The 1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1982 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 thirty sixth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Six regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while two regions included six teams, resulting in 36 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The thirty-sixth tournament's champion was Miami (FL), coached by Ron Fraser. The Most Outstanding Player was Dan Smith of Miami (FL).
National seeds For the first time, the NCAA selected five number-one seeds and placed each in a different regional.
Bold indicates CWS participant.
Arizona State Fresno State Oklahoma State Texas Wichita State
Regionals The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, six consisting of four teams and two of six teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.
Atlantic Regional at Coral Gables, FL
Central Regional at Austin, TX
East Regional at Columbia, SC
Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK
Northeast Regional at Orono, ME
South Regional at New Orleans, LA
West I Regional at Fresno, CA
West II Regional at Tempe, AZ
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Cal State Fullerton SCBA 51–21 (23–5) Augie Garrido 2(last: 1979) 1st(1979) 5–3 Maine Eastern Collegiate 32–12 (n/a) John Winkin 3(last: 1981) 3rd(1964) 5–6 Miami (FL) n/a 49–18–1 (n/a) Ron Fraser 5(last: 1981) 2nd(1974) 8–10 Oklahoma State Big 8 56–14 (19–5) Gary Ward 9(last: 1981) 1st(1959) 22–17 n/a 45–11 (n/a) June Raines 3(last: 1981) 2nd(1975, 1977) 9–6 Stanford Pac-10 48–16–1 (20–10) Mark Marquess 2(last: 1967) 3rd(1967) 4–4 Texas SWC 57–4 (12–4) Cliff Gustafson 19(last: 1981) 1st(1949, 1950, 1975) 41–34 Wichita State MVC 70–12 (15–1) Gene Stephenson 0(last: none) none 0–0
Results
Bracket
Game results
Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 4 Game 1 Miami (FL) 7–2 Maine Game 2 Wichita State 7–0 June 5 Game 3 Texas 9–1 Oklahoma State Game 4 Stanford 15–4 June 6 Game 5 Maine 6–0 Cal State Fullerton eliminated Game 6 Oklahoma State 10–8 South Carolina eliminated June 7 Game 7 Miami (FL) 4–3 Wichita State June 8 Game 8 Texas 8–6 (12 innings) Stanford June 9 Game 9 Wichita State 13–2 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State eliminated Game 10 Maine 8–5 Stanford Stanford eliminated June 10 Game 11 Miami (FL) 2–1 Texas June 11 Game 12 Wichita State 8–4 Texas Texas eliminated Game 13 Miami (FL) 10–4 Maine Maine eliminated June 12 Final Miami (FL) 9–3 Wichita State Miami wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Bryan Oelkers Wichita State Dan Smith (MOP) Miami (FL) C Nelson Santovenia Miami (FL) 1B Kevin Bernier Maine 2B Jim Thomas Wichita State 3B Phil Lane Miami (FL) SS Spike Owen Texas OF Mike Brumley Texas Tim Gaskell Wichita State Loren Hibbs Wichita State DH Russ Morman Wichita State
Notable players Cal State Fullerton: John Fishel, Bill Moore, Jeff Robinson, Shane Turner Maine: Joe Johnson, Bill Swift Miami (FL): Nelson Santovenia Oklahoma State: Gary Green, Jim Traber, Robbie Wine South Carolina: Kent Anderson, Don Gordon Stanford: Mike Aldrete, Jeff Ballard, Steve Buechele Texas: Mike Brumley, Mike Capel, Roger Clemens, Jeff Hearron, Spike Owen, Calvin Schiraldi Wichita State: Don Heinkel, Russ Morman, Charlie O'Brien, Bryan Oelkers, Phil Stephenson
See also 1982 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1982 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1982 NAIA World Series
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