1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

The 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1993 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 forty seventh year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The forty-seventh tournament's champion was LSU, coached by Skip Bertman. The Most Outstanding Player was Todd Walker of LSU.

1993 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament

Season	1993
Teams	48
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	LSU (2nd title)
Runner-up	Wichita State (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Skip Bertman (2nd title)
MOP	Todd Walker (LSU)
← 1992  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1994 →

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Atlantic Regional

at Atlanta, GA^[2][3]

	First round					Second round					Third round					Final
						1	Georgia Tech	4
						4	Ohio State	7
	1	Georgia Tech	4								4	Ohio State	6
	6	Liberty	1								5	East Carolina	2
						6	Liberty	0
						5	East Carolina	6
	2	South Carolina	6													4	Ohio State	8	3
	5	East Carolina	5													3	Wichita State	6	5
						2	South Carolina	2
						3	Wichita State	3
	3	Wichita State	14								1	Georgia Tech	4*
	4	Ohio State	5								3	Wichita State	5*
						1	Georgia Tech	12
						2	South Carolina	0

Central I Regional

at College Station, TX^[4][5]

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Texas A&M	13
	6	Yale	1			1	Texas A&M	10
						4	Lamar	5
	2	North Carolina	8								1	Texas A&M	11
	5	Hawaii	9								3	UCLA	4
						5	Hawaii	4													1	Texas A&M	14	–
						3	UCLA	9													2	North Carolina	2	–
	3	UCLA	6													3	UCLA	5
	4	Lamar	1								5	Hawaii	8			2	North Carolina	8
						6	Yale	6			2	North Carolina	10
						2	North Carolina	11

Central II Regional

at Austin, TX^[6][7]

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Texas	7
	6	McNeese State	4			1	Texas	8
						3	Kentucky	3
	2	Cal State Fullerton	11								1	Texas	11
	5	Maine	5								4	USC	3
						2	Cal State Fullerton	2													1	Texas	3	—
						4	USC	5													4	USC	2	—
	3	Kentucky	1													4	USC	5
	4	USC	7								2	Cal State Fullerton	2			2	Cal State Fullerton	2
						6	McNeese State	16			6	McNeese State	0
						5	Maine	3

East Regional

at Tallahassee, FL^[8][9]

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Long Beach State	11
	6	UCF	6			1	Long Beach State	2
						3	Mississippi State	1
	2	Florida State	4								1	Long Beach State	4
	5	South Florida	2								2	Florida State	1
						2	Florida State	7*													1	Long Beach State	13	—
						4	Notre Dame	3*													4	Notre Dame	3	—
	3	Mississippi State	1													2	Florida State	3
	4	Notre Dame	15								4	Notre Dame	12			4	Notre Dame	4
						6	UCF	4			6	UCF	3
						5	South Florida	3

Mideast Regional

at Knoxville, TN^[10][11]

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						1	Tennessee	2
						3	Kansas	3
	1	Tennessee	7								3	Kansas	8
	6	UNC-Charlotte	4								5	Rutgers	2			3	Kansas	9
						6	UNC-Charlotte	1
																2	Clemson	1
						5	Rutgers	5
	2	Clemson	7
																					3	Kansas	3*
	5	Rutgers	3
						2	Clemson	10													4	Fresno State	2*
						4	Fresno State	3
	3	Kansas	3								2	Clemson	4
	4	Fresno State	4								4	Fresno State	11
						1	Tennessee	2
						4	Fresno State	6

Midwest Regional

at Stillwater, OK^[12][13]

	Round 1					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						1	NC State	2
						3	Arizona	5
	1	NC State	12								3	Arizona	18
	6	Fordham	4								6	Fordham	7
						6	Fordham	5
						5	UConn	0
	2	Oklahoma State	9													3	Arizona	4	10
	5	UConn	8													2	Oklahoma State	0	11
						2	Oklahoma State	14
						4	Auburn	10
	3	Arizona	1								2	Oklahoma State	8
	4	Auburn	9								1	NC State	3
						1	NC State	13
						4	Auburn	2

South Regional

at Baton Rouge, LA^[14][15]

