1975 NCAA Division I baseball tournament


The 1975 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1975 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-ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region held a four team, double-elimination tournament, resulting in 32 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-ninth tournament's champion was [1975 1975 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas], coached by Cliff Gustafson, their first in a quarter-century. The Most Outstanding Player was Mickey Reichenbach of Texas. This was the first year the tournament used the regionals.
The 1975 tournament marked the first appearance for LSU, which would become a college baseball superpower in the succeeding decades, claiming seven national championships between 1991 and 2023. LSU had earlier won the 1961 Southeastern Conference championship to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, but declined the bid to avoid playing integrated teams.
This season also marked the first appearance for Cal State Fullerton, which would claim four national championships from 1979 through 2004. Head coach Augie Garrido guided the Titans to three titles before moving to Texas, where he claimed three more titles from 2002 through 2009.

Regionals

1975 was the first year the NCAA featured the Regional format for the tournament, which is still in use today, although it has been modified.

Northeast Regional

Games played in Stamford, CT.

Atlantic Regional

Games played in Columbia, SC.

Mideast Regional

Games played in Ypsilanti, MI.

South Regional

Games played in Starkville, MS.

Midwest Regional

Games played in Norman, OK.

South Central Regional

Games played in Arlington, TX.

Rocky Mountain Regional

Games played in Tempe, AZ.

West Regional

Games played in Los Angeles.

College World Series

Seton Hall, South Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Florida St., Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona St. and Cal St. Fullerton won their regionals and moved on to the 1975 College World Series.

Results

Bracket


Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 6Game 1[1975 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball|Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team|Arizona State]5–3[1975 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball|Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]
June 6Game 2Texas4–2Oklahoma
June 7Game 3South Carolina3–1Seton Hall
June 7Game 42–1 [1975 Florida State Seminoles baseball|Florida State Seminoles baseball team|Florida State]
June 7Game 5Oklahoma11–4Cal State FullertonCal State Fullerton eliminated
June 8Game 6Seton Hall11–0Florida StateFlorida State eliminated
June 8Game 7Arizona State5–2Texas
June 8Game 8South Carolina5–1
June 9Game 9Texas12–10Seton HallSeton Hall eliminated
June 9Game 10Oklahoma7–0Eastern Michigan eliminated
June 11Game 11South Carolina6–3Arizona State
June 12Game 12Arizona State1–0 OklahomaOklahoma eliminated
June 12Game 13Texas17–6South Carolina
June 13Game 14South Carolina4–1Arizona StateArizona State eliminated
June 14FinalTexas5–1South CarolinaTexas wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PEarl Bass
PRichard WorthamTexas
CRick Cerone
1BMickey Reichenbach Texas
2BMark Van Bever
3BGary AllensonArizona State
SSBlair StoufferTexas
OFRick BradleyTexas
OFSteve Cook
OFBob PateArizona State

Notable players

Arizona State: Gary Allenson, Chris Bando, Floyd Bannister, Mike Colbern, Dave Hudgens, Darrell Jackson, Ken Landreaux, Jerry Maddox, Chris Nyman, Rick Peters, Ken Phelps, John Poloni, Gary RajsichCal State Fullerton: Danny Boone, George HortonEastern Michigan: Glenn Gulliver, John Martin, Bob Owchinko, Bob WelchFlorida State: Juan Bonilla, Craig Eaton, Mark Gilbert, Terry Kennedy, Carlos Lezcano, Dan O'BrienOklahoma: Terry Bogener, Keith Drumright, George Frazier, Roger LaFrancois, Bob ShirleySeton Hall: Rick Cerone, Dan Morogiello, Charlie PuleoSouth Carolina: Garry Hancock, Greg Keatley, Ed Lynch, Jim Pankovits, Hank SmallTexas: Jim Gideon, Don Kainer, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham