1966 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

1966 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season	1966
Teams	29
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Ohio State (1st title)
Runner-up	Oklahoma State (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Marty Karow (1st title)
MOP	Steve Arlin (Ohio State)
	← 1965 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 1967 →;

The 1966 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1966 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 twentieth 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 29 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The twentieth tournament's champion was Ohio State, coached by Marty Karow. The Most Outstanding Player was Steve Arlin of Ohio State.

Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams.^[2] The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Boston, MA

Semifinals		Finals

Boston College	8

Massachusetts	5
		Boston College	2

		Northeastern	10
Northeastern	5

Colby	4

District 2 at Princeton, NJ


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



St. John's	9

Rutgers	4
		St. John's	2

		Lafayette	0
Lafayette	15

Colgate	0
				St. John's	8	—

				Lafayette	3	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Lafayette	4

Rutgers	3	Rutgers	3

Colgate	2

District 3 at Gastonia, NC


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Mississippi State	4

Florida State	3
		Mississippi State	4

		North Carolina	5
North Carolina	7

East Carolina	1
				North Carolina	5	6

				Florida State	6	4
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Mississippi State	0

Florida State	6	Florida State	7

East Carolina	4

District 4 at Columbus, OH


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Ohio State	13

Valparaiso	3
		Ohio State	10

		Western Michigan	3
Western Michigan	18

Southern Illinois	4
				Ohio State	14	—

				Western Michigan	7	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Western Michigan	5

Valparaiso	4	Valparaiso	2

Southern Illinois	3

District 5 at Stillwater, OK

Finals

Oklahoma State	4	4	—

Saint Louis	3	3	—

District 6 at Houston, TX

Finals

Texas	4	9	8

Houston	5	3	5

District 7 at Tucson, AZ

Preliminary rounds at Greeley, CO and Laramie, WY.

Quarterfinals		Semifinals				Finals

Idaho	3

Colorado State College	1
		Idaho	2	4	–

		Air Force	1	2	–
Air Force	7

Colorado State College	6
						Idaho	2	5	–

						Arizona	3	8	–



		Arizona	10	4	–

		Wyoming	2	0	–

District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

Southern California

11*

Cal Poly Pomona

7*

Southern California

5

Washington State

2

Washington State

5*

Fresno State

2*

Southern California

7

—

Washington State

4

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

Washington State

2*

Fresno State

5

Fresno State

1*

Cal Poly Pomona

4

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	WAC	39–13 (8–4)	Frank Sancet	7 (last: 1963)	2nd (1956, 1958, 1960)	16–14
North Carolina	ACC	21–11 (12–2)	Walt Rabb	1 (last: 1960)	7th (1960)	0–2
Northeastern		18–6 (n/a)	John Connelly	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Ohio State	Big 10	22–5–1 (6–0)	Marty Karow	2 (last: 1965)	2nd (1965)	4–4
Oklahoma State	Big 8	18–9 (13–7)	Chet Bryan	5 (last: 1961)	1st (1959)	15–9
Southern California	CIBA	42–7 (16–4)	Rod Dedeaux	9 (last: 1964)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963)	26–13
St. John's	Metropolitan	23–7 (7–3)	Jack Kaiser	2 (last: 1960)	4th (1949)	1–4
Texas	SWC	20–7–1 (9–6)	Bibb Falk	9 (last: 1965)	1st (1949, 1950)	19–15

Results

Bracket


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Preliminary final		Final



Texas	5

Arizona	1
		Texas	0

		St. John's	2
St. John's	5

Northeastern	3
				St. John's	7

				Ohio State	8
Southern California	6
						Ohio State	1
North Carolina	2
		Southern California	2			Southern California	5

		Ohio State	6
Ohio State	4

Oklahoma State	2									Ohio State	8

								Ohio State	1	Oklahoma State	2

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Southern California	0



				Southern California	8

		Arizona	8	Arizona	4
						St. John's	1
		Northeastern	1
						Oklahoma State	6
				Texas	1

		North Carolina	1	Oklahoma State	6

		Oklahoma State	5

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Texas	5–1	Arizona
	Game 2	St. John's	5–3	Northeastern
	Game 3	Southern California	6–2	North Carolina
	Game 4	Ohio State	4–2	Oklahoma State
June 14	Game 5	Arizona	8–1	Northeastern	Northeastern eliminated
	Game 6	Oklahoma State	5–1	North Carolina	North Carolina eliminated
	Game 7	St. John's	2–0	Texas
	Game 8	Ohio State	6–2	Southern California
June 15	Game 9	Southern California	8–4	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma State	6–1	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 11	Ohio State	8–7	St. John's
June 16	Game 12	Southern California	5–1	Ohio State
June 17	Game 13	Oklahoma State	6–1	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
June 17	Game 14	Ohio State	1–0	Southern California	Southern California eliminated
June 18	Final	Ohio State	8–2	Oklahoma State	Ohio State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Steve Arlin (MOP)	Ohio State
P	John Stewart	USC
C	Chuck Brinkman	Ohio State
1B	Russ Nagelson	Ohio State
2B	Matt Galante	St. John's
3B	Bob Toney	Oklahoma State
SS	Joe Russo	St. John's
OF	Bo Rein	Ohio State
	Ray Shoup	Ohio State
	Wayne Weatherly	Oklahoma State

Notable players

Arizona: Eddie Leon, Mike Paul
North Carolina:
Northeastern:
Ohio State: Steve Arlin, Chuck Brinkman, Russ Nagelson, Bo Rein
Oklahoma State: Larry Burchart
Southern California: Oscar Brown, Ray Lamb,
St. John's:
Texas: Gary Moore

References

^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 196. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

[NCAA-1] "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[NCAA196-2] "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 196. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

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Tournament

District 1 at Boston, MA

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

District 4 at Columbus, OH

District 5 at Stillwater, OK

District 6 at Houston, TX

District 7 at Tucson, AZ

District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

College World Series

Participants

Results

Bracket

Game results

All-Tournament Team

Notable players

See also

References