1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament


The 1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1980 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 thirty fourth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Seven regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while one region included six teams, resulting in 34 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The thirty-fourth tournament's champion was [1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball|Arizona Wildcats baseball team|Arizona], coached by Jerry Kindall. The Most Outstanding Player was Terry Francona of the Arizona.

Regionals

Seven of the eight regionals were played as 4-team double-elimination tournaments. One regional was played as a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The winner of each regional moved onto the College World Series.

Northeast Regional

Games played in Orono, Maine.

West Regional

Games played in Tucson, Arizona.

South Regional

Games played in Tallahassee, Florida.

Central Regional

Games played in Austin, Texas.

Atlantic Regional

Games played in Clemson, South Carolina.

East Regional

Games played in Miami, Florida.

Mideast Regional

Games played in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Midwest Regional

Games played in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

College World Series

Results

Bracket


Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
May 30Game 1St. John's6–1Arizona
May 30Game 2Hawaii7–6[1980 1980 Florida State Seminoles baseball team|Florida State Seminoles baseball team|Florida State]
May 31Game 3Miami (FL)13–5[1980 1980 Clemson Tigers baseball team|Clemson Tigers baseball team|Clemson]
May 31Game 4[1980 Michigan Wolverines baseball|Michigan Wolverines baseball team|Michigan]9–8
June 1Game 5Arizona5–3Florida StateFlorida State eliminated
June 1Game 66–4ClemsonClemson eliminated
June 1Game 7Hawaii7–2St. John's
June 2Game 8Miami (FL)3–2Michigan
June 2Game 98–5St. John'sSt. John's eliminated
June 2Game 10Arizona8–0MichiganMichigan eliminated
June 3Game 11Hawaii9–3Miami (FL)
June 4Game 124–3Miami (FL)Miami eliminated
June 4Game 13Arizona6–4 Hawaii
June 5Game 14Arizona10-9California eliminated
June 6FinalArizona5–3HawaiiArizona wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PGreg BargerArizona
PCraig LeffertsArizona
CCollin Tanabe
1BWes ClementsArizona
2BPaul HundhammerMiami
3BKimo Perkins
SSEric Tokunaga
OFTerry Francona Arizona
OFLyle BrackenridgeCalifornia
OFJim PaciorekMichigan
DHPaul Maruffi

Notable players

Arizona: Greg Bargar, Casey Candaele, Terry Francona, Craig Lefferts, John Moses, Dwight Taylor, Ed Vosberg, Kevin WardCalifornia: Chuck Cary, Rod Booker, Chuck Hensley, Bob MelvinClemson: Mike Brown, Jimmy Key, Danny Sheaffer, Tim TeufelFlorida State: Mike Fuentes, Jim WeaverHawaii: Chuck CrimMiami (FL): Neal Heaton, Ross Jones, Mike PagliaruloMichigan: Steve Ontiveros, Jim PaciorekSt. John's: John Franco, Frank Viola