The 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1993 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 seventh 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-seventh tournament's champion was LSU, coached by Skip Bertman. The Most Outstanding Player was Todd Walker of LSU.
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, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.
Atlantic Regional at Atlanta, GA
Central I Regional at College Station, TX
Central II Regional at Austin, TX
East Regional at Tallahassee, FL
Mideast Regional at Knoxville, TN
Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK
South Regional at Baton Rouge, LA
West Regional at Tempe, AZ
College World Series Texas and Texas A&M became the last schools to represent the Southwest Conference in the CWS. The SWC folded following the 1996 baseball season, with membership split among the Big 12, Conference USA and the WAC.
Participants Seeding School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record 1 Texas A&M SWC 52–9 (15–3) Mark Johnson 2(last: 1964) 6th(1951) 1–4 2 Arizona State Pac-10 46–18 (19–11) Jim Brock 15(last: 1988) 1st(1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) 50–25 3 Texas SWC 50–14 (11–7) Cliff Gustafson 26(last: 1992) 1st(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983) 63–45 4 Big West 43–17 (17–4) Dave Snow 2(last: 1991) 6th(1991) 1–4 5 LSU SEC 49–16–1 (18–8) Skip Bertman 5(last: 1991) 1st(1991) 11–8 6 Oklahoma State Big 8 43–15 (16–8) Gary Ward 16(last: 1990) 1st(1959) 36–30 7 Wichita State MVC 55–16 (17–3) Gene Stephenson 5(last: 1992) 1st(1989) 13–8 8 Big 8 45–16 (17–9) Dave Bingham 0(last: none) none 0–0
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 4 Game 1 Texas A&M 5 - 1 Game 2 LSU 7 - 1 June 5 Game 3 Wichita State 4 - 3 (11 innings) Arizona State Game 4 Texas 6 - 5 Oklahoma State June 6 Game 5 6 - 1 Kansas eliminated Game 6 LSU 13 - 8 Texas A&M June 7 Game 7 Oklahoma State 5 - 4 Arizona State Arizona State eliminated Game 8 Wichita State 7 - 6 Texas June 8 Game 9 6 - 2 Texas A&M Texas A&M eliminated Game 10 Oklahoma State 7 - 6 Texas Texas eliminated June 9 Game 11 10 - 8 LSU June 10 Game 12 Wichita State 10 - 4 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State eliminated June 11 Game 13 LSU 6 - 5 Long Beach State eliminated June 12 Final LSU 8 - 0 Wichita State LSU wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Brett Laxton LSU Mike Sirotka LSU C Adrian Antonini LSU 1B Hunter Triplett Oklahoma State 2B Todd Walker (MOP) LSU 3B Casey Blake Wichita State SS Jason Adams Wichita State OF Jim Greely LSU Jason Heath Oklahoma State Armando Rios LSU DH Jeff Liefer Long Beach State
Notable players Arizona State: Jacob Cruz, Paul Lo Duca, Cody McKay, Antone Williamson Kansas: Jeff Berblinger Long Beach State: Gabe Gonzalez, Jeff Liefer LSU: Russ Johnson, Brett Laxton, Armando Rios, Mike Sirotka, Todd Walker Oklahoma State: Sal Bando, Jr. Texas: Brooks Kieschnick, Stephen Larkin, J.D. Smart Texas A&M: Chris Clemons, Jeff Granger, Trey Moore, Kelly Wunsch Wichita State: Casey Blake, Jaime Bluma, Darren Dreifort
See also 1993 NCAA Division I softball tournament 1993 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1993 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1993 NAIA World Series
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