1989 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

1989 NCAA Division I
Baseball Tournament
Season	1989
Teams	48
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Wichita State (1st title)
Runner-up	Texas (25th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Gene Stephenson (1st title)
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	← 1988 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 1990 →;

The 1989 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1989 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 forty third year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The forty-third tournament's champion was Wichita State, coached by Gene Stephenson. The Most Outstanding Player was Greg Brummett of Wichita State.

Regionals[]

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Atlantic Regional[]

at Tallahassee, FL^[2]^[3]



Florida State	13
Rider	7	Florida State	8
		South Florida	1
Clemson	6			Florida State	7
Stetson	2			Auburn	6
		Clemson	7					Florida State	8	—
		Auburn	14					Clemson	1	—
Auburn	9					Auburn	1
South Florida	3			Clemson	13	Clemson	11
		Rider	6	Stetson	5
		Stetson	13

South Regional[]

at Starkville, MS^[1]^[4]



Mississippi State	8
Western Carolina	0	Mississippi State	11
		Nicholls State	2
Jacksonville	3			Mississippi State	1
Indiana State	2			North Carolina	2
		Jacksonville	3					North Carolina	0	7
		North Carolina	8					Mississippi State	6	1
North Carolina	8					Mississippi State	11
Nicholls State	4			Jacksonville	4	Indiana State	2
		Western Carolina	3	Indiana State	9
		Indiana State	10

Northeast Regional[]

at Waterbury, CT^[1]^[5]^[6]



Le Moyne	7
Arkansas	5	Le Moyne	0
		Illinois	7
				Illinois	2
				Arkansas	9	Arkansas	1
		George Washington	2			Arizona State	0
		Arkansas	8
Arizona State	5							Arkansas	6
George Washington	0							Le Moyne	5
		Arizona State	15
		Penn	4
Penn	7			Arizona State	2
Illinois	1			Le Moyne	4
		Penn	16*
		Le Moyne	18

Central Regional[]

at College Station, TX^[1]^[7]



Texas A&M	23
Jackson State	3	Texas A&M	25
		BYU	4
LSU	12			Texas A&M	17
UNLV	10			South Alabama	5
		LSU	4					Texas A&M	5	4*
		South Alabama	6					LSU	13	5*
South Alabama	11*					South Alabama	5
BYU	10*			LSU	13	LSU	6
		Jackson State	2	UNLV	8
		UNLV	13

West I Regional[]

at Tucson, AZ^[1]^[8]



Arizona	12
Eastern Kentucky	6	Arizona	17
		Hawaii	3
Oklahoma	5			Arizona	6
Loyola Marymount	2			Long Beach State	10
		Oklahoma	4					Long Beach State	10	–
		Long Beach State	11					Arizona	3	–
Long Beach State	14					Arizona	13
Hawaii	7			Oklahoma	5*	Loyola Marymount	4
		Eastern Kentucky	3	Loyola Marymount	6*
		Loyola Marymount	9

West II Regional[]

at Fresno, CA^[1]^[9]



Wichita State	4
Portland	0	Wichita State	12
		Pepperdine	1
Fresno State	9			Wichita State	5
Notre Dame	8			Michigan	14
		Fresno State	3					Michigan	2	5
		Michigan	5					Wichita State	3	9
Michigan	4					Wichita State	6
Pepperdine	3			Fresno State	11	Fresno State	4
		Portland	6*	Notre Dame	4
		Notre Dame	8*

Midwest Regional[]

at Austin, TX^[1]^[10]



Texas	2
New Orleans	0	Texas	11
		USC	8
Oklahoma State	6			Texas	8
Sam Houston State	5			Oklahoma State	7
		Oklahoma State	8*					Texas	9	—
		Western Michigan	3*					New Orleans	3	—
Western Michigan	9					Oklahoma State	2
USC	8			Western Michigan	5	New Orleans	3
		Sam Houston State	4	New Orleans	6
		New Orleans	8

East Regional[]

at Gainesville, FL^[1]^[11]



Miami (FL)	3
Villanova	1	Miami (FL)	7
		Georgia Tech	9
				Georgia Tech	16*
				Villanova	18*	Villanova	5
		Villanova	10			UCF	2
		East Carolina	6
Florida	11							Villanova	1
East Carolina	6							Miami (FL)	4
		Florida	7
		UCF	10
UCF	6			UCF	1
Georgia Tech	4			Miami (FL)	10
		Florida	1
		Miami (FL)	9

College World Series[]

Participants[]

Seeding	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
1	Florida State	Metro	52–16 (14–4)	Mike Martin	9 (last: 1987)	2nd (1970, 1986)	13–18
2	Texas	SWC	51–17 (14–7)	Cliff Gustafson	24 (last: 1987)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983)	58–42
3	Miami (FL)	n/a	48–16 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	10 (last: 1988)	1st (1982, 1985)	23–17
4	Wichita State	MVC	63–15 (13–5)	Gene Stephenson	2 (last: 1988)	2nd (1982)	5–4
5	Arkansas	SWC	50–14 (17–4)	Norm DeBriyn	3 (last: 1987)	2nd (1979)	6–6
6	LSU	SEC	53–15 (18–9)	Skip Bertman	2 (last: 1987)	4th (1987)	3–4
7	Long Beach State	Big West	50–13 (17–4)	Dave Snow	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
8	North Carolina	ACC	41–16–1 (15–4)	Mike Roberts	3 (last: 1978)	3rd (1978)	2–6

Results[]

The teams in the CWS were divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. For the second time since the College World Series began in 1947, the series was not a true double elimination tournament. Instead, the winners of the two pools met in a single National Championship game. Texas came out of its pool with no losses. Wichita State came out of its pool with one loss. Wichita State defeated Texas in the Championship game. Because each team only had one loss, in the championships prior to 1988, the teams would have played a winner-take-all game for the championship. Therefore, when Texas lost the championship game, rather than play another game for the championship, Wichita State was crowned champion. This new format was adopted for television reasons for the final game. Later, the format was switched to a best of three series in 2003.

