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1956 NCAA baseball tournament

American college sports championship


American college sports championship

FieldValue
Year1956
Teams24
CollegeWorldSeriesBallparkJohnny Rosenblatt Stadium
CityOmaha, NE
ChampionsMinnesota
TitleCount1st
Runner-UpArizona
CWSCount3rd
CoachDick Siebert
CoachCount1st
MOPJerry Thomas
MOPTeamMinnesota
tournament_linkNCAA Division I Baseball Championship
Different Next1957

| Runner-Up=Arizona

The 1956 NCAA baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1956 NCAA 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 tenth 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 24 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 14. The tenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert, and the Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Thomas of Minnesota.

Tournament

District 1

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

| RD1-team1 =**** | RD1-score1 =8 | RD1-team2 = | RD1-score2 =1

| RD1-team3 =New Hampshire | RD1-score3 =5 | RD1-team4 = | RD1-score4 =0

| RD2-team1 =New Hampshire | RD2-score1 =2 | RD2-team2 =Vermont | RD2-score2 =0

District 2

Games played at Allentown, Pennsylvania. | RD1-team1 =**** | RD1-score1 =3 | RD1-team2 = | RD1-score2 =1

| RD1-team3 =NYU | RD1-score3 =15 | RD1-team4 = | RD1-score4 =7

| RD2-team1 =St. John's | RD2-score1 =2 | RD2-team2 =NYU | RD2-score2 =6

District 3

Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina. | RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1-1=1 | RD1-score1-2=7 | RD1-score1-3=4 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2-1=2 | RD1-score2-2=6 | RD1-score2-3=2

| RD1-team3=Ole Miss | RD1-score3-1=4 | RD1-score3-2=3 | RD1-score3-3=— | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4-1=3 | RD1-score4-2=2 | RD1-score4-3=—

| RD2-team1=Duke | RD2-score1-1=4 | RD2-score1-2=2 | RD2-score1-3=1 | RD2-team2=Ole Miss | RD2-score2-1=2 | RD2-score2-2=6 | RD2-score2-3=7

District 4

Games played at Athens, Ohio (Ohio vs. Cincinnati and Ohio vs. Minnesota) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minnesota vs. Notre Dame).

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1-1=8 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2-1=6

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Minnesota | RD1-score3-1=3 | RD1-score3-2=15 | RD1-score3-3=10 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4-1=4 | RD1-score4-2=5 | RD1-score4-3=1

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Ohio | RD2-score1-1=0 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score1-3=— | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Minnesota | RD2-score2-1=5 | RD2-score2-2=7 | RD2-score2-3=—

District 5

Games played in Stillwater, OK.

| RD1-team1 = | RD1-score1 = 3 | RD1-team2 = **** | RD1-score2 = 8

| RD2-team1 = Bradley | RD2-score1 = 11 | RD2-team2 = North Dakota Agricultural College | RD2-score2 = 2

District 6

Games played at Tucson, Arizona. | RD1-team1=Arizona | RD1-score1-1=7 | RD1-score1-2=8 | RD1-score1-3=— | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2-1=5 | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-score2-3=—

District 7

Games played at Greeley, Colorado. | RD1-team1=Wyoming | RD1-score1-1=8 | RD1-score1-2=3 | RD1-score1-3=9 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2-1=5 | RD1-score2-2=8 | RD1-score2-3=7

District 8

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachCWS appearancesCWS best finishCWS record
ArizonaBorder45–6 (4–0)Frank Sancet2
(last: 1955)4th
(1954)3–4
BradleyMVC22–6 (7–2)Leo Schrall1
(last: 1950)8th
(1950)0–2
MinnesotaBig 1028–8 (11–2)Dick Siebert0
(last: none)none0–0
New HampshireYankee12–5 (7–1)Hank Swasey0
(last: none)none0–0
NYUMNYC16–4–1 (n/a)Bill McCarthy0
(last: none)none0–0
Ole MissSEC22–8 (13–3)Tom Swayze0
(last: none)none0–0
Washington StatePCC28–6 (11–4)Buck Bailey1
(last: 1950)2nd
(1950)3–2
WyomingSkyline17–13 (7–2)Bud Daniel0
(last: none)none0–0

Results

Bracket

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Arizona | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=NYU | RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Minnesota | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Wyoming | RD1-score4=0

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Ole Miss | RD1-score5=13 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=New Hampshire | RD1-score6=2

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Bradley | RD1-score7=4 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Washington State | RD1-score8=3

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Arizona | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Minnesota | RD2-score2=3

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Ole Miss | RD2-score3=4 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Bradley | RD2-score4=0

| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=NYU | RD2-score5=2 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=Wyoming | RD2-score6=8

| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=New Hampshire | RD2-score7=6 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=Washington State | RD2-score8=3

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Minnesota | RD3-score1=13 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Ole Miss | RD3-score2=5

| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Bradley | RD3-score3=12 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Wyoming | RD3-score4=8

| RD3-seed5= | RD3-team5=Arizona | RD3-score5=1 | RD3-seed6= | RD3-team6=New Hampshire | RD3-score6=0

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Minnesota | RD4-score1=8 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=Bradley | RD4-score2=3

| RD4-seed3= | RD4-team3=Ole Miss | RD4-score3=3 | RD4-seed4= | RD4-team4=Arizona | RD4-score4=7

| RD5-legs = 2 | RD5-seed1= | RD5-team1=Minnesota | RD5-score1-1=4 | RD5-score1-2=12 | RD5-seed2= | RD5-team2=Arizona | RD5-score2-1=10 | RD5-score2-2=1

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 9Game 1Arizona3–0NYU
Game 2Minnesota4–0Wyoming
Game 3Ole Miss13–2New Hampshire
Game 4Bradley4–3Washington State
June 10Game 5Wyoming8–2NYUNew York eliminated
Game 6New Hampshire6–3Washington StateWashington State eliminated
Game 7Minnesota3–1Arizona
Game 8Ole Miss4–0Bradley
June 11Game 9Bradley12–8WyomingWyoming eliminated
Game 10Arizona1–0New HampshireNew Hampshire eliminated
Game 11Minnesota13–5Ole Miss
June 12Game 12Arizona7–3Ole MissOle Miss eliminated
Game 13Minnesota8–3BradleyBradley eliminated
June 13Game 14Arizona10–4Minnesota
June 14FinalMinnesota12–1ArizonaMinnesota wins CWS

Notable players

  • Arizona: Don Lee, Carl Thomas
  • Bradley:
  • Minnesota: Jerry Kindall
  • New Hampshire:
  • NYU:
  • Ole Miss: Joe Gibbon
  • Washington State:
  • Wyoming:

References

References

  1. (2009). "NCAA Men's College World Series Records". NCAA.
  2. "1956 College World Series". Omaha.com.
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