The 1966 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1966 NCAA University Division 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 twentieth 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 29 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twentieth tournament's champion was Ohio State, coached by Marty Karow. The Most Outstanding Player was Steve Arlin of Ohio State.
Tournament The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.
District 1 at Boston, MA
District 2 at Princeton, NJ
District 3 at Gastonia, NC
District 4 at Columbus, OH
District 5 at Stillwater, OK
District 6 at Houston, TX
District 7 at Tucson, AZ Preliminary rounds at Greeley, CO and Laramie, WY.
District 8 at Los Angeles, CA
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Arizona WAC 39–13 (8–4) Frank Sancet 7(last: 1963) 2nd(1956, 1958, 1960) 16–14 North Carolina ACC 21–11 (12–2) Walt Rabb 1(last: 1960) 7th(1960) 0–2 18–6 (n/a) John Connelly 0(last: none) none 0–0 Ohio State Big 10 22–5–1 (6–0) Marty Karow 2(last: 1965) 2nd(1965) 4–4 Oklahoma State Big 8 18–9 (13–7) Chet Bryan 5(last: 1961) 1st(1959) 15–9 Southern California CIBA 42–7 (16–4) Rod Dedeaux 9(last: 1964) 1st(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963) 26–13 Metropolitan 23–7 (7–3) Jack Kaiser 2(last: 1960) 4th(1949) 1–4 Texas SWC 20–7–1 (9–6) Bibb Falk 9(last: 1965) 1st(1949, 1950) 19–15
Results
Bracket
Game results
Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 13 Game 1 Texas 5–1 Arizona Game 2 5–3 Game 3 Southern California 6–2 North Carolina Game 4 Ohio State 4–2 Oklahoma State June 14 Game 5 Arizona 8–1 Northeastern eliminated Game 6 Oklahoma State 5–1 North Carolina North Carolina eliminated Game 7 2–0 Texas Game 8 Ohio State 6–2 Southern California June 15 Game 9 Southern California 8–4 Arizona Arizona eliminated Game 10 Oklahoma State 6–1 Texas Texas eliminated Game 11 Ohio State 8–7 June 16 Game 12 Southern California 5–1 Ohio State June 17 Game 13 Oklahoma State 6–1 St. John's eliminated Game 14 Ohio State 1–0 Southern California Southern California eliminated June 18 Final Ohio State 8–2 Oklahoma State Ohio State wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Steve Arlin (MOP) Ohio State John Stewart USC C Chuck Brinkman Ohio State 1B Russ Nagelson Ohio State 2B Matt Galante 3B Bob Toney Oklahoma State SS Joe Russo OF Bo Rein Ohio State Ray Shoup Ohio State Wayne Weatherly Oklahoma State
Notable players Arizona: Eddie Leon, Mike Paul North Carolina: Northeastern: Ohio State: Steve Arlin, Chuck Brinkman, Russ Nagelson, Bo Rein Oklahoma State: Larry Burchart Southern California: Oscar Brown, Ray Lamb, St. John's: Texas: Gary Moore
See also 1966 NAIA World Series
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