1969 NCAA University Division baseball season

1969 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams 207
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Arizona State
Runners-up Tulsa
MOP John Dolinsek (Arizona State)
Seasons

 1968

1970 

The 1969 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1969. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1969 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty third time in 1969, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Arizona State claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1969 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 9 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 12 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Minnesota
EIBL Dartmouth
Mid-American Conference Ohio
Pacific-8 Conference UCLA
Southeastern Conference Ole Miss
Southern Conference North - William & Mary
South - Furman
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1969 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
#18 BYU 13 5   .722     30 15   .667
Wyoming 11 7   .611     14 22   .389
Utah 7 11   .389     20 22   .476
Colorado State 5 13   .278     13 20   .394
Southern
#1 Arizona State y 15 3   .833     56 11   .836
#19 Arizona 10 8   .556     37 10   .787
New Mexico 7 11   .389     31 17   .646
UTEP 4 14   .222     17 27   .386
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1969[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1969 season marked the twenty third 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 Arizona State claiming their third championship with an 10–1 win over Tulsa in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Arizona State 0  
   Texas 4    
       Texas 2  
       Tulsa 4    
   UCLA 5*          
   Tulsa 6*        
       Tulsa 2
       NYU 0
   Southern Illinois 0        
   Massachusetts 2          
       Massachusetts 2    
       NYU 9  
   Ole Miss 3    
   NYU 8  
  Loser's Bracket
   Arizona State 2*  
   UCLA 1*      Arizona State 4
     Massachusetts 2
   Southern Illinois 1  
   Ole Miss 8      Ole Miss 1
     Texas 14
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Tulsa 3        Tulsa 1
   Arizona State 11            Arizona State 10
       Arizona State 4    
       NYU 1  
   NYU 3    
   Texas 2  

*extra innings

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1969". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
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