1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

1975 NCAA Division I
Baseball Tournament
Season	1975
Teams	32
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Texas (3rd title)
Runner-up	South Carolina (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Cliff Gustafson (1st title)
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	← 1974 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 1976 →;

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 six national championships between 1991 and 2009. LSU 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 Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Seton Hall	7
	Penn	5
				Seton Hall	5

				St. John's	1
	St. John's	17

	Maine	3
							Seton Hall	11	—

							Maine	5	—
	Maine	1

	Penn	0
				Maine	6*

				St. John's	5*

Atlantic Regional[]

Games played in Columbia, SC.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Temple	4
	NC State	3
				South Carolina	15

				Temple	0
	South Carolina	11

	The Citadel	3
							South Carolina	4	—

							NC State	3	—
	NC State	16

	The Citadel	3
				Temple	2

				NC State	4

Mideast Regional[]

Games played in Ypsilanti, MI.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Michigan	5
	Penn State	1
				Eastern Michigan	3

				Michigan	2
	Eastern Michigan	5

	Clemson	3
							Michigan	4	1

							Eastern Michigan	2	2
	Penn State	5

	Clemson	4
				Michigan	10

				Penn State	7

South Regional[]

Games played in Starkville, MS.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Florida State	1
	Miami (FL)	0
				Florida State	4

				LSU	2
	LSU	7

	Murray State	2
							Florida State	6	—

							Miami (FL)	5	—
	Miami (FL)	8

	Murray State	7
				Miami (FL)	8

				LSU	1

Midwest Regional[]

Games played in Norman, OK.

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

Tulsa

3*

Iowa

2*

Tulsa

4*

Oklahoma

3*

Oklahoma

5

Texas A&M

4

Oklahoma

2

8

Tulsa

1

5

Texas A&M

9

Iowa

6

Oklahoma

6

Texas A&M

4

South Central Regional[]

Games played in Arlington, TX.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	South Alabama	8
	Texas–Pan American	7
				Texas	7

				South Alabama	4
	Texas	6

	Louisiana Tech	2
							Texas	9	—

							Texas–Pan American	2	—
	Texas–Pan American	8⁷

	Louisiana Tech	1
				South Alabama	8

				Texas–Pan American	9

Rocky Mountain Regional[]

Games played in Tempe, AZ.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Arizona State	18
	Washington State	2
				Arizona State	20

				Puget Sound	3
	Puget Sound	11

	Northern Colorado	3
							Arizona State	7	5

							Washington State	8	1
	Washington State	7

	Northern Colorado	2
				Puget Sound	3

				Washington State	4

West Regional[]

Games played in Los Angeles.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Pepperdine	4
	Arizona	3
				Cal State Fullerton	2

				Pepperdine	1
	Cal State Fullerton	3

	Southern California	1
							Cal State Fullerton	4	6

							Pepperdine	5	4
	Arizona	0

	Southern California	1
				Southern California	2

				Pepperdine	5

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[]

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Arizona State	WAC	58–11 (16–2)	Jim Brock	6 (last: 1973)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969)	23–9
Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	36–14–1 (n/a)	Augie Garrido	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Eastern Michigan	MAC	35–17 (12–4)		0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Florida State	n/a	49–8 (n/a)	Woody Woodward	5 (last: 1970)	2nd (1970)	8–10
Oklahoma	Big 8	50–8 (15–3)	Enos Semore	4 (last: 1974)	1st (1951)	7–6
Seton Hall	n/a	31–8 (n/a)		3 (last: 1974)	5th (1964)	1–6
South Carolina	n/a	47–4 (n/a)	Bobby Richardson	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Texas	SWC	52–5 (23–1)	Cliff Gustafson	16 (last: 1974)	1st (1949, 1950)	32–29

Results[]

Bracket[]

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

Winner's Bracket
	Arizona State	5
	Cal State Fullerton	3
				Arizona State	5
				Texas	2
	Texas	4
	Oklahoma	2
							Arizona State	3
							South Carolina	6
	South Carolina	3
	Seton Hall	1
				South Carolina	5⁶
				Eastern Michigan	1
	Eastern Michigan	2¹⁰
	Florida State	1
			Loser's Bracket
				Cal State Fullerton	4
				Oklahoma	11		Eastern Michigan	0
							Oklahoma	7
				Seton Hall	11
				Florida State	0		Texas	12
							Seton Hall	10

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

South Carolina

6

Texas

5

Texas

17

South Carolina

1

South Carolina

4

Arizona State

1

Arizona State

1¹¹

Oklahoma

0

Game results[]

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 6	Game 1	Arizona State	5–3	Cal State Fullerton
June 6	Game 2	Texas	4–2	Oklahoma
June 7	Game 3	South Carolina	3–1	Seton Hall
	Game 4	Eastern Michigan	2–1 (10 innings)	Florida State
	Game 5	Oklahoma	11–4	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
June 8	Game 6	Seton Hall	11–0	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 7	Arizona State	5–2	Texas
	Game 8	South Carolina	5–1 (6 innings)	Eastern Michigan
June 9	Game 9	Texas	12–10	Seton Hall	Seton Hall eliminated
June 9	Game 10	Oklahoma	7–0	Eastern Michigan	Eastern Michigan eliminated
June 11	Game 11	South Carolina	6–3	Arizona State
June 12	Game 12	Arizona State	1–0 (11 innings)	Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
June 12	Game 13	Texas	17–6	South Carolina
June 13	Game 14	South Carolina	4–1	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
June 14	Final	Texas	5–1	South Carolina	Texas wins CWS^[2]

All-Tournament Team[]

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher		Junior	South Carolina
Pitcher	Richard Wortham	Junior	Texas
Catcher	Rick Cerone	Junior	Seton Hall
First baseman	Mickey Reichenbach	Sophomore	Texas
Second baseman		Sophomore	South Carolina
Third baseman	Gary Allenson	Junior	Arizona State
Shortstop		Junior	Texas
Outfielder		Junior	Texas
	Steve Cook	Junior	South Carolina
	Bob Pate	Junior	Arizona State

Notable players[]

Arizona State: Gary Allenson, Chris Bando, Floyd Bannister, Mike Colbern, Dave Hudgens, Darrell Jackson, Ken Landreaux, Jerry Maddox, Chris Nyman, Rick Peters, Ken Phelps, John Poloni, Gary Rajsich
Cal State Fullerton: Danny Boone, George Horton
Eastern Michigan: Glenn Gulliver, John Martin, Bob Owchinko, Bob Welch
Florida State: Juan Bonilla, Craig Eaton, Mark Gilbert, Terry Kennedy, Carlos Lezcano, Dan O'Brien
Oklahoma: Terry Bogener, Keith Drumright, George Frazier, Roger LaFrancois, Bob Shirley
Seton Hall: Rick Cerone, Dan Morogiello, Charlie Puleo
South Carolina: Garry Hancock, Greg Keatley, Ed Lynch, Jim Pankovits, Hank Small
Texas: Jim Gideon, Don Kainer, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham

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.

References[]

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

[NCAA-1] "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved August 19, 2014.

[txwcws75erg-2] "Texas captures baseball title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 15, 1975. p. 1B.

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