1964 NCAA University Division baseball season

1964 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Minnesota
Runners-up Missouri
MOP Joe Ferris (Minnesota)
Seasons

 1963

1965 

The 1964 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 1964. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1964 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighteenth time in 1964, 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. Minnesota claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1964 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 8 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina
Big Eight Conference Missouri
Big Ten Conference Minnesota
CIBA Southern California
EIBL Harvard
Mid-American Conference Kent State/Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon
Southeastern Conference Ole Miss
Southern Conference West Virginia
Southwest Conference Texas A&M

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1964 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Minnesota y 11 3   .786     31 12   .721
Michigan 10 4   .714     19 16   .543
Ohio State 10 5   .667     21 10   .677
#25 Michigan State 8 7   .533     22 12   .647
Purdue 8 7   .533     15 10   .600
Wisconsin 8 7   .533      
Indiana 7 8   .467     23 12   .657
Iowa 7 8   .467     13 16   .448
Northwestern 4 11   .267      
Illinois 1 14   .067      
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1964[3][4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1964 season marked the eighteenth 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 Minnesota claiming their third championship with a 5–1 win over Missouri in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Maine 5  
   Seton Hall 1    
       Maine 0  
       Minnesota 12    
   Minnesota 7          
   Texas A&M 3        
       Minnesota 6
       Southern California 5
   Southern California 3        
   Ole Miss 2          
       Southern California 3    
       Missouri 2  
   Missouri 7    
   Arizona State 0  
  Loser's Bracket
   Seton Hall 14  
   Texas A&M 5      Missouri 3
     Seton Hall 1
   Arizona State 5  
   Ole Miss 0      Maine 4
     Arizona State 2
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Minnesota 1        Missouri 1
   Missouri 4            Minnesota 5
       Missouri 2    
       Maine 1  
   Maine 2    
   Southern California 1  

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 May 5, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1964". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
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