1972 NCAA University Division baseball season

1972 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams 211
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Southern California
Runners-up Arizona State
MOP Russ McQueen (Southern California)
Seasons

The 1972 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 1972. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1972 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty sixth time in 1972, 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. Southern California claimed the championship for the third year in a row, en route to five consecutive titles.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1972 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 15 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Virginia
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference Iowa
EIBL Cornell
Harvard
Mid-American Conference Bowling Green
Pacific-8 Conference North - Washington State/Oregon
South - Southern California
Southeastern Conference Ole Miss
Southern Conference Richmond
Southwest Conference Texas
TCU
Yankee Conference Connecticut

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1972 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern Division
#25 Washington State x 14 – 4   .778     29 – 13   .690
Oregon 14 – 4   .778     –   –
Washington 5 – 12   .294     13 – 18   .419
Oregon State 2 – 15   .118     13 – 24   .351
Southern Division
#1 Southern California xy 14 – 4   .778     46 – 11   .807
#30 California 9 – 9   .500     33 – 21   .611
#12 Stanford 9 – 9   .500     37 – 17   .685
UCLA 4 – 14   .222     32 – 33   .492
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1972[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1972 Yankee Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#6 Connecticut †y 12 – 0   1.000     20 – 7   .741
Maine 8 – 4   .667     20 – 7   .741
UMass 8 – 4   .667     16 – 5   .762
New Hampshire 6 – 6   .500     –   –
Rhode Island 5 – 7   .417     7 – 11   .389
Holy Cross 3 – 9   .250     5 – 21   .192
Boston University 0 – 12   .000     2 – 22   .083
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1972; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1972 season marked the twenty sixth 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 Southern California claiming their eighth championship, and third in a row, with a 1–0 win over Arizona State in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  Ole Miss 6  
  Southern California 8    
      Southern California 511  
      Connecticut 4    
  Texas 0          
  Connecticut 310        
      Southern California 0
      Arizona State 3
  Temple 1        
  Oklahoma 213          
      Oklahoma 0    
      Arizona State 1  
  Iowa 1    
  Arizona State 2  
  Loser's Bracket
  Ole Miss 8  
  Texas 9     Texas 7
    Oklahoma 1
  Temple 13  
  Iowa 9     Temple 7
    Connecticut 4
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  Arizona State 1       Arizona State 0
  Temple 0           Southern California 1
      Arizona State 1    
      Southern California 3  
  Texas 3    
  Southern California 410  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1972". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
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