1964 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1964 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1964 NCAA University Division 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 eighteenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 21 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 8 to June 18. The eighteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was Joe Ferris of third place Maine.

1964 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament

Season	1964
Teams	21
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Minnesota (3rd title)
Runner-up	Missouri (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Dick Siebert (3rd title)
MOP	Joe Ferris (Maine)
← 1963  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1965 →

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2 and District 5, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

District 1 at Boston, MA

	Finals
	Maine	9	4	—
	Northeastern	5	2	—

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

	Semifinals				Finals
	Ithaca	6
	St. John's	3
					Ithaca	3
					Seton Hall	8
	Seton Hall	8
	La Salle	3

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	Ole Miss		11
	West Virginia		0
						Ole Miss		4
						North Carolina		3
	North Carolina		8
	East Carolina		0
											Ole Miss		13	—
											North Carolina		1	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						North Carolina		13
	West Virginia		5			East Carolina		2
	East Carolina		6

District 4 at Kent, OH

	Finals
	Minnesota	7	13	—
	Kent State	4	2	—

District 5 at Columbia, MO

	Finals
	Saint Louis	1	1	—
	Missouri	1	2	—

District 6

Texas A&M automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.

District 7 at Colorado Springs, CO

	Semifinal						Final
							Arizona State	6	7	—
	Colorado State College ^	1	1	—			Air Force	1	6	—
	Air Force	3	7	—

^ Note: Colorado State College of Education became Northern Colorado University in 1970.

District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

	Semifinal						Final
							Oregon	0	3	—
	Cal Poly Pomona	3	3	—			Southern California	5	9	—
	Southern California	12	5	—

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona State	WAC	43–5 (11–1)	Bobby Winkles	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Maine	Yankee	18–6 (8–2)	Jack Butterfield	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Minnesota	Big 10	27–11 (11–3)	Dick Siebert	2 (last: 1960)	1st (1956, 1960)	10–2
Ole Miss	SEC	24–5 (11–1)	Tom Swayze	1 (last: 1956)	4th (1956)	2–2
Missouri	Big 8	23–3 (19–0)	Hi Simmons	5 (last: 1963)	1st (1954)	14–9
Seton Hall		24–3 (n/a)	Owen Carroll	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Southern California	CIBA	39–13 (17–3)	Rod Dedeaux	8 (last: 1963)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963)	24–11
Texas A&M	SWC	19–6 (12–3)	Tom Chandler	1 (last: 1951)	6th (1951)	1–2

Results

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Maine		5
	Seton Hall		1
						Maine		0
						Minnesota		12
	Minnesota		7
	Texas A&M		3
											Minnesota		6
											Southern California		5
	Southern California		3
																Minnesota		1
	Ole Miss		2
						Southern California		3								Missouri		4
						Missouri		2
	Missouri		7
	Arizona State		0																							Missouri		1
																					Missouri		2			Minnesota		5
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Maine		1
											Missouri		3
						Seton Hall		14			Seton Hall		1
																Maine		2
						Texas A&M		5
																Southern California		1
											Maine		4
						Arizona State		5			Arizona State		2
						Ole Miss		0

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 8	Game 1	Maine	5–1	Seton Hall
	Game 2	Minnesota	7–3	Texas A&M
June 9	Game 3	Southern California	3–2	Ole Miss
	Game 4	Missouri	7–0	Arizona State
June 10	Game 5	Seton Hall	14–5	Texas A&M	Texas A&M eliminated
	Game 6	Arizona State	5–0	Ole Miss	Ole Miss eliminated
June 12	Game 7	Minnesota	12–0	Maine
	Game 8	Southern California	3–2	Missouri
June 13	Game 9	Missouri	3–1	Seton Hall	Seton Hall eliminated
June 12	Game 10	Maine	4–2	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
June 13	Game 11	Minnesota	6–5	Southern California
June 15	Game 12	Missouri	4–1	Minnesota
	Game 13	Maine	2–1	Southern California	Southern California eliminated
June 17	Game 14	Missouri	2–1	Maine	Maine eliminated
June 18	Final	Minnesota	5–1	Missouri	Minnesota wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Joe Ferris (MOP)	Maine
	Joe Pollack	Minnesota
C	Ron Wojciak	Minnesota
1B	Bill Davis	Minnesota
2B	Dewey Markus	Minnesota
3B	Dave Thompson	Maine
SS	Gary Sutherland	USC
OF	Willie Brown	USC
	Dave Hoffman	Minnesota
	Gary Woods	Missouri

Notable players

• Arizona State: Sal Bando, Fred Rico, Al Schmelz
• Maine:
• Minnesota: Frank Brosseau, Bill Davis
• Ole Miss: Don Kessinger
• Missouri: Dennis Musgraves, John Sevcik
• Seton Hall: Bill Henry
• Southern California: Ray Lamb, Gary Sutherland
• Texas A&M:

References

1. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved May 5, 2014.