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.
* Indicates game required 10 innings.
District 2 at Princeton, NJ
District 3 at Gastonia, NC
District 4 at Champaign, IL
District 5 at Columbia, MO
District 6 Texas automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.
District 7 at Tucson, AZ
District 8 at Corvallis, OR
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
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
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