1989 NCAA Division I baseball tournament


The 1989 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1989 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 forty third year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-third tournament's champion was [1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball|Wichita State Shockers baseball team|Wichita State], coached by Gene Stephenson. The Most Outstanding Player was Greg Brummett of Wichita State.

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.

Atlantic Regional

at ''Tallahassee, FL''

South Regional

at ''Starkville, MS''

Northeast Regional

''at Waterbury, CT''

Central Regional

''at College Station, TX''

West I Regional

''at Tucson, AZ''

West II Regional

''at Fresno, CA''

Midwest Regional

at ''Austin, TX''

East Regional

''at Gainesville, FL''

College World Series

Results

The teams in the CWS were divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. For the second time since the College World Series began in 1947, the series was not a true double elimination tournament. Instead, the winners of the two pools met in a single National Championship game. Texas came out of its pool with no losses. Wichita State came out of its pool with one loss. Wichita State defeated Texas in the Championship game. Because each team only had one loss, in the championships prior to 1988, the teams would have played a winner-take-all game for the championship. Therefore, when Texas lost the championship game, rather than play another game for the championship, Wichita State was crowned champion. This new format was adopted for television reasons for the final game. Later, the format was switched to a best of three series in 2003.

Bracket


Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 2Game 1[1989 1989 Florida State Seminoles baseball team|Florida State Seminoles baseball team|Florida State]4–2[1989 1989 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team|North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team|North Carolina]
June 2Game 2Wichita State3–1[1989 1989 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team|Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team|Arkansas]
June 3Game 3Texas7–1
June 3Game 4Miami (FL)5–2LSU
June 4Game 5Arkansas7–3North CarolinaNorth Carolina eliminated
June 4Game 6LSU8–5Long Beach State eliminated
June 5Game 7Florida State4–2Wichita State
June 5Game 8Texas12–2Miami (FL)
June 6Game 9Wichita State8–4ArkansasArkansas eliminated
June 6Game 10LSU6–3Miami (FL)Miami eliminated
June 7Game 11Wichita State7–4Florida State
June 8Game 12Texas12–7LSULouisiana State eliminated
June 9Game 13Wichita State12–9Florida StateFlorida State eliminated
June 10FinalWichita State5–3TexasWichita State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PGreg Brummett Wichita State
PJim NewlinWichita State
CEric WedgeWichita State
1BDavid LoweryTexas
2BRocky RauFlorida State
3BCraig NewkirkTexas
SSPat MearesWichita State
OFJim AudleyWichita State
OFArthur ButcherTexas
OFTodd DreifortWichita State
DHScott BryantTexas

Notable players