1971 NCAA University Division baseball season

1971 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams 208
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Southern California
Runners-up Southern Illinois
MOP Jerry Tabb (Tulsa)
Seasons

The 1971 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 1971. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1971 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty fifth time in 1971, 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. Southern California claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1971 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 10 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast ConferenceMaryland
Big Eight ConferenceIowa State
Big Ten ConferenceMichigan State
EIBLHarvard
Mid-American ConferenceOhio
Pacific-8 ConferenceNorth - Washington State
South - Southern California
Southeastern ConferenceMississippi State
Southern ConferenceThe Citadel
Furman
Southwest ConferenceTexas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern Division
#19 Washington State x‍‍‍ 7–8 .467  34–15 .694
Oregon ‍‍‍ 7–9 .438  – –
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6–10 .375  – –
Washington ‍‍‍ 1–14 .067  9–19 .321
Southern Division
#1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 17–0 1.000  46–11 .807
Stanford ‍‍‍ 11–6 .647  39–20 .661
UCLA ‍‍‍ 11–6 .647  38–17 .691
California ‍‍‍ 5–12 .294  24–24 .500
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1971[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1971 season marked the twenty fifth 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 Southern California claiming their seventh championship with a 7–2 win over Southern Illinois in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  Harvard 4  
  BYU 1    
      Harvard 8  
      Tulsa 9    
  Tulsa 5          
  Mississippi State 2        
      Tulsa 9
      Southern Illinois 4
  Southern California 5        
  Seton Hall 1          
      Southern California 3    
      Southern Illinois 8  
  Southern Illinois 5    
  Texas–Pan American 4  
  Loser's Bracket
  BYU 3  
  Mississippi State 1     Southern California 8
    BYU 6
  Seton Hall 2  
  Texas–Pan American 8     Harvard 0
    Texas–Pan American 1
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  Tulsa 4       Southern California 7
  Southern California 8           Southern Illinois 2
      Southern California 3    
      Tulsa 2  
  Southern Illinois 8    
  Texas–Pan American 6  

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. 41–43. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1971". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
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