1963 NCAA University Division baseball season
| NCAA Tournament | |
| College World Series | |
| Champions | Southern California |
| Runners-up | Arizona |
| MOP | Bud Hollowell (Southern California) |
| Seasons | |
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← 1962 |
1964 → |
The 1963 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 1963. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1963 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the seventeenth time in 1963, 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. Southern California claimed the championship.[1]
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1963 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 8 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 15 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 1963 season marked the sixteenth 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 Southern California claiming their fourth championship with a 5–2 win over Arizona in the final.[1]
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||||
| Winner's Bracket | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4† | ||||||||||||
| Florida State | 3† | ||||||||||||
| Florida State | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Missouri | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Loser's Bracket | |||||||||||||
| Penn State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 0 | Texas | 6* | ||||||||||
| Penn State | 4* | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | Florida State | 3 | ||||||||||
| Southern California | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | if needed | |||||||||||
| Re-ordered Semi-finals | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | 10 | Arizona | 2 | ||||||||||
| Texas | 8 | Southern California | 5 | ||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 12 | ||||||||||||
* - 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. 41–43. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1963". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2014.