1956 NCAA I
baseball tournament
Season1956
Teams24
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (1st title)
Runner-upArizona (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coachDick Siebert (1st title)
MOPJerry Thomas (Minnesota)

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.[1] 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. The Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Thomas of Minnesota.[2]

Tournament

District 1

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

Semifinals Finals
    
Vermont 8
Massachusetts 1
New Hampshire 2
Vermont 0
New Hampshire 5
Boston University 0

District 2

Games played at Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Semifinals Finals
    
St. John's 3
Delaware 1
St. John's 2
NYU 6
NYU 15
Penn State 7

District 3

Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.

Semifinals Finals
        
Duke 1 7 4
Florida State 2 6 2
Duke 4 2 1
Ole Miss 2 6 7
Ole Miss 4 3
Tennessee Tech 3 2

District 4

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

Semifinals Finals
        
Ohio 8
Cincinnati 6
Ohio 0 6
Minnesota 5 7
Minnesota 3 15 10
Notre Dame 4 5 1

District 5

Games played in Stillwater, OK.

Semifinal Final
Bradley 11
Oklahoma 3 North Dakota State 2
North Dakota State 8

District 6

Games played at Tucson, Arizona.

Finals
    
Arizona 7 8
TCU 5 2

District 7

Games played at Greeley, Colorado.

Finals
    
Wyoming 8 3 9
Colorado State College 5 8 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

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Arizona3
NYU0
Arizona2
Minnesota3
Minnesota4
Wyoming0
Minnesota13
Ole Miss5
Ole Miss13
Minnesota8
New Hampshire2
Ole Miss4Bradley3
Bradley0
Bradley4
Washington State3
Minnesota412
Lower round 1Lower round 2Arizona101
Bradley12
NYU2Wyoming8
Ole Miss3
Wyoming8
Arizona7
Arizona1
New Hampshire6New Hampshire0
Washington State3

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

References

  1. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 196. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  2. "1956 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
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