1963 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

1963 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament

Season	1963
Teams	23
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Southern California (4th title)
Runner-up	Arizona (4th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Rod Dedeaux (4th title)
MOP	Bud Hollowell (Southern California)

The 1963 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1963 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 seventeenth 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 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The seventeenth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bud Hollowell of Southern California.

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, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

District 1

Holy Cross vs. Boston College was played at Newton, Massachusetts and Connecticut vs. Providence and Providence vs. Holy Cross were played at Worcester, Massachusetts.

	Semifinals						Finals
	Holy Cross	4	7	—
	Boston College	0	4	—
							Holy Cross	11	7	—
							Providence	0	4	—
	Connecticut	4*	3	6
	Providence	3*	4	10

* Indicates game required 10 innings.

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

	Semifinals				Finals
	Rider	0
	Penn State	3
					Penn State	11
					St. John's	2
	Temple	0
	St. John's	7

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	Wake Forest		4
	West Virginia		3
						Wake Forest		4
						Florida State		12
	Auburn		3
	Florida State		4
											Florida State		5	11
											Wake Forest		6	5
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Wake Forest		12
	West Virginia		2			West Virginia		8
	Auburn		1

District 4 at Champaign, IL

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Valparaiso		2
	Illinois		13
						Illinois		0
						Western Michigan		1
	Western Michigan		2
	Notre Dame		1
											Western Michigan		0	7
											Illinois		8	0
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Illinois		4
	Valparaiso		2			Notre Dame		0
	Notre Dame		5

District 5 at Columbia, MO

	Finals
	Saint Louis	0	2	1
	Missouri	16	1	7

District 6

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

District 7 at Tucson, AZ

	Finals
	Colorado	0	0	—
	Arizona	13	10	—

District 8 at Corvallis, OR

	Finals
	Southern California	6	6	7
	Oregon State	5	8	5

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	WAC	35–15 (8–4)	Frank Sancet	6 (last: 1960)	2nd (1956, 1958)	12–12
Florida State	n/a	25–11 (n/a)	Danny Litwhiler	2 (last: 1962)	4th (1962)	2–4
Holy Cross	n/a	13–8 (n/a)	Albert Riopel	3 (last: 1962)	1st (1952)	9–5
Missouri	Big 8	21–4 (15–3)	Hi Simmons	4 (last: 1962)	1st (1954)	12–7
Penn State	n/a	13–4 (n/a)	Chuck Medlar	3 (last: 1959)	2nd (1957)	7–6
Texas	SWC	19–15–1 (12–3)	Bibb Falk	7 (last: 1962)	1st (1949, 1950)	17–11
Southern California	CIBA	30–9 (10–6)	Rod Dedeaux	7 (last: 1961)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961)	19–10
Western Michigan	MAC	24–4 (12–0)	Charlie Maher	5 (last: 1961)	2nd (1955)	9–10

Results

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Arizona		8
	Penn State		1
						Arizona		411
						Florida State		3
	Florida State		5
	Western Michigan		2
											Arizona		6
											Missouri		4
	Texas		8
																Arizona		10
	Southern California		3
						Missouri		3								Texas		8
						Texas		2
	Missouri		3
	Holy Cross		0
																					Arizona		4	2
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Southern California		6	5
											Texas		610
						Penn State		3			Penn State		4
																Missouri		3
						Western Michigan		0
																Southern California		12
											Florida State		3
						Southern California		6			Southern California		4
						Holy Cross		5

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 10	Game 1	Arizona	8–1	Penn State
	Game 2	Florida State	5–2	Western Michigan
	Game 3	Texas	8–3	Southern California
	Game 4	Missouri	3–0	Holy Cross
June 11	Game 5	Penn State	3–0	Western Michigan	Western Michigan eliminated
	Game 6	Southern California	6–5	Holy Cross	Holy Cross eliminated
	Game 7	Arizona	4–3 (11 innings)	Florida State
	Game 8	Missouri	3–2	Texas
June 12	Game 9	Texas	6–4 (10 innings)	Penn State	Penn State eliminated
	Game 10	Southern California	4–3	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 11	Arizona	6–4	Missouri
June 13	Game 12	Southern California	12–3	Missouri	Missouri eliminated
	Game 13	Arizona	10–8	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 14	Game 14	Southern California	6–4	Arizona
June 16	Final	Southern California	5–2	Arizona	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Doug Holliker	Arizona
	Walt Peterson	USC
C	Bud Hollowell (MOP)	USC
1B	Gary Holman	USC
2B	Ron Theobald	Arizona
3B	Dale Harvey	Missouri
SS	Woody Woodward	Florida State
OF	Hector Barnetche	Arizona
	Craig Morrison	Arizona
	Kenny Washington	USC

Notable players

• Arizona: Ron Theobald, Bart Zeller
• Florida State: Ken Suarez
• Holy Cross: Dick Joyce, John Peterman
• Missouri: John Sevcik
• Penn State:
• Southern California: Gary Holman, Rene Lachemann
• Texas: Bill Bethea, Chuck Hartenstein
• Western Michigan: Greg Bollo

See also

• 1963 NAIA World Series