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						1	LSU	12
						3	Kent State	15
	1	LSU	7								3	Kent State	8
	6	Western Carolina	2								6	Western Carolina	5			3	Kent State	6
						6	Western Carolina	10
																5	South Alabama	7
						2	Miami (FL)	5
	2	Miami (FL)	3
																					5	South Alabama	4
	5	South Alabama	7
						5	South Alabama	9													1	LSU	9
						4	Baylor	3
	3	Kent State	1								5	South Alabama	4
	4	Baylor	4								1	LSU	11
						1	LSU	13
						4	Baylor	6

West Regional

at Tempe, AZ^[16][17]

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Arizona State	13
	6	George Mason	4			1	Arizona State	6
						4	Minnesota	5
	2	Cal State Northridge	3								1	Arizona State	9
	5	St. John's	1								2	Cal State Northridge	0
						2	Cal State Northridge	7													1	Arizona State	12	—
						3	Pepperdine	6													5	St. John's	2	—
	3	Pepperdine	4													2	Cal State Northridge	10
	4	Minnesota	1								3	Pepperdine	1			5	St. John's	11
						6	George Mason	9			5	St. John's	4
						5	St. John's	16

College World Series

Texas and Texas A&M became the last schools to represent the Southwest Conference in the CWS. The SWC folded following the 1996 baseball season, with membership split among the Big 12, Conference USA and the WAC.

Participants

Seeding	School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
1	Texas A&M	SWC	52–9 (15–3)	Mark Johnson	2 (last: 1964)	6th (1951)	1–4
2	Arizona State	Pac-10	46–18 (19–11)	Jim Brock	15 (last: 1988)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)	50–25
3	Texas	SWC	50–14 (11–7)	Cliff Gustafson	26 (last: 1992)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983)	63–45
4	Long Beach State	Big West	43–17 (17–4)	Dave Snow	2 (last: 1991)	6th (1991)	1–4
5	LSU	SEC	49–16–1 (18–8)	Skip Bertman	5 (last: 1991)	1st (1991)	11–8
6	Oklahoma State	Big 8	43–15 (16–8)	Gary Ward	16 (last: 1990)	1st (1959)	36–30
7	Wichita State	MVC	55–16 (17–3)	Gene Stephenson	5 (last: 1992)	1st (1989)	13–8
8	Kansas	Big 8	45–16 (17–9)	Dave Bingham	0 (last: none)	none	0–0

Results

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

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 4	Game 1	Texas A&M	5 - 1	Kansas
	Game 2	LSU	7 - 1	Long Beach State
June 5	Game 3	Wichita State	4 - 3 (11 innings)	Arizona State
	Game 4	Texas	6 - 5	Oklahoma State
June 6	Game 5	Long Beach State	6 - 1	Kansas	Kansas eliminated
	Game 6	LSU	13 - 8	Texas A&M
June 7	Game 7	Oklahoma State	5 - 4	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
	Game 8	Wichita State	7 - 6	Texas
June 8	Game 9	Long Beach State	6 - 2	Texas A&M	Texas A&M eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma State	7 - 6	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 9	Game 11	Long Beach State	10 - 8	LSU
June 10	Game 12	Wichita State	10 - 4	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State eliminated
June 11	Game 13	LSU	6 - 5	Long Beach State	Long Beach State eliminated
June 12	Final	LSU	8 - 0	Wichita State	LSU wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Brett Laxton	LSU
	Mike Sirotka	LSU
C	Adrian Antonini	LSU
1B	Hunter Triplett	Oklahoma State
2B	Todd Walker (MOP)	LSU
3B	Casey Blake	Wichita State
SS	Jason Adams	Wichita State
OF	Jim Greely	LSU
	Jason Heath	Oklahoma State
	Armando Rios	LSU
DH	Jeff Liefer	Long Beach State

Notable players

• Arizona State: Jacob Cruz, Paul Lo Duca, Cody McKay, Antone Williamson
• Kansas: Jeff Berblinger
• Long Beach State: Gabe Gonzalez, Jeff Liefer
• LSU: Russ Johnson, Brett Laxton, Armando Rios, Mike Sirotka, Todd Walker
• Oklahoma State: Sal Bando, Jr.
• Texas: Brooks Kieschnick, Stephen Larkin, J.D. Smart
• Texas A&M: Chris Clemons, Jeff Granger, Trey Moore, Kelly Wunsch
• Wichita State: Casey Blake, Jaime Bluma, Darren Dreifort

See also

• 1993 NCAA Division I softball tournament
• 1993 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
• 1993 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
• 1993 NAIA World Series

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