1965 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament

1965 NCAA University Division
Baseball Tournament

Season	1965
Teams	23
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Arizona State (1st title)
Runner-up	Ohio State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Bobby Winkles (1st title)
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← 1964  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1966 →

The 1965 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1965 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 nineteenth 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 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The nineteenth tournament's champion was Arizona State, coached by Bobby Winkles. The Most Outstanding Player was Sal Bando of Arizona State.

Regionals[]

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

District 1 at Boston, MA[]

	Finals
		Connecticut	7	0	7
		Holy Cross	4	5	0

District 2 at Princeton, NJ[]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Rider		3
	Princeton		4
						Princeton		4
						Lafayette		5
	Lafayette		4
	Pittsburgh		3

District 3 at Gastonia, NC[]

		Mississippi State	6
		Florida State	3
							Mississippi State	2
							Furman	5
		Furman	4
		Maryland	3
												Furman	1	5
											Florida State	2	7
		Florida State	7
		Maryland	3
							Mississippi State	2
							Florida State	6

District 4 at Oxford, OH[]

		Ohio	7
		Detroit	6
							Ohio	2
							Ohio State	4
		Ohio State	4
		Ball State	0
												Ohio State	10
											Detroit	7	—
		Detroit	4
		Ball State	3
							Ohio	7
							Detroit	8

District 5 at St. Louis, MO[]

	Finals
		Missouri	4	4	—
		Saint Louis	5	5	—

District 6[]

Texas automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.

District 7 at Phoenix, AZ[]

	Semifinals							Finals
								Arizona State		7	12	—
								Northern Colorado		2	3	—
	Colorado State		1	1	1
	Denver		8	0	0

District 8[]

At Stanford, CA

	Finals
		Cal State Northridge	1	1	6
		Stanford	0	12	11

At Pullman, WA

	Finals
		Stanford	1	3	—
		Washington State	2	13	—

College World Series[]

Participants[]

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Arizona State	WAC	49–7 (9–3)	Bobby Winkles	1 (last: 1964)	6th (1964)	1–2
Connecticut	Yankee	15–7 (7–3)	Larry Panciera	2 (last: 1959)	5th (1957)	1–4
Florida State	n/a	31–9–1 (n/a)	Fred Hatfield	3 (last: 1963)	4th (1962)	3–6
Lafayette	n/a	16–5 (n/a)	Charlie Gelbert	3 (last: 1958)	3rd (1953)	3–6
Ohio State	Big Ten	26–11 (11–2)	Marty Karow	1 (last: 1951)	8th (1951)	0–2
Saint Louis	MVC	23–7–1 (6–1)		0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Texas	SWC	18–5 (11–4)	Bibb Falk	8 (last: 1963)	1st (1949, 1950)	19–13
Washington State	Pac-8	31–6 (14–4)	Chuck Brayton	2 (last: 1956)	2nd (1950)	3–4

Results[]

Bracket[]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Ohio State	2
		Florida State	1
							Ohio State	14
							Washington State	1
		Washington State	12
		Texas	5
												Ohio State	4
												Arizona State	9
		Arizona State	14
		Lafayette	1
							Arizona State	13
							Saint Louis	3
		Saint Louis	2
		Connecticut	1
						Loser's Bracket
							Florida State	3
							Texas	2				Saint Louis	5
												Florida State	3
							Lafayette	4
							Connecticut	6				Washington State	3
												Connecticut	2

	Semifinals					Finals					if needed
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
		Arizona State	6									Arizona State	2
		Saint Louis	2									Ohio State	1
							Arizona State	3
							Ohio State	7
		Ohio State	115
		Washington State	0

Game results[]

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 7	Game 1	Ohio State	2–1	Florida State
	Game 2	Washington State	12–5	Texas
	Game 3	Arizona State	14–1	Lafayette
	Game 4	Saint Louis	2–1	Connecticut
June 8	Game 5	Florida State	3–2	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 6	Connecticut	6–4	Lafayette	Lafayette eliminated
	Game 7	Ohio State	14–1	Washington State
	Game 8	Arizona State	13–3	Saint Louis
June 9	Game 9	Saint Louis	5–3	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 10	Washington State	3–2	Connecticut	Connecticut eliminated
	Game 11	Arizona State	9–4	Ohio State
June 10	Game 12	Arizona State	6–2	Saint Louis	Saint Louis eliminated
	Game 13	Ohio State	1–0 (15 innings)	Washington State	Washington State eliminated
June 11	Game 14	Ohio State	7–3	Arizona State
June 12	Final	Arizona State	2–1	Ohio State	Arizona State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team[]

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Steve Arlin	Sophomore	Ohio State
		Sophomore	Arizona State
Catcher	Chuck Brinkman	Junior	Ohio State
First baseman		Senior	Ohio State
Second baseman		Senior	Arizona State
Third baseman	Sal Bando	Junior	Arizona State
Shortstop	Bo Rein	Sophomore	Ohio State
Outfielder		Senior	St. Louis
	Bob Fry	Senior	Washington State
	Rick Monday	Sophomore	Arizona State

Notable players[]

• Arizona State: , Sal Bando, Duffy Dyer, Rick Monday, Al Schmelz
• Connecticut:
• Florida State: Randy Brown, Jim Lyttle
• Lafayette:
• Ohio State: Steve Arlin, Chuck Brinkman, Russ Nagelson
• St. Louis:
• Texas: Joe Hague, Gary Moore
• Washington State: Danny Frisella

Tournament notes[]

• Ohio State's 15 inning victory over Washington State is the longest game in College World Series history

References[]