The 1956 NCAA baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1956 NCAA 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 tenth 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 24 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 9 to June 14. The tenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert, and the Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Thomas of Minnesota.

Tournament

District 1 Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

District 2 Games played at Allentown, Pennsylvania.

District 3 Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.

District 4 Games played at Athens, Ohio (Ohio vs. Cincinnati and Ohio vs. Minnesota) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minnesota vs. Notre Dame).

District 5 Games played in Stillwater, OK.

District 6 Games played at Tucson, Arizona.

District 7 Games played at Greeley, Colorado.

District 8 Washington State (Automatic College World Series qualifier)

College World Series

Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Arizona Border 45–6 (4–0) Frank Sancet 2(last: 1955) 4th(1954) 3–4 Bradley MVC 22–6 (7–2) Leo Schrall 1(last: 1950) 8th(1950) 0–2 Minnesota Big 10 28–8 (11–2) Dick Siebert 0(last: none) none 0–0 New Hampshire Yankee 12–5 (7–1) Hank Swasey 0(last: none) none 0–0 NYU MNYC 16–4–1 (n/a) Bill McCarthy 0(last: none) none 0–0 Ole Miss SEC 22–8 (13–3) Tom Swayze 0(last: none) none 0–0 Washington State PCC 28–6 (11–4) Buck Bailey 1(last: 1950) 2nd(1950) 3–2 Wyoming Skyline 17–13 (7–2) Bud Daniel 0(last: none) none 0–0

Results

Bracket

Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 9 Game 1 Arizona 3–0 NYU Game 2 Minnesota 4–0 Wyoming Game 3 Ole Miss 13–2 New Hampshire Game 4 Bradley 4–3 Washington State June 10 Game 5 Wyoming 8–2 NYU New York eliminated Game 6 New Hampshire 6–3 Washington State Washington State eliminated Game 7 Minnesota 3–1 Arizona Game 8 Ole Miss 4–0 Bradley June 11 Game 9 Bradley 12–8 Wyoming Wyoming eliminated Game 10 Arizona 1–0 New Hampshire New Hampshire eliminated Game 11 Minnesota 13–5 Ole Miss June 12 Game 12 Arizona 7–3 Ole Miss Ole Miss eliminated Game 13 Minnesota 8–3 Bradley Bradley eliminated June 13 Game 14 Arizona 10–4 Minnesota June 14 Final Minnesota 12–1 Arizona Minnesota wins CWS

Notable players Arizona: Don Lee, Carl Thomas Bradley: Minnesota: Jerry Kindall New Hampshire: NYU: Ole Miss: Joe Gibbon Washington State: Wyoming:

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