1960 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1960 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1960 NCAA University Division 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 fourteenth 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 25 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 20. The fourteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was John Erickson of Minnesota.

1960 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament

Season	1960
Teams	25
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Minnesota (2nd title)
Runner-up	Southern California (4th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Dick Siebert (2nd title)
MOP	John Erickson (Minnesota)
← 1959  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1961 →

Tournament

The official NCAA record book does not list any participants for District 5 as Oklahoma State was an automatic qualifier for the 1960 College World Series.

District 1

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

	Semifinals				Finals
	Boston College	2
	Connecticut	1
					Boston College	5
					Holy Cross	4
	Holy Cross	5
	American International	1

District 2

Games played at Cooperstown, New York.

	Semifinals				Finals
	Delaware	15
	Colgate	4
					Delaware	3
					St. John's (NY)	4
	St. John's	7
	Villanova	2

District 3

Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	The Citadel		4
	Florida		26
						The Citadel		1
						North Carolina		13
	North Carolina		2
	Florida Southern		1
											North Carolina		7	—
											Florida		5	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						The Citadel		1
	Florida		5			Florida		4
	Florida Southern		06

District 4

Games played at Saint Paul, Minnesota.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	Minnesota		15
	Notre Dame		6
						Minnesota		12
						Detroit		5
	Detroit		16
	Ohio		2
											Minnesota		5	—
											Detroit		4	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Detroit		14
	Notre Dame		4			Ohio		4
	Ohio		5

District 5

• Oklahoma State (automatic qualifier)

District 6

	Semifinals Austin, Texas				Finals Tucson, Arizona
					Houston	3	4	—
	Houston	4			Arizona	4	6	—
	Texas	2

District 7

Games played at Salt Lake City, Utah.

	Finals
	Colorado State College	3	3	6
	Utah	24	2	2

District 8

Games played at Los Angeles, California.

	Semifinal						Final
							Washington State	8	3	5
	Pepperdine	3	3	—			Southern California	7	8	10
	Southern California	10	10	—

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	Border	41–7 (2–2)	Frank Sancet	5 (last: 1959)	2nd (1956, 1958)	10–10
Boston College	Greater Boston	14–4 (7–3)	Ed Peligrini	1 (last: 1953)	4th (1953)	2–2
Colorado State College[a]	Rocky Mountain	25–10 (15–1)	Pete Butler	6 (last: 1959)	5th (1955)	2–12
Minnesota	Big 10	29–6–1 (12–2)	Dick Siebert	1 (last: 1956)	1st (1956)	5–1
North Carolina	ACC	22–5 (11–3)	Walt Rabb	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Oklahoma State	Big 8	15–5 (12–4)	Toby Greene	3 (last: 1959)	1st (1959)	10–5
Southern California	CIBA	40–14 (12–4)	Rod Dedeaux	5 (last: 1958)	1st (1948, 1958)	10–8
St. John's	Metro	19–5 (10–4)	Jack Kaiser	1 (last: 1949)	4th (1949)	0–2

Results

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Arizona		2
	Oklahoma State		1
						Arizona		5
						Minnesota		8
	Minnesota		8
	North Carolina		3
											Minnesota		1210
											Southern California		11
	Boston College		8
																Minnesota		3
	Colorado State College		3
						Boston College		2								Oklahoma State		1
						Southern California		5
	Southern California		3
	St. John's		1
																					Minnesota		2	210
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Southern California		411	1
											Boston College		0
						Oklahoma State		7			Oklahoma State		1
																Southern California		13
						North Carolina		0
																Arizona		1
											Arizona		11
						Colorado State College		2			St. John's		4
						St. John's		313

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 10	Game 1	Arizona	2–1	Oklahoma State
June 14	Game 2	Minnesota	8–3	North Carolina
	Game 3	Boston College	8–3	Colorado State
	Game 4	Southern California	3–1	St. John's
June 15	Game 5	Oklahoma State	7–0	North Carolina	Jim Wixson throws a no-hitter; North Carolina eliminated
	Game 6	St. John's	3–2 (13)	Colorado State	Colorado State eliminated
	Game 7	Minnesota	8–5	Arizona
June 16	Game 8	Southern California	5–2	Boston College
June 17	Game 9	Oklahoma State	1–0	Boston College	Boston College eliminated
	Game 10	Arizona	11–4	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
	Game 11	Minnesota	12–11 (10)	Southern California
June 18	Game 12	Minnesota	3–1	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State eliminated
	Game 13	Southern California	13–1	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
June 19	Game 14	USC	4–2 (11)	Minnesota
June 20	Final	Minnesota	2–1 (10)	USC	Minnesota wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Bruce Gardner	USC
	Jim Ward	Arizona
	Bob Wasko	Minnesota
C	Bill Heath	USC
1B	William Ryan	USC
2B	John Erickson (MOP)	Minnesota
3B	Cal Rolloff	Minnesota
SS	Dave Pflepsen	Minnesota
OF	Art Ersepke	USC
	Bob Levingston	USC
	Mickey McNamee	USC

Notable players

• Arizona: Charlie Shoemaker, Bart Zeller
• Boston College:
• Minnesota: Jim Rantz
• North Carolina:
• Northern Colorado: Cisco Carlos
• Oklahoma State: Frank Linzy, Don Wallace
• Southern California: Mike Gillespie, Bill Heath, Marcel Lachemann, Tom Satriano, Ron Stillwell
• St. John's: Larry Bearnarth

Tournament Notes

Jim Wixson throws the second no-hitter in College World Series history.

Notes

1. Colorado State College is currently known as the University of Northern Colorado. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, then known as Colorado A&M.