1964 NCAA University Division baseball season

1964 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Minnesota
Runners-up	Missouri
MOP	Joe Ferris (Minnesota)
Seasons
← 1963	1965 →

The 1964 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 1964. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1964 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighteenth time in 1964, 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 1964 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 13 teams earned at-large selections.^[1]^[2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina
Big Eight Conference	Missouri
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	Kent State/Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon
Southeastern Conference	Ole Miss
Southern Conference	West Virginia
Southwest Conference	Texas A&M

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1964 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Minnesota †^y	11	–	3	.786	31	–	12	.721
Michigan	10	–	4	.714	19	–	16	.543
Ohio State	10	–	5	.667	21	–	10	.677
#25 Michigan State	8	–	7	.533	22	–	12	.647
Purdue	8	–	7	.533	15	–	10	.600
Wisconsin	8	–	7	.533		–		–
Indiana	7	–	8	.467	23	–	12	.657
Iowa	7	–	8	.467	13	–	16	.448
Northwestern	4	–	11	.267		–		–
Illinois	1	–	14	.067		–		–

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1964^[3]^[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1964 College World Series

The 1964 season marked the eighteenth 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 third championship with a 5–1 win over Missouri in the final.^[1]

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

Winner's Bracket
	Maine	5
	Seton Hall	1
				Maine	0
				Minnesota	12
	Minnesota	7
	Texas A&M	3
							Minnesota	6
							Southern California	5
	Southern California	3
	Ole Miss	2
				Southern California	3
				Missouri	2
	Missouri	7
	Arizona State	0
			Loser's Bracket
				Seton Hall	14
				Texas A&M	5		Missouri	3
							Seton Hall	1
				Arizona State	5
				Ole Miss	0		Maine	4
							Arizona State	2

Semifinals			Finals			if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals
	Minnesota	1					Missouri	1
	Missouri	4					Minnesota	5
				Missouri	2
				Maine	1
	Maine	2
	Southern California	1

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1964 College Baseball 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 5, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1964". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 5, 2014.

NCAA college baseball seasons

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