1956 NCAA baseball tournament

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]

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)

Tournament

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District 1

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Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

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

District 2

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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

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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

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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

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Games played in Stillwater, OK.

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

District 6

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Games played at Tucson, Arizona.

Finals
    
Arizona 7 8
TCU 5 2

District 7

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Games played at Greeley, Colorado.

Finals
    
Wyoming 8 3 9
Colorado State College 5 8 7

District 8

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College World Series

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Participants

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School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record
Arizona Border 45–6 (4–0) Frank Sancet 2
(last: 1955)
4th
(1954)
3–4
Bradley MVC 22–6 (7–2) Leo Schrall 1
(last: 1950)
8th
(1950)
0–2
Minnesota Big 10 28–8 (11–2) Dick Siebert 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
New Hampshire Yankee 12–5 (7–1) Hank Swasey 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
NYU MNYC 16–4–1 (n/a) Bill McCarthy 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
Ole Miss SEC 22–8 (13–3) Tom Swayze 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
Washington State PCC 28–6 (11–4) Buck Bailey 1
(last: 1950)
2nd
(1950)
3–2
Wyoming Skyline 17–13 (7–2) Bud Daniel 0
(last: none)
none 0–0

Results

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Bracket

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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

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Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
June 9 Game 1 Arizona 3–0 NYU
Game 2 Minnesota 4–0 Wyoming
Game 3 Ole Miss 13–2 New Hampshire
Game 4 Bradley 4–3 Washington State
June 10 Game 5 Wyoming 8–2 NYU New York eliminated
Game 6 New Hampshire 6–3 Washington State Washington State eliminated
Game 7 Minnesota 3–1 Arizona
Game 8 Ole Miss 4–0 Bradley
June 11 Game 9 Bradley 12–8 Wyoming Wyoming eliminated
Game 10 Arizona 1–0 New Hampshire New Hampshire eliminated
Game 11 Minnesota 13–5 Ole Miss
June 12 Game 12 Arizona 7–3 Ole Miss Ole Miss eliminated
Game 13 Minnesota 8–3 Bradley Bradley eliminated
June 13 Game 14 Arizona 10–4 Minnesota
June 14 Final Minnesota 12–1 Arizona Minnesota wins CWS

Notable players

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References

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  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.