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

• Army and Navy departed the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League, which dissolved. The Ivy League began sponsoring baseball for its 8 members, all of whom had previously competed in the EIBL. Four teams were placed in each Ivy League Division.
• Davidson rejoined the Southern Conference after a four year absence.

Format changes

• The Mid-Continent Conference dissolved its two divisions and competed as a single conference.

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	4^11
						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

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