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1992 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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Season
  
1992

Champions
  
Pepperdine (1st title)

Teams
  
48

Winning coach
  
Andy Lopez (1st title)

Finals Site
  
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE

Runner-Up
  
Cal State Fullerton (4th CWS Appearance)

The 1992 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1992 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 sixth 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-sixth tournament's champion was Pepperdine, coached by Andy Lopez. The Most Outstanding Player was Phil Nevin of Cal State Fullerton.

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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 Coral Gables, FL

Central Regional

at Austin, TX

East Regional

at Gainesville, FL

Mideast Regional

at Starkville, MS

Midwest Regional

at Wichita, KS

South Regional

at Baton Rouge, LA

South II Regional

at Tallahassee, FL

West Regional

at Tucson, AZ

College World Series

Through the 2015 event, this was the last time a Southeastern Conference team did not reach the College World Series.

Bracket

The teams in the CWS are divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. The winners of the two pools meet in the National Championship game.

All-Tournament Team

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

Notable players

  • Cal State Fullerton: Bret Hemphill, Dan Naulty, Phil Nevin, Dante Powell, Steve Sisco
  • California: Geoff Blum, Mike Cather, Chris Clapinski, Eric Ludwick, Matt Luke, Jon Zuber
  • Florida State: Roger Bailey, Chris Brock, Tim Davis, John Wasdin, Paul Wilson
  • Miami (FL): Dave Berg, Gus Gandarillas, Danny Graves, Charles Johnson
  • Oklahoma: Greg Norton
  • Pepperdine: Pat Ahearne, Steve Montgomery, Steve Rodriguez, Derek Wallace, Mark Wasikowski
  • Texas: Brooks Kieschnick, Stephen Larkin, Calvin Murray
  • Wichita State: Jaime Bluma, Darren Dreifort, Doug Mirabelli, Kennie Steenstra
  • References

    1992 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Wikipedia