Miami 12 – 18 – 0   .400     26 – 27 – 0   .491
Bowling Green 11 – 17 – 0   .393     19 – 27 – 1   .415
Akron 7 – 23 – 0   .233     22 – 33 – 0   .400
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1993[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
#20 Tennessee x‡y 20 – 10   .667     45 – 20   .692
#29 South Carolina y 15 – 10   .600     39 – 20   .661
Kentucky y 14 – 14   .500     38 – 23   .623
Florida 12 – 14   .462     33 – 25   .569
Vanderbilt 11 – 15   .423     32 – 23   .582
Georgia 10 – 18   .357     30 – 29   .508
Western
#1 LSU x†‡y 18 – 8   .692     53 – 17   .757
#28 Auburn y 17 – 11   .607     40 – 23   .635
#25 Mississippi State y 17 – 12   .586     41 – 21   .661
Arkansas 11 – 16   .407     33 – 26   .559
Alabama 9 – 15   .375     27 – 25   .519
Ole Miss 8 – 19   .296     31 – 25   .554
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1993[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Georgia Southern † 18 – 5   .783     38 – 21   .644
Western Carolina ‡y 15 – 6   .714     34 – 28   .548
The Citadel 13 – 9   .591     32 – 25   .561
East Tennessee State 11 – 8   .579     21 – 17   .553
Davidson 11 – 9   .550     20 – 28   .417
Appalachian State 8 – 12   .400     15 – 27   .357
Marshall 9 – 14   .391     13 – 27   .325
VMI 5 – 15   .250     20 – 29   .408
Furman 4 – 16   .200     17 – 22   .436
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1993[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1993 season marked the forty seventh NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with LSU claiming their second championship with a 8–0 win over Wichita State in the final.[1]

Bracket

  First Round Second Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                       
1  Texas A&M 5  
8  Kansas 1  
  1  Texas A&M 8  
  5  LSU 13  
4  Long Beach State 1
5  LSU 7  
  5  LSU 8 6  
  4  Long Beach State 10 5  
8  Kansas 1  
4  Long Beach State 6  
  1  Texas A&M 2
  4  Long Beach State 6  
  5  LSU 8
  7  Wichita State 0
2  Arizona State 3  
7  Wichita State 411  
  7  Wichita State 7
  3  Texas 6  
3  Texas 6
6  Oklahoma State 5  
  7  Wichita State 10 —
  6  Oklahoma State 4 —  
2  Arizona State 4  
6  Oklahoma State 5  
  3  Texas 6
  6  Oklahoma State 7  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1993". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1993". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  7. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1993". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  8. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  9. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1993". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  10. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1993". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 7, 2015.