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1974 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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Season
  
1974

Teams
  
28

Finals Site
  
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE

Champions
  
Southern California (10th title)

Runner-Up
  
Miami (FL) (1st CWS Appearance)

Winning coach
  
Rod Dedeaux (10th title)

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.

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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.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Notable players

  • Harvard:
  • Miami (FL): Orlando Gonzalez, Wayne Krenchicki
  • Northern Colorado: Tom Runnells, Joe Strain
  • Oklahoma: Keith Drumright, Bob Shirley
  • Seton Hall: Rick Cerone, Charlie Puleo
  • Southern California: Rich Dauer, Steve Kemp, Dennis Littlejohn, Bobby Mitchell, Ed Putman, Pete Redfern
  • Southern Illinois:
  • Texas: Bobby Cuellar, Jim Gideon, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham
  • References

    1974 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Wikipedia