1956 NCAA baseball tournament

1956 NCAA I
baseball tournament
Season	1956
Teams	24
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Minnesota (1st title)
Runner-up	Arizona (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Dick Siebert (1st title)
MOP	Jerry Thomas (Minnesota)
	← 1955 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 1957 →;

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

Washington State (Automatic College World Series qualifier)

College World Series

Participants

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

Bracket


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Final



Arizona	3

NYU	0
		Arizona	2

		Minnesota	3
Minnesota	4

Wyoming	0
				Minnesota	13

				Ole Miss	5
Ole Miss	13
						Minnesota	8
New Hampshire	2
		Ole Miss	4			Bradley	3

		Bradley	0
Bradley	4

Washington State	3

								Minnesota	4	12

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Arizona	10	1



				Bradley	12

		NYU	2	Wyoming	8
						Ole Miss	3
		Wyoming	8
						Arizona	7
				Arizona	1

		New Hampshire	6	New Hampshire	0

		Washington State	3

Game results

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
June 12	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

References

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

[NCAA-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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