1961 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament

1961 NCAA University Division
Baseball TournamentSeason| 1961

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Teams| 25
Finals site|

* Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
* Omaha, NE

Champions| Southern California (3rd title)
Runner-up| Oklahoma State (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach| Rod Dedeaux (3rd title)
MOP| Littleton Fowler (Oklahoma State)

* ← 1960
* NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
* 1962 →

The 1961 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1961 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 fifteenth 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 25 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.[1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 14. The fifteenth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Littleton Fowler of runner-up Oklahoma State.

## Contents

* 1 Tournament
* 1.1 District 1
* 1.2 District 2
* 1.3 District 3
* 1.4 District 4
* 1.5 District 5
* 1.6 District 6
* 1.7 District 7
* 1.8 District 8
* 2 College World Series
* 2.1 Participants
* 2.2 Results
* 2.2.1 Bracket
* 2.2.2 Game results
* 2.3 All-Tournament Team
* 2.4 Notable players
* 3 Notes
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Tournament[edit]

### District 1[edit]

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

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| First Round| | | Semi-Finals| | | Finals
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| Boston College| 11| | | |
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| Springfield| 8| | | |
| | | Boston College| 4| |
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| | | Connecticut| 1| |
| Connecticut| 15| | | |
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| Colby| 1| | | |
| | | | | Boston College| 2| 14
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| | | | | Connecticut| 3| 4
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |
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| | | | Connecticut| 3| |
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| Springfield| 9| | | Springfield| 1| |
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| Colby| 2| | | | |
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### District 2[edit]

Games played at Syracuse, New York.

| Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| St. John's | 10 | |
| Villanova | 4 |
| | Syracuse | 12 |
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| | | St. John's | 5 |
| Syracuse | 2 |

| Delaware | 0 |

### District 3[edit]

Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper final| | | Final
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| | | | Duke| 7| |
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| Florida State| 3| | | Florida State| 2| |
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| West Virginia| 1| | | | | |
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| | | | | | Duke| 7| —
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| | | Lower final| | | West Virginia| 3| —
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| | | Florida State| 3| |
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| | | West Virginia| 4| |
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### District 4[edit]

Games played at Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper final| | | Final
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| Western Michigan| 3| | | |
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| Detroit| 1| | | |
| | | Western Michigan| 8| |
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| | | Cincinnati| 1| |
| Cincinnati| 310| | | |
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| Michigan| 1| | | |
| | | | | Western Michigan| 414| –
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| | | | | Michigan| 3| –
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |
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| | | | Cincinnati| 1| |
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| Detroit| 3| | | Michigan| 2| |
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| Michigan| 610| | | | |
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### District 5[edit]

Games played at Stillwater, Oklahoma.

| Finals |

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| Oklahoma State | 10 | 11 | — |
| Northern Iowa | 0 | 8 | — |

### District 6[edit]

Games played at Austin, Texas.

| Finals |

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| Texas | 8 | 5 | — |
| Arizona | 2 | 4 | — |

### District 7[edit]

Games played at Laramie, Wyoming.

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper final| | | Final
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| | | | Air Force| 10| |
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| Wyoming| 3| | | Wyoming| 12| |
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| Colorado State College| 2| | | | | |
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| | | | | | Wyoming| 12| 1
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| | | Lower final| | | Colorado State College| 16| 12
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| | | Air Force| 6| |
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| | | Colorado State College| 10| |
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### District 8[edit]

| Semifinals
Los Angeles, California | | | Finals
Pullman, Washington |

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| Southern California | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Fresno State | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | Southern California | 13 | 10 | — |
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| | | Washington State | 6 | 4 | — |

