1960 NCAA University Division baseball season
| NCAA Tournament | |
| College World Series | |
| Champions | Minnesota |
| Runners-up | Southern California |
| MOP | John Erickson (Minnesota) |
| Seasons | |
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← 1959 |
1961 → |
The 1960 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1960. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1960 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fourteenth time in 1960, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Minnesota claimed the championship.[1]
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1960 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 10 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 16 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
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College World Series
The 1960 season marked the fourteenth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Minnesota claiming their second championship with a 2–1 win over Southern California in the final.[1]
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||||
| Winner's Bracket | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 8 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 12† | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 11† | ||||||||||||
| Boston College | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Boston College | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 3 | ||||||||||||
| St. John's | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Loser's Bracket | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 7 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 0 | Boston College | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 2* | ||||||||||||
| St. John's | 3* | Arizona | 11 | ||||||||||
| St. John's | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | if needed | |||||||||||
| Re-ordered Semi-finals | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | Minnesota | 2† | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 1 | Southern California | 1† | ||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2‡ | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 4‡ | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona | 1 | ||||||||||||
* - Indicates game rquired 13 innings. † - Indicates game required 10 innings. ‡ - Indicates game required 11 innings.
Award winners
All-America team
References
- 1 2 3 W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 31–34. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1960". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 13, 2013.