1971 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season1971
Teams23
Finals site
ChampionsSouthern California (7th title)
Runner-upSouthern Illinois (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coachRod Dedeaux (7th title)
MOPJerry Tabb (Tulsa)

The 1971 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1971 NCAA University Division 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 twenty-fifth 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 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.[1] The twenty-fifth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Tabb of Tulsa.

Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams.[1] The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Cambridge, Massachusetts

Finals
    
UMass 1 2
Harvard 2 4

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Seton Hall3
Buffalo1
Seton Hall8
Saint Joseph's1
Saint Joseph's3
Penn State0
Seton Hall4
Saint Joseph's1
Lower round 1Lower final
Saint Joseph's2
Penn State2Penn State1
Buffalo0

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Mississippi State2
Maryland1
Mississippi State7
Miami (FL)3
Miami (FL)4
Georgia Tech3
Mississippi State85
Georgia Tech202
Lower round 1Lower final
Georgia Tech5
Maryland4Miami (FL)3
Georgia Tech9

District 4 at East Lansing, MI

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Cincinnati8
Michigan State7
Cincinnati11
Southern Illinois10
Southern Illinois5
Ohio4
Cincinnati27
Southern Illinois610
Lower round 1Lower final
Ohio1*
Michigan State1Southern Illinois7*
Ohio7

District 5 at Tulsa, OK

Finals
    
Tulsa 3 5
Iowa State 2 0

District 6 at Austin, TX

Finals
    
Texas–Pan American 1 4
Texas 0 0

District 7 at Provo, UT

Finals
    
BYU 3 5 15
Gonzaga 12 1 6

District 8 at Santa Clara, CA & Los Angeles

Semifinal Final
Santa Clara 6 1 1
Santa Clara 5 3 Southern California 5 5 9
San Jose State 0 1

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachCWS appearancesCWS best finishCWS record
BYUWAC31–14 (12–4)Glen Tuckett1
(last: 1968)
8th
(1968)
0–2
HarvardEIBL26–6 (9–5)Loyal Park1
(last: 1968)
7th
(1968)
0–2
Mississippi StateSEC32–10 (13–5)Paul Gregory0
(last: none)
none0–0
Seton Hall16–12 (n/a)Owen Carroll1
(last: 1964)
5th
(1964)
1–2
Southern CaliforniaPac-841–10 (17–0)Rod Dedeaux12
(last: 1970)
1st
(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963,
1968, 1970)
38–16
Southern IllinoisMidwestern40–7 (11–1)Richard Jones2
(last: 1969)
2nd
(1968)
3–4
Texas-Pan American42–7 (n/a)Al Ogletree0
(last: none)
none0–0
TulsaMVC32–10 (n/a)Gene Shell1
(last: 1969)
2nd
(1969)
3–2

Results

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Harvard4
BYU1
Harvard8
Tulsa9
Tulsa5
Mississippi State2
Tulsa9
Southern Illinois4
Southern California5
Tulsa4
Seton Hall1
Southern California3Southern California8
Southern Illinois8
Southern Illinois5
Texas–Pan American4Southern California7
Southern California3Southern Illinois2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Tulsa2
Southern California8
BYU3BYU6
Southern Illinois8
Mississippi State1
Texas–Pan American6
Harvard0
Seton Hall2Texas–Pan American1
Texas–Pan American8

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 11Game 1Harvard4–1BYU
Game 2Tulsa5–2Mississippi State
June 12Game 3Southern California5–1Seton Hall
Game 4Southern Illinois5–4Texas–Pan American
Game 5BYU3–1Mississippi StateMississippi State eliminated
June 13Game 6Texas–Pan American8–2Seton HallSeton Hall eliminated
Game 7Tulsa9–8Harvard
Game 8Southern Illinois8–3Southern California
June 14Game 9Texas–Pan American1–0HarvardHarvard eliminated
Game 10Southern California8–6BYUBYU eliminated
Game 11Tulsa9–4Southern Illinois
June 15Game 12Southern Illinois8–6Texas–Pan AmericanTexas–Pan American eliminated
Game 13Southern California8–4Tulsa
June 16Game 14Southern California3–2TulsaTulsa eliminated
June 17FinalSouthern California7–2Southern IllinoisSouthern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

PositionPlayerSchool
PSteve RogersTulsa
Mark SoggeUSC
CLarry CalufettiSouthern Illinois
1BJerry Tabb (MOP)Tulsa
2BFrank AlfanoUSC
3BMike EdenSouthern Illinois
SSDan RadisonSouthern Illinois
OFSteve BowlingTulsa
Jim DwyerSouthern Illinois
Fred LynnUSC

Notable players

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
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