1962 NCAA University Division baseball season

1962 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Michigan
Runners-up Santa Clara
MOP Bob Garibaldi (Santa Clara)
Seasons

The 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1962. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1962 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the sixteenth time in 1962, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Michigan claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1962 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 8 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 19 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast ConferenceWake Forest
Big Eight ConferenceMissouri
Big Ten ConferenceIllinois
CIBASanta Clara
EIBLNavy
Mid-American ConferenceWestern Michigan
Pacific Coast ConferenceOregon State
Southeastern ConferenceFlorida
Southern ConferenceWest Virginia
Southwest ConferenceTexas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1962 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#11 Illinois  y 132 .867   
#1 Michigan  y 123 .800  3113 .705
Ohio State   95 .643  194 .826
Michigan State   66 .500  1713 .567
Wisconsin   66 .500   
Indiana   68 .429  1613 .552
Iowa   59 .357  1316 .448
Northwestern   59 .357   
Purdue   411 .267  1414 .500
Minnesota   310 .231  1416 .467
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1962[3][4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1962 season marked the sixteenth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Michigan claiming their second championship with a 5–4, fifteen-inning win over Santa Clara in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  Holy Cross 4  
  Colorado State 3    
      Michigan 11  
      Holy Cross 4    
  Michigan 3          
  Texas 1        
      Michigan 10
      Florida State 7
  Ithaca 5        
  Missouri 1          
      Florida State 5    
      Ithaca 4  
  Florida State 5    
  Santa Clara 1  
  Loser's Bracket
  Texas 12  
  Colorado State 2     Ithaca 2
    Texas 3
  Santa Clara 712  
  Missouri 4     Holy Cross 7
    Santa Clara 12
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  Santa Clara 11       Michigan 515
  Florida State 6           Santa Clara 4
      Santa Clara 410    
      Texas 3  
  Michigan 0    
  Texas 7  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 38–41. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1962". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
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