1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Season	1975
Teams	32
College World Series Site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Texas (3rd title)
Runner-Up	South Carolina (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Cliff Gustafson (1st title)
MOP	Mickey Reichenbach (Texas)
NCAA Baseball Tournaments «1974  1976»

The 1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1975 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its twenty-ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region held a four team, double-elimination tournament, resulting in 32 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The twenty-ninth tournament's champion was Texas, coached by Cliff Gustafson, their first in a quarter century.^[2] The Most Outstanding Player was Mickey Reichenbach of Texas.

The 1975 tournament marked the first appearance for LSU, which would become a college baseball superpower in the succeeding decades, claiming six national championships between 1991 and 2009. LSU won the 1961 Southeastern Conference championship to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, but declined the bid to avoid playing integrated teams.

This season also marked the first appearance for Cal State Fullerton, which would claim four national championships from 1979 through 2004. Head coach Augie Garrido guided the Titans to three titles before moving to Texas, where he claimed three more titles from 2002 through 2009.

Regionals

1975 was the first year the NCAA featured the Regional format for the tournament, which is still in use today, although it has been modified.

Northeast Regional

Games played in Stamford, CT.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Seton Hall	7
		Penn	5
							Seton Hall	5
							St. John's	1
		St. John's	17
		Maine	3
												Seton Hall	11	—
											Maine	5	—
		Maine	1
		Penn	0
							Maine	6*
							St. John's	5*

Atlantic Regional

Games played in Columbia, SC.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Temple	4
		NC State	3
							South Carolina	15
							Temple	0
		South Carolina	11
		The Citadel	3
												South Carolina	4	—
											NC State	3	—
		NC State	16
		The Citadel	3
							Temple	2
							NC State	4

Mideast Regional

Games played in Ypsilanti, MI.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Michigan	5
		Penn State	1
							Eastern Michigan	3
							Michigan	2
		Eastern Michigan	5
		Clemson	3
												Michigan	4	1
											Eastern Michigan	2	2
		Penn State	5
		Clemson	4
							Michigan	10
							Penn State	7

South Regional

Games played in Starkville, MS.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Florida State	1
		Miami (FL)	0
							Florida State	4
							LSU	2
		LSU	7
		Murray State	2
												Florida State	6	—
											Miami (FL)	5	—
		Miami (FL)	8
		Murray State	7
							Miami (FL)	8
							LSU	1

Midwest Regional

Games played in Norman, OK.

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

Tulsa

3*

Iowa

2*

Tulsa

4*

Oklahoma

3*

Oklahoma

5

Texas A&M

4

Oklahoma

2

8

Tulsa

1

5

Texas A&M

9

Iowa

6

Oklahoma

6

Texas A&M

4

South Central Regional

Games played in Arlington, TX.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		South Alabama	8
		Texas–Pan American	7
							Texas	7
							South Alabama	4
		Texas	6
		Louisiana Tech	2
												Texas	9	—
											Texas–Pan American	2	—
		Texas–Pan American	8^7
		Louisiana Tech	1
							South Alabama	8
							Texas–Pan American	9

Rocky Mountain Regional

Games played in Tempe, AZ.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Arizona State	18
		Washington State	2
							Arizona State	20
							Puget Sound	3
		Puget Sound	11
		Northern Colorado	3
												Arizona State	7	5
											Washington State	8	1
		Washington State	7
		Northern Colorado	2
							Puget Sound	3
							Washington State	4

West Regional

Games played in Los Angeles, CA.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Pepperdine	4
		Arizona	3
							Cal State Fullerton	2
							Pepperdine	1
		Cal State Fullerton	3
		Southern California	1
												Cal State Fullerton	4	6
											Pepperdine	5	4
		Arizona	0
		Southern California	1
							Southern California	2
							Pepperdine	5

College World Series

Seton Hall, South Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Florida St., Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona St. and Cal St. Fullerton won their regionals and moved on to the 1975 College World Series.

Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Arizona State	WAC	58–11 (16–2)	Jim Brock	6 (last: 1973)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969)	23–9
Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	36–14–1 (n/a)	Augie Garrido	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Eastern Michigan	MAC	35–17 (12–4)	Ron Oestrike	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Florida State	n/a	49–8 (n/a)	Woody Woodward	5 (last: 1970)	2nd (1970)	8–10
Oklahoma	Big 8	50–8 (15–3)	Enos Semore	4 (last: 1974)	1st (1951)	7–6
Seton Hall	n/a	31–8 (n/a)	Mike Sheppard	3 (last: 1974)	5th (1964)	1–6
South Carolina	n/a	47–4 (n/a)	Bobby Richardson	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Texas	SWC	52–5 (23–1)	Cliff Gustafson	16 (last: 1974)	1st (1949, 1950)	32–29

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Arizona State	5
		Cal State Fullerton	3
							Arizona State	5
							Texas	2
		Texas	4
		Oklahoma	2
												Arizona State	3
												South Carolina	6
		South Carolina	3
		Seton Hall	1
							South Carolina	5^6
							Eastern Michigan	1
		Eastern Michigan	2^10
		Florida State	1
						Loser's Bracket
							Cal State Fullerton	4
							Oklahoma	11				Eastern Michigan	0
												Oklahoma	7
							Seton Hall	11
							Florida State	0				Texas	12
												Seton Hall	0

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

South Carolina

6

Texas

5

Texas

17

South Carolina

1

South Carolina

4

Arizona State

1

Arizona State

1^11

Oklahoma

0

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 6	Game 1	Arizona State	5–3	Cal State Fullerton
	Game 2	Texas	4–2	Oklahoma
June 7	Game 3	South Carolina	3–1	Seton Hall
	Game 4	Eastern Michigan	2–1 (10 innings)	Florida State
	Game 5	Oklahoma	11–4	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
June 8	Game 6	Seton Hall	11–0	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 7	Arizona State	5–2	Texas
	Game 8	South Carolina	5–1 (6 innings)	Eastern Michigan
June 9	Game 9	Texas	12–0	Seton Hall	Seton Hall eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma	7–0	Eastern Michigan	Eastern Michigan eliminated
June 11	Game 11	South Carolina	6–3	Arizona State
June 12	Game 12	Arizona State	1–0 (11 innings)	Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
	Game 13	Texas	17–6	South Carolina
June 13	Game 14	South Carolina	4–1	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
June 14	Final	Texas	5–1	South Carolina	Texas wins CWS[2]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Earl Bass	Junior	South Carolina
	Richard Wortham	Junior	Texas
Catcher	Rick Cerone	Junior	Seton Hall
First baseman	Mickey Reichenbach	Sophomore	Texas
Second baseman	Mark Van Bever	Sophomore	South Carolina
Third baseman	Gary Allenson	Junior	Arizona State
Shortstop	Blair Stouffer	Junior	Texas
Outfielder	Rick Bradley	Junior	Texas
	Steve Cook	Junior	South Carolina
	Bob Pate	Junior	Arizona State

Notable players

• Arizona State: Gary Allenson, Chris Bando, Floyd Bannister, Mike Colbern, Dave Hudgens, Darrell Jackson, Ken Landreaux, Jerry Maddox, Chris Nyman, Rick Peters, Ken Phelps, John Poloni, Gary Rajsich
• Cal State Fullerton: Danny Boone, George Horton
• Eastern Michigan: Glenn Gulliver, John Martin, Bob Owchinko, Bob Welch
• Florida State: Juan Bonilla, Craig Eaton, Mark Gilbert, Terry Kennedy, Carlos Lezcano, Dan O'Brien
• Oklahoma: Terry Bogener, Keith Drumright, George Frazier, Roger LaFrancois, Bob Shirley
• Seton Hall: Rick Cerone, Dan Morogiello, Charlie Puleo
• South Carolina: Garry Hancock, Greg Keatley, Ed Lynch, Jim Pankovits, Hank Small
• Texas: Jim Gideon, Don Kainer, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham

Tournament Notes

The Arizona State team featured 13 future Major League players – a record matched by the school's team from the following year.

Texas came back to win the CWS after losing in Game 7 to Arizona State.

References

1. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
2. "Texas captures baseball title". Eugene Register-Guard (Oregon). Associated Press. June 15, 1975. p. 1B.