1963 NCAA University Division baseball season

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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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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 Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Wake Forest
Big Eight Conference Missouri
Big Ten Conference Illinois
CIBA Southern California
EIBL Columbia/Dartmouth/Navy
Mid-American Conference Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon State
Southeastern Conference Auburn
Southern Conference West Virginia
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1963 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Division
#10 Oregon State †y 11 – 4   .733     23 – 12   .657
#17 Oregon 10 – 5   .667     –   –
Washington State 7 – 7   .500     24 – 8   .750
Idaho 5 – 9   .357     –   –
Washington 3 – 11   .214     7 – 17   .292
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
#1 Southern California †y 10 – 6   .625     35 – 10   .778
Santa Clara 9 – 7   .563     –   –
#23 UCLA 9 – 7   .563     30 – 17   .638
Stanford 8 – 8   .500     24 – 11   .686
California 4 – 12   .250     19 – 21   .475
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1963[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

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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

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References

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