1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament explained
Year: | 1993 |
Division: | Division I |
Teams: | 48 |
Collegeworldseriesballpark: | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium |
City: | Omaha, NE |
Champions: | LSU |
Titlecount: | 2nd |
Runner-Up: | Wichita State |
Cwscount: | 6th |
Coach: | Skip Bertman |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
Mop: | Todd Walker |
Mopteam: | LSU |
Tournament Link: | NCAA Division I Baseball Championship |
The 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1993 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 seventh 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.[1] The forty-seventh tournament's champion was LSU, coached by Skip Bertman. The Most Outstanding Player was Todd Walker of LSU.
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 Atlanta, GA[2] [3]
Central I Regional
at College Station, TX[4] [5]
Central II Regional
at Austin, TX[6] [7]
East Regional
at Tallahassee, FL[8] [9]
Mideast Regional
at Knoxville, TN[10] [11]
Midwest Regional
at Stillwater, OK[12] [13]
South Regional
at Baton Rouge, LA[14] [15]
West Regional
at Tempe, AZ[16] [17]
College World Series
Texas and Texas A&M became the last schools to represent the Southwest Conference in the CWS. The SWC folded following the 1996 baseball season, with membership split among the Big 12, Conference USA and the WAC.
Participants
Seeding | School | Conference | Record (conference) | Head coach | CWS appearances | CWS best finish | CWS record |
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1 | | | 52–9 (15–3) | | 2 (last: 1964) | 6th (1951) | 1–4 |
2 | | | 46–18 (19–11) | | 15 (last: 1988) | 1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) | 50–25 |
3 | | | 50–14 (11–7) | | 26 (last: 1992) | 1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983) | 63–45 |
4 | | | 43–17 (17–4) | | 2 (last: 1991) | 6th (1991) | 1–4 |
5 | | | 49–16–1 (18–8) | | 5 (last: 1991) | 1st (1991) | 11–8 |
6 | | | 43–15 (16–8) | | 16 (last: 1990) | 1st (1959) | 36–30 |
7 | | | 55–16 (17–3) | | 5 (last: 1992) | 1st (1989) | 13–8 |
8 | | | 45–16 (17–9) | | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 | |
Results
Bracket
Game results
Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
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June 4 | Game 1 | | 5 - 1 | | |
Game 2 | | 7 - 1 | | |
June 5 | Game 3 | | 4 - 3 (11 innings) | | |
Game 4 | | 6 - 5 | | |
June 6 | Game 5 | | 6 - 1 | | Kansas eliminated |
Game 6 | | 13 - 8 | | |
June 7 | Game 7 | | 5 - 4 | | Arizona State eliminated |
Game 8 | | 7 - 6 | | |
June 8 | Game 9 | | 6 - 2 | | Texas A&M eliminated |
Game 10 | | 7 - 6 | | Texas eliminated |
June 9 | Game 11 | | 10 - 8 | | |
June 10 | Game 12 | | 10 - 4 | | Oklahoma State eliminated |
June 11 | Game 13 | | 6 - 5 | | Long Beach State eliminated |
June 12 | Final | | 8 - 0 | | LSU wins CWS | |
All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
Position | Player | School |
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P | | style= | LSU |
| style= | LSU |
C | | style= | LSU |
1B | | style= | Oklahoma State |
2B | Todd Walker (MOP) | style= | LSU |
3B | | style= | Wichita State |
SS | Jason Adams | style= | Wichita State |
OF | | style= | LSU |
| style= | Oklahoma State |
| style= | LSU |
DH | | style= | Long Beach State | |
Notable players
- Arizona State: Jacob Cruz, Paul Lo Duca, Cody McKay, Antone Williamson
- Kansas: Jeff Berblinger
- Long Beach State: Gabe Gonzalez, Jeff Liefer
- LSU: Russ Johnson, Brett Laxton, Armando Rios, Mike Sirotka, Todd Walker
- Oklahoma State: Sal Bando, Jr.
- Texas: Brooks Kieschnick, Stephen Larkin, J.D. Smart
- Texas A&M: Chris Clemons, Jeff Granger, Trey Moore, Kelly Wunsch
- Wichita State: Casey Blake, Jaime Bluma, Darren Dreifort
See also
Notes and References
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- Web site: Division I Baseball Championship Results. NCAA. 20 April 2012.
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- Book: 2012 Baseball Media Guide. 107. UCLABruins.com. dead. 2013-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20121209172821/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/2012-m-basebl-mg-pdf.html. 2012-12-09.
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- Book: 2010 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Media Guide. 80. ArizonaWildcats.com. 2012-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127013618/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ariz/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/10-m-basbl-mg-yearbyyear. 2012-01-27. dead.
- Web site: Division I Baseball Championship Results. NCAA. 20 April 2012.
- Web site: 2012 LSU Baseball Media Guide. lsusports.net. 2012-03-17.
- Web site: Division I Baseball Championship Results. NCAA. 20 April 2012.
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