The 1974 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1974 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 twenty-eighth 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 28 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-eighth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was George Milke of Southern California.

Tournament The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and six teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Cambridge, MA

District 2 at West Windsor, NJ

District 3 at Starkville, MS

District 4 at Minneapolis, MN

District 5 at Oklahoma City, OK

District 6 at Arlington, TX

District 7 at Greeley, CO

District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

College World Series

Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record EIBL 28–9 (10–4) Loyal Park 3(last: 1973) 5th(1971) 1–6 Miami Independent 48–9 Ron Fraser 0(last: none) none 0–0 Northern Colorado GPAC 31–11 (–) Tom Petroff 9(last: 1962) 5th(1955) 2–18 Oklahoma Big 8 42–6 (18–3) Enos Semore 3(last: 1973) 1st(1951) 6–4 Seton Hall Metro 33–8–1 (14–2) Mike Sheppard 2(last: 1971) 5th(1964) 1–4 Independent 47–10 Richard Jones 3(last: 1971) 2nd(1968, 1971) 6–6 Texas SWC 52–6 (20–4) Cliff Gustafson 15(last: 1973) 1st(1949, 1950) 30–27 Southern California Pac-8 45–19 (11–7) Rod Dedeaux 15(last: 1973) 1st(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973) 53–18

Results

Bracket

Game results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 7 Game 1 Miami 4–1 Game 2 Oklahoma 10–1 Northern Colorado June 8 Game 3 Southern California 9–2 Texas Game 4 5–1 Seton Hall June 10 Game 5 Northern Colorado 4–2 Harvard eliminated Game 6 Texas 12–2 Seton Hall Seton Hall eliminated Game 7 Miami 5–1 Oklahoma Game 8 Southern California 5–3 June 11 Game 9 5–2 Northern Colorado Northern Colorado eliminated Game 10 Texas 10–4 Oklahoma Oklahoma eliminated June 12 Game 11 Miami 7–3 Southern California June 13 Game 12 4–3 Miami Game 13 Southern California 5–3 Texas Texas eliminated June 14 Game 14 Southern California 7–2 Southern Illinois eliminated June 15 Final Southern California 7–3 Miami Southern California wins CWS

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

Position Player School P Mark Barr USC Stan Jakubowski Miami (FL) George Milke (MOP) USC C Ron Scott Miami (FL) 1B Orlando Gonzalez Miami (FL) 2B Rob Adolph USC 3B Rich Dauer USC SS Marvin Cobb USC OF Tom Ball Texas Bob Mitchell USC Manny Trujillo Miami (FL)

Notable players Harvard: Miami (FL): Orlando Gonzalez, Wayne Krenchicki Northern Colorado: Tom Runnells, Joe Strain Oklahoma: Keith Drumright, Bob Shirley Seton Hall: Rick Cerone, Charlie Puleo Southern California: Rich Dauer, Steve Kemp, Dennis Littlejohn, Bobby Mitchell, Ed Putman, Pete Redfern Southern Illinois: Texas: Bobby Cuellar, Jim Gideon, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham

Tournament Notes Southern California becomes the first team to win five consecutive College World Series. Tom Petroff becomes the first head coach to lead two different schools to the College World Series; he led Rider University to Omaha in 1967.

See also 1974 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1974 NAIA World Series

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