The 1989 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1989 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 third 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-third tournament's champion was Wichita State, coached by Gene Stephenson. The Most Outstanding Player was Greg Brummett of Wichita State.

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 Tallahassee, FL

South Regional at Starkville, MS

Northeast Regional at Waterbury, CT

Central Regional at College Station, TX

West I Regional at Tucson, AZ

West II Regional at Fresno, CA

Midwest Regional at Austin, TX

East Regional at Gainesville, FL

College World Series

Participants Seeding School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record 1 Florida State Metro 52–16 (14–4) Mike Martin 9(last: 1987) 2nd(1970, 1986) 13–18 2 Texas SWC 51–17 (14–7) Cliff Gustafson 24(last: 1987) 1st(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983) 58–42 3 Miami (FL) n/a 48–16 (n/a) Ron Fraser 10(last: 1988) 1st(1982, 1985) 23–17 4 Wichita State MVC 63–15 (13–5) Gene Stephenson 2(last: 1988) 2nd(1982) 5–4 5 Arkansas SWC 50–14 (17–4) Norm DeBriyn 3(last: 1987) 2nd(1979) 6–6 6 LSU SEC 53–15 (18–9) Skip Bertman 2(last: 1987) 4th(1987) 3–4 7 Big West 50–13 (17–4) Dave Snow 0(last: none) none 0–0 8 North Carolina ACC 41–16–1 (15–4) Mike Roberts 3(last: 1978) 3rd(1978) 2–6

Results The teams in the CWS were divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. For the second time since the College World Series began in 1947, the series was not a true double elimination tournament. Instead, the winners of the two pools met in a single National Championship game. Texas came out of its pool with no losses. Wichita State came out of its pool with one loss. Wichita State defeated Texas in the Championship game. Because each team only had one loss, in the championships prior to 1988, the teams would have played a winner-take-all game for the championship. Therefore, when Texas lost the championship game, rather than play another game for the championship, Wichita State was crowned champion. This new format was adopted for television reasons for the final game. Later, the format was switched to a best of three series in 2003.

Bracket

Game results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 2 Game 1 Florida State 4–2 North Carolina Game 2 Wichita State 3–1 Arkansas June 3 Game 3 Texas 7–1 Game 4 Miami (FL) 5–2 LSU June 4 Game 5 Arkansas 7–3 North Carolina North Carolina eliminated Game 6 LSU 8–5 Long Beach State eliminated June 5 Game 7 Florida State 4–2 Wichita State Game 8 Texas 12–2 Miami (FL) June 6 Game 9 Wichita State 8–4 Arkansas Arkansas eliminated Game 10 LSU 6–3 Miami (FL) Miami eliminated June 7 Game 11 Wichita State 7–4 Florida State June 8 Game 12 Texas 12–7 LSU Louisiana State eliminated June 9 Game 13 Wichita State 12–9 Florida State Florida State eliminated June 10 Final Wichita State 5–3 Texas Wichita State wins CWS

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

Position Player School P Greg Brummett (MOP) Wichita State Jim Newlin Wichita State C Eric Wedge Wichita State 1B David Lowery Texas 2B Rocky Rau Florida State 3B Craig Newkirk TexasSS. Mark Mitchell Miami Hurricanes OF Jim Audley Wichita State Arthur Butcher Texas Todd Dreifort Wichita State DH Scott Bryant Texas

Notable players Arkansas: Bubba Carpenter, Mike Oquist, Scott Pose, Phil Stidham Florida State: Chris Brock, Matt Dunbar, Gar Finnvold, Eduardo Pérez, Marc Ronan Long Beach State: Kyle Abbott, Darrell Sherman, Tom Urbani, Dan Berthel LSU: Paul Byrd, Curt Leskanic, Ben McDonald, John O'Donoghue, Chad Ogea, Keith Osik, Russ Springer Miami (FL): Jorge Fábregas, Alex Fernández, Joe Grahe, Oscar Múñoz, F.P. Santangelo Mark Mitchell SS North Carolina: Jim Dougherty, Jesse Levis, Brad Woodall Texas: Kirk Dressendorfer, Shane Reynolds Wichita State: Greg Brummett, P. J. Forbes, Tyler Green, Mike Lansing, Pat Meares, Eric Wedge George Washington Colonials: John Flaherty

See also 1989 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1989 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1989 NAIA World Series

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