1974 NCAA Division I baseball tournament


The 1974 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1974 NCAA Division I 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-eighth 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 28 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-eighth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was George Milke of Southern California.

Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and six teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.

College World Series

Results

Bracket


Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 7Game 1Miami4–1
June 7Game 2[1974 Oklahoma Sooners baseball|Oklahoma Sooners baseball team|Oklahoma]10–1[1974 Northern Colorado Bears baseball|Northern Colorado Bears baseball team|Northern Colorado]
June 8Game 3Southern California9–2[1974 1974 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]
June 8Game 45–1[1974 Seton Hall Pirates baseball|Seton Hall Pirates baseball team|Seton Hall]
June 10Game 5Northern Colorado4–2Harvard eliminated
June 10Game 6Texas12–2Seton HallSeton Hall eliminated
June 10Game 7Miami5–1Oklahoma
June 10Game 8Southern California5–3
June 11Game 95–2Northern ColoradoNorthern Colorado eliminated
June 11Game 10Texas10–4OklahomaOklahoma eliminated
June 12Game 11Miami7–3Southern California
June 13Game 124–3Miami
June 13Game 13Southern California5–3TexasTexas eliminated
June 14Game 14Southern California7–2Southern Illinois eliminated
June 15FinalSouthern California7–3MiamiSouthern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PMark BarrUSC
PStan JakubowskiMiami
PGeorge Milke USC
CRon ScottMiami
1BOrlando GonzalezMiami
2BRob AdolphUSC
3BRich DauerUSC
SSMarvin CobbUSC
OFTom BallTexas
OFBob MitchellUSC
OFManny TrujilloMiami

Notable players

Harvard:Miami (FL): Orlando Gonzalez, Wayne KrenchickiNorthern Colorado: Tom Runnells, Joe StrainOklahoma: Keith Drumright, Bob ShirleySeton Hall: Rick Cerone, Charlie PuleoSouthern California: Rich Dauer, Steve Kemp, Dennis Littlejohn, Bobby Mitchell, Ed Putman, Pete RedfernSouthern Illinois:Texas: Bobby Cuellar, Jim Gideon, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham