The 1994 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1994 NCAA Division I 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 forty eighth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-eighth tournament's champion was Oklahoma, coached by Larry Cochell. The Most Outstanding Player was Chip Glass of Oklahoma.

Regionals The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Atlantic I Regional at Coral Gables, FL

Atlantic II Regional at Tallahassee, FL

Central Regional at Austin, TX

East Regional at Clemson, SC

Mideast Regional at Knoxville, TN

Midwest I Regional at Stillwater, OK

Midwest II Regional at Wichita, KS

South Regional at Baton Rouge, LA

College World Series

Participants Seeding School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record 1 Miami (FL) n/a 48–12 (n/a) Jim Morris 12(last: 1992) 1st(1982, 1985) 26–21 2 Georgia Tech ACC 47–16 (16–8) Danny Hall 0(last: none) none 0–0 3 LSU SEC 46–18 (21–6) Skip Bertman 6(last: 1993) 1st(1991, 1993) 15–9 4 Oklahoma Big 8 46–17 (21–9) Larry Cochell 7(last: 1992) 1st(1951) 10–12 5 Auburn SEC 44–19 (16–13) Hal Baird 2(last: 1976) 4th(1967) 2–4 6 Florida State ACC 52–20 (14–9) Mike Martin 12(last: 1992) 2nd(1970, 1986) 16–24 7 Cal State Fullerton Big West 45–14 (15–5) Augie Garrido 7(last: 1992) 1st(1979, 1984) 16–12 8 Arizona State Pac-10 43–16 (20–10) Jim Brock 16(last: 1993) 1st(1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) 50–27

Results

Bracket

The teams in the CWS are divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. The winners of the two pools meet in the National Championship game.

Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 3 Game 1 Georgia Tech 2–0 Cal State Fullerton Game 2 Florida State 6–3 LSU June 4 Game 3 Arizona State 4–0 Miami (FL) Game 4 Oklahoma 5–4 Auburn June 5 Game 5 Georgia Tech 12–4 (10 innings) Florida State Game 6 Cal State Fullerton 20–6 LSU LSU eliminated June 6 Game 7 Miami (FL) 7–5 Auburn Auburn eliminated Game 8 Oklahoma 4–3 (11 innings) Arizona State June 7 Game 9 Cal State Fullerton 10–3 Florida State Florida State eliminated Game 10 Arizona State 9–5 Miami (FL) Miami (FL) eliminated June 8 Game 11 Georgia Tech 3–2 (12 innings) Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton eliminated June 9 Game 12 Oklahoma 6–1 Arizona State Arizona State eliminated June 11 Final Oklahoma 13–5 Georgia Tech Oklahoma wins CWS

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

Position Player School P Mark Redman Oklahoma Brad Rigby Georgia Tech C Jason Varitek Georgia Tech 1B Ryan Minor Oklahoma 2B Rick Gutierrez Oklahoma 3B Antone Williamson Arizona State SS Nomar Garciaparra Georgia Tech OF Chip Glass (MOP) Oklahoma Mark Kotsay Cal State Fullerton Darvin Traylor Oklahoma DH Todd Walker LSU

Notable players Arizona State: Jacob Cruz, Cody McKay, Antone Williamson Auburn: Mark Bellhorn Cal State Fullerton: Jeremy Giambi, Bret Hemphill, Mark Kotsay, Dante Powell Florida State: Jonathan Johnson, Doug Mientkiewicz, Paul Wilson, Steven Morgan Georgia Tech: Nomar Garciaparra, Jay Payton, Brad Rigby, Jason Varitek LSU: Russ Johnson, Brett Laxton, Warren Morris, Todd Walker, Ed Yarnall Miami (FL): Alex Cora, Danny Graves, Mike Metcalfe, Jay Tessmer Oklahoma: Steve Connelly, Damon Minor, Ryan Minor, Russ Ortiz, Mark Redman

See also 1994 NCAA Division I softball tournament 1994 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1994 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1994 NAIA World Series

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