1966 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

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.

1966 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season1966
Teams29
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (1st title)
Runner-upOklahoma State (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coachMarty Karow (1st title)
MOPSteve Arlin (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
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
St. John's9
Rutgers4
St. John's2
Lafayette0
Lafayette15
Colgate0
St. John's8—
Lafayette3—
Lower round 1Lower final
Lafayette4
Rutgers3Rutgers3
Colgate2

District 3 at Gastonia, NC
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Mississippi State4
Florida State3
Mississippi State4
North Carolina5
North Carolina7
East Carolina1
North Carolina56
Florida State64
Lower round 1Lower final
Mississippi State0
Florida State6Florida State7
East Carolina4

District 4 at Columbus, OH
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Ohio State13
Valparaiso3
Ohio State10
Western Michigan3
Western Michigan18
Southern Illinois4
Ohio State14—
Western Michigan7—
Lower round 1Lower final
Western Michigan5
Valparaiso4Valparaiso2
Southern Illinois3

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 RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Southern California11*
Cal Poly Pomona7*
Southern California5
Washington State2
Washington State5*
Fresno State2*
Southern California7—
Washington State4—
Lower round 1Lower final
Washington State2*
Fresno State5Fresno State1*
Cal Poly Pomona4

College World Series

Participants
SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachCWS appearancesCWS best finishCWS record
ArizonaWAC39–13 (8–4)Frank Sancet7
(last: 1963)		2nd
(1956, 1958, 1960)		16–14
North CarolinaACC21–11 (12–2)Walt Rabb1
(last: 1960)		7th
(1960)		0–2
Northeastern18–6 (n/a)John Connelly0
(last: none)		none0–0
Ohio StateBig 1022–5–1 (6–0)Marty Karow2
(last: 1965)		2nd
(1965)		4–4
Oklahoma StateBig 818–9 (13–7)Chet Bryan5
(last: 1961)		1st
(1959)		15–9
Southern CaliforniaCIBA42–7 (16–4)Rod Dedeaux9
(last: 1964)		1st
(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963)		26–13
St. John'sMetropolitan23–7 (7–3)Jack Kaiser2
(last: 1960)		4th
(1949)		1–4
TexasSWC20–7–1 (9–6)Bibb Falk9
(last: 1965)		1st
(1949, 1950)		19–15

Bracket
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Texas5
Arizona1
Texas0
St. John's2
St. John's5
Northeastern3
St. John's7
Ohio State8
Southern California6
Ohio State1
North Carolina2
Southern California2Southern California5
Ohio State6
Ohio State4
Oklahoma State2Ohio State8
Ohio State1Oklahoma State2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern California0
Southern California8
Arizona8Arizona4
St. John's1
Northeastern1
Oklahoma State6
Texas1
North Carolina1Oklahoma State6
Oklahoma State5

Game results
DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 13Game 1Texas5–1Arizona
Game 2St. John's5–3Northeastern
Game 3Southern California6–2North Carolina
Game 4Ohio State4–2Oklahoma State
June 14Game 5Arizona8–1NortheasternNortheastern eliminated
Game 6Oklahoma State5–1North CarolinaNorth Carolina eliminated
Game 7St. John's2–0Texas
Game 8Ohio State6–2Southern California
June 15Game 9Southern California8–4ArizonaArizona eliminated
Game 10Oklahoma State6–1TexasTexas eliminated
Game 11Ohio State8–7St. John's
June 16Game 12Southern California5–1Ohio State
June 17Game 13Oklahoma State6–1St. John'sSt. John's eliminated
Game 14Ohio State1–0Southern CaliforniaSouthern California eliminated
June 18FinalOhio State8–2Oklahoma StateOhio State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

PositionPlayerSchool
PSteve Arlin (MOP)Ohio State
John StewartUSC
CChuck BrinkmanOhio State
1BRuss NagelsonOhio State
2BMatt GalanteSt. John's
3BBob ToneyOklahoma State
SSJoe RussoSt. John's
OFBo ReinOhio State
Ray ShoupOhio State
Wayne WeatherlyOklahoma State

Notable players

See also

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