Bracket[]

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Florida State	4

8	North Carolina	2
			1	Florida State	4

			4	Wichita State	2
4	Wichita State	3

5	Arkansas	1
						1	Florida State	4	9

						4	Wichita State	7	12
8	North Carolina	3

5	Arkansas	7
			5	Arkansas	4

			4	Wichita State	8



										4	Wichita State	5

										2	Texas	3
2	Texas	7

7	Long Beach State	1
			2	Texas	12

			3	Miami (FL)	2
3	Miami (FL)	5

6	LSU	2
						2	Texas	12	—

						6	LSU	7	—
7	Long Beach State	5

6	LSU	8
			6	LSU	6

			3	Miami (FL)	3

Game results[]

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 2	Game 1	Florida State	4–2	North Carolina
June 2	Game 2	Wichita State	3–1	Arkansas
June 3	Game 3	Texas	7–1	Long Beach State
June 3	Game 4	Miami (FL)	5–2	LSU
June 4	Game 5	Arkansas	7–3	North Carolina	North Carolina eliminated
June 4	Game 6	LSU	8–5	Long Beach State	Long Beach State eliminated
June 5	Game 7	Florida State	4–2	Wichita State
June 5	Game 8	Texas	12–2	Miami (FL)
June 6	Game 9	Wichita State	8–4	Arkansas	Arkansas eliminated
June 6	Game 10	LSU	6–3	Miami (FL)	Miami eliminated
June 7	Game 11	Wichita State	7–4	Florida State
June 8	Game 12	Texas	12–7	LSU	Louisiana State eliminated
June 9	Game 13	Wichita State	12–9	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
June 10	Final	Wichita State	5–3	Texas	Wichita State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team[]

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Greg Brummett	Senior	Wichita State
Pitcher		Junior	Wichita State
Catcher	Eric Wedge	Junior	Wichita State
First baseman	David Lowery	Junior	Texas
Second baseman		Junior	Florida State
Third baseman		Senior	Texas
Shortstop	Pat Meares	Sophomore	Wichita State
Outfielder		Sophomore	Wichita State
		Senior	Texas
		Freshman	Wichita State
Designated hitter	Scott Bryant	Junior	Texas

Notable players[]

Arkansas: Bubba Carpenter, Mike Oquist, Scott Pose, Phil Stidham
Florida State: Chris Brock, Matt Dunbar, Gar Finnvold, Eduardo Pérez, Marc Ronan
Long Beach State: Kyle Abbott, Darrell Sherman, Tom Urbani,
LSU: Paul Byrd, Curt Leskanic, Ben McDonald, , Chad Ogea, Keith Osik, Russ Springer
Miami (FL): Jorge Fábregas, Alex Fernández, Joe Grahe, Oscar Múñoz, F.P. Santangelo
North Carolina: Jim Dougherty, Jesse Levis, Brad Woodall
Texas: Kirk Dressendorfer, Shane Reynolds
Wichita State: Greg Brummett, P. J. Forbes, Tyler Green, Mike Lansing, Pat Meares, Eric Wedge

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
^ "Division I Baseball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
^ "NCAA Tournament Results" (PDF). Seminoles.com. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^ "2012 Mississippi State Media Guide" (PDF). HailState.com. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^ 2012 Sun Devil Baseball (PDF). thesundevils.com. p. 98. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
^ Poliquin, Bud (20 June 2009). "How long can the pain of a single pitch last? For Matt Sames, at least 20 years". LeMoyneDolphins.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^ "2012 LSU Baseball Media Guide". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
^ 2010 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Media Guide. ArizonaWildcats.com. p. 80. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
^ Coaching Records & All-Time Results (PDF). goshockers.com. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
^ Texas Baseball 2011 Fact Book (PDF). texassports.com. p. 79. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
^ "Gators in the NCAA Tournament". GatorZone.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

[NCAA-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved October 28, 2014.

[NCAA2-2] "Division I Baseball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

[3] "NCAA Tournament Results" (PDF). Seminoles.com. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

[4] "2012 Mississippi State Media Guide" (PDF). HailState.com. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

[5] 2012 Sun Devil Baseball (PDF). thesundevils.com. p. 98. Retrieved 2012-04-21.

[6] Poliquin, Bud (20 June 2009). "How long can the pain of a single pitch last? For Matt Sames, at least 20 years". LeMoyneDolphins.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

[7] "2012 LSU Baseball Media Guide". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2012-03-17.

[8] 2010 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Media Guide. ArizonaWildcats.com. p. 80. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

[9] Coaching Records & All-Time Results (PDF). goshockers.com. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

[10] Texas Baseball 2011 Fact Book (PDF). texassports.com. p. 79. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

[11] "Gators in the NCAA Tournament". GatorZone.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

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