## College World Series[edit]

### Participants[edit]

School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish | CWS Record

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Boston College | Independent | 16–4 | Ed Peligrini | 2
(last: 1960) | 4th
(1953) | 3–4
Colorado State College[a] | RMC | 28–6 (14–0) | Pete Butler | 7
(last: 1960) | 5th
(1955) | 2–14
Duke | ACC | 15–9 (11–3) | Ace Parker | 2
(last: 1953) | 5th
(1952, 1953) | 2–4
Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 24–1 (18–1) | Toby Greene | 4
(last: 1960) | 1st
(1959) | 12–7
Syracuse | Independent | 16–3 | Ted Kleinhans | 0
(last: none) | none | 0–0
Texas | SWC | 22–4–2 (11–3) | Bibb Falk | 5
(last: 1957) | 1st
(1949, 1950) | 14–7
Southern California | CIBA | 31–7 (12–4) | Rod Dedeaux | 6
(last: 1960) | 1st
(1948, 1958) | 14–10
Western Michigan | MAC | 18–6 (11–0) | Charlie Maher | 4
(last: 1959) | 2nd
(1955) | 8–8

### Results[edit]

#### Bracket[edit]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Oklahoma State| 3| | | | | | | |
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| Duke| 2| | | | | | | |
| | | Oklahoma State| 12| | | | | |
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| | | Syracuse| 9| | | | | |
| Syracuse| 12| | | | | | | |
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| Colorado State College| 5| | | | | | | |
| | | | | Oklahoma State| 2| | | |
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| | | | | Southern California| 4| | | | |
| Boston College| 3| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Oklahoma State| 8| |
| Western Michigan| 2| | | | | | | |
| | | Boston College| 3| | | | | Syracuse| 0| |
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| | | Southern California| 10| | | | | | |
| Southern California| 8| | | | | | | |
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| Texas| 6| | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | Oklahoma State| 0
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| | | Lower round 1| | | Lower round 2| | | | | Southern California| 1
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| | | | | | Boston College| 410| | | |
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| | | Duke| 15| | | Duke| 3| | | |
| | | | | | | Southern California| 4| |
| | | Colorado State College| 3| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Boston College| 3| |
| | | | | | Syracuse| 6| | | |
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| | | Western Michigan| 8| | | Western Michigan| 0| | | |
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| | | Texas| 2| | | | | | |
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#### Game results[edit]

Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes

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June 9 | Game 1 | Oklahoma State | 3–2 | Duke |
June 10 | Game 2 | Syracuse | 12–5 | Colorado State College |
Game 3 | Boston College | 3–2 | Western Michigan |
Game 4 | Southern California | 8–6 | Texas |
June 11 | Game 5 | Duke | 15–3 | Colorado State College | Colorado State College eliminated
Game 6 | Western Michigan | 8–2 | Texas | Texas eliminated
Game 7 | Oklahoma State | 12–9 | Syracuse |
Game 8 | Southern California | 10–3 | Boston College |
June 12 | Game 9 | Boston College | 4–3 (10 innings) | Duke | Duke eliminated
Game 10 | Syracuse | 6–0 | Western Michigan | Western Michigan eliminated
Game 11 | Southern California | 4–2 | Oklahoma State |
June 13 | Game 12 | Oklahoma State | 8–0 | Syracuse | Syracuse eliminated
Game 13 | Southern California | 4–3 | Boston College | Boston College eliminated
June 14 | Final | Southern California | 1–0 | Oklahoma State | Southern California wins CWS

### All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

Position | Player | School

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P | Littleton Fowler (MOP) | Oklahoma State
Larry Hankhammer | USC
Jim Withers | USC
C | Larry Himes | USC
1B | William Ryan | USC
2B | Bruce Andrew | Oklahoma State
3B | Dave Sarette | Syracuse
SS | Don Wallace | Oklahoma State
OF | Ron Davis | Duke
Art Ersepke | USC
Bill Tomb | Western Michigan

### Notable players[edit]

* Boston College:
* Duke: Ron Davis
* Colorado State College:
* Oklahoma State: Don Wallace
* Southern California: Dan Ardell, Mike Gillespie, Marcel Lachemann, Tom Satriano, Ron Stillwell, Wally Wolf
* Syracuse: Bill Connors, Dave Giusti
* Texas: Bill Bethea
* Western Michigan: Roger Theder, Frank Quilici

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Colorado State College is currently known as the University of Northern Colorado. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, then known as Colorado A&M.

## See also[edit]

* 1961 NAIA World Series

## References[edit]

1. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 192. Retrieved April 3, 2014.

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