1975 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season1975
Teams32
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (3rd title)
Runner-upSouth Carolina (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coachCliff Gustafson (1st title)
MOPMickey Reichenbach (Texas)

The 1975 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1975 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-ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region held a four team, double-elimination tournament, resulting in 32 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.[1] The twenty-ninth tournament's champion was Texas, coached by Cliff Gustafson, their first in a quarter-century.[2] The Most Outstanding Player was Mickey Reichenbach of Texas. This was the first year the tournament used the regionals.

The 1975 tournament marked the first appearance for LSU, which would become a college baseball superpower in the succeeding decades, claiming seven national championships between 1991 and 2023. LSU had earlier won the 1961 Southeastern Conference championship to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, but declined the bid to avoid playing integrated teams.

This season also marked the first appearance for Cal State Fullerton, which would claim four national championships from 1979 through 2004. Head coach Augie Garrido guided the Titans to three titles before moving to Texas, where he claimed three more titles from 2002 through 2009.

Regionals

1975 was the first year the NCAA featured the Regional format for the tournament, which is still in use today, although it has been modified.

Northeast Regional

Games played in Stamford, CT.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Seton Hall7
Penn5
Seton Hall5
St. John's1
St. John's17
Maine3
Seton Hall11—
Maine5—
Lower round 1Lower final
Maine6*
Maine1St. John's5*
Penn0

Atlantic Regional

Games played in Columbia, SC.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Temple4
NC State3
South Carolina15
Temple0
South Carolina11
The Citadel3
South Carolina4—
NC State3—
Lower round 1Lower final
Temple2
NC State16NC State4
The Citadel3

Mideast Regional

Games played in Ypsilanti, MI.

Upper SemifinalsUpper bracket finalsGrand Finals
Michigan5
Penn State1
Eastern Michigan3
Michigan2
Eastern Michigan5
Clemson3
Michigan41
Eastern Michigan22
Lower round 1Lower final
Michigan10
Penn State5Penn State7
Clemson4

South Regional

Games played in Starkville, MS.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Florida State1
Miami (FL)0
Florida State4
LSU2
LSU7
Murray State2
Florida State6—
Miami (FL)5—
Lower round 1Lower final
Miami (FL)8
Miami (FL)8LSU1
Murray State7

Midwest Regional

Games played in Norman, OK.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Tulsa3*
Iowa2*
Tulsa4*
Oklahoma3*
Oklahoma5
Texas A&M4
Oklahoma28
Tulsa15
Lower round 1Lower final
Oklahoma6
Texas A&M9Texas A&M4
Iowa6

South Central Regional

Games played in Arlington, TX.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
South Alabama8
Texas–Pan American7
Texas7
South Alabama4
Texas6
Louisiana Tech2
Texas9—
Texas–Pan American2—
Lower round 1Lower final
South Alabama8
Texas–Pan American87Texas–Pan American9
Louisiana Tech1

Rocky Mountain Regional

Games played in Tempe, AZ.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Arizona State18
Washington State2
Arizona State20
Puget Sound3
Puget Sound11
Northern Colorado3
Arizona State75
Washington State81
Lower round 1Lower final
Puget Sound3
Washington State7Washington State4
Northern Colorado2

West Regional

Games played in Los Angeles.

First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
Pepperdine4
Arizona3
Cal State Fullerton2
Pepperdine1
Cal State Fullerton3
Southern California1
Cal State Fullerton46
Pepperdine54
Lower round 1Lower final
Southern California2
Arizona0Pepperdine5
Southern California1

College World Series

Seton Hall, South Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Florida St., Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona St. and Cal St. Fullerton won their regionals and moved on to the 1975 College World Series.

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachCWS appearancesCWS best finishCWS record
Arizona StateWAC58–11 (16–2)Jim Brock6
(last: 1973)		1st
(1965, 1967, 1969)		23–9
Cal State FullertonPCAA36–14–1 (n/a)Augie Garrido0
(last: none)		none0–0
Eastern MichiganMAC35–17 (12–4)Ron Oestrike0
(last: none)		none0–0
Florida Staten/a49–8 (n/a)Woody Woodward5
(last: 1970)		2nd
(1970)		8–10
OklahomaBig 850–8 (15–3)Enos Semore4
(last: 1974)		1st
(1951)		7–6
Seton HallMetro31–8 (12–4)Mike Sheppard3
(last: 1974)		5th
(1964)		1–6
South Carolinan/a47–4 (n/a)Bobby Richardson0
(last: none)		none0–0
TexasSWC52–5 (23–1)Cliff Gustafson16
(last: 1974)		1st
(1949, 1950)		32–29

Results

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Arizona State5
Cal State Fullerton3
Arizona State5
Texas2
Texas4
Oklahoma2
Arizona State3
South Carolina6
South Carolina3
South Carolina6
Seton Hall1
South Carolina56Texas17
Eastern Michigan1
Eastern Michigan210
Florida State1Texas5
South Carolina4South Carolina1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Arizona State1
Eastern Michigan0
Cal State Fullerton4Oklahoma7
Arizona State111
Oklahoma11
Oklahoma0
Texas12
Seton Hall11Seton Hall10
Florida State0

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 6Game 1Arizona State5–3Cal State Fullerton
Game 2Texas4–2Oklahoma
June 7Game 3South Carolina3–1Seton Hall
Game 4Eastern Michigan2–1 (10 innings)Florida State
Game 5Oklahoma11–4Cal State FullertonCal State Fullerton eliminated
June 8Game 6Seton Hall11–0Florida StateFlorida State eliminated
Game 7Arizona State5–2Texas
Game 8South Carolina5–1 (6 innings)Eastern Michigan
June 9Game 9Texas12–10Seton HallSeton Hall eliminated
Game 10Oklahoma7–0Eastern MichiganEastern Michigan eliminated
June 11Game 11South Carolina6–3Arizona State
June 12Game 12Arizona State1–0 (11 innings)OklahomaOklahoma eliminated
Game 13Texas17–6South Carolina
June 13Game 14South Carolina4–1Arizona StateArizona State eliminated
June 14FinalTexas5–1South CarolinaTexas wins CWS[2]

All-Tournament Team

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

PositionPlayerSchool
PEarl BassSouth Carolina
Richard WorthamTexas
CRick CeroneSeton Hall
1BMickey Reichenbach (MOP)Texas
2BMark Van BeverSouth Carolina
3BGary AllensonArizona State
SSBlair StoufferTexas
OFRick BradleyTexas
Steve CookSouth Carolina
Bob PateArizona State

Notable players

Tournament Notes

The Arizona State team featured 13 future Major League players – a record matched by the school's team from the following year.

Texas came back to win the CWS after losing in Game 7 to Arizona State.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Texas captures baseball title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 15, 1975. p. 1B.
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