1966 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1966 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1966 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 twentieth 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 29 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The twentieth tournament's champion was Ohio State, coached by Marty Karow. The Most Outstanding Player was Steve Arlin of Ohio State.

1966 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament

Season	1966
Teams	29
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Ohio State (1st title)
Runner-up	Oklahoma State (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Marty Karow (1st title)
MOP	Steve Arlin (Ohio State)
← 1965  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1967 →

Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams.^[2] The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Boston, MA

	Semifinals				Finals
	Boston College	8
	Massachusetts	5
					Boston College	2
					Northeastern	10
	Northeastern	5
	Colby	4

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	St. John's		9
	Rutgers		4
						St. John's		2
						Lafayette		0
	Lafayette		15
	Colgate		0
											St. John's		8	—
											Lafayette		3	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Lafayette		4
	Rutgers		3			Rutgers		3
	Colgate		2

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Mississippi State		4
	Florida State		3
						Mississippi State		4
						North Carolina		5
	North Carolina		7
	East Carolina		1
											North Carolina		5	6
											Florida State		6	4
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Mississippi State		0
	Florida State		6			Florida State		7
	East Carolina		4

District 4 at Columbus, OH

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Ohio State		13
	Valparaiso		3
						Ohio State		10
						Western Michigan		3
	Western Michigan		18
	Southern Illinois		4
											Ohio State		14	—
											Western Michigan		7	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Western Michigan		5
	Valparaiso		4			Valparaiso		2
	Southern Illinois		3

District 5 at Stillwater, OK

	Finals
	Oklahoma State	4	4	—
	Saint Louis	3	3	—

District 6 at Houston, TX

	Finals
	Texas	4	9	8
	Houston	5	3	5

District 7 at Tucson, AZ

Preliminary rounds at Greeley, CO and Laramie, WY.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals						Finals
	Idaho	3
	Colorado State College	1
					Idaho	2	4	–
					Air Force	1	2	–
	Air Force	7
	Colorado State College	6
											Idaho	2	5	–
											Arizona	3	8	–
					Arizona	10	4	–
					Wyoming	2	0	–

District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

Southern California

11*

Cal Poly Pomona

7*

Southern California

5

Washington State

2

Washington State

5*

Fresno State

2*

Southern California

7

—

Washington State

4

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

Washington State

2*

Fresno State

5

Fresno State

1*

Cal Poly Pomona

4

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	WAC	39–13 (8–4)	Frank Sancet	7 (last: 1963)	2nd (1956, 1958, 1960)	16–14
North Carolina	ACC	21–11 (12–2)	Walt Rabb	1 (last: 1960)	7th (1960)	0–2
Northeastern		18–6 (n/a)	John Connelly	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Ohio State	Big 10	22–5–1 (6–0)	Marty Karow	2 (last: 1965)	2nd (1965)	4–4
Oklahoma State	Big 8	18–9 (13–7)	Chet Bryan	5 (last: 1961)	1st (1959)	15–9
Southern California	CIBA	42–7 (16–4)	Rod Dedeaux	9 (last: 1964)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963)	26–13
St. John's	Metropolitan	23–7 (7–3)	Jack Kaiser	2 (last: 1960)	4th (1949)	1–4
Texas	SWC	20–7–1 (9–6)	Bibb Falk	9 (last: 1965)	1st (1949, 1950)	19–15

Results

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Texas		5
	Arizona		1
						Texas		0
						St. John's		2
	St. John's		5
	Northeastern		3
											St. John's		7
											Ohio State		8
	Southern California		6
																Ohio State		1
	North Carolina		2
						Southern California		2								Southern California		5
						Ohio State		6
	Ohio State		4
	Oklahoma State		2																							Ohio State		8
																					Ohio State		1			Oklahoma State		2
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Southern California		0
											Southern California		8
						Arizona		8			Arizona		4
																St. John's		1
						Northeastern		1
																Oklahoma State		6
											Texas		1
						North Carolina		1			Oklahoma State		6
						Oklahoma State		5

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Texas	5–1	Arizona
	Game 2	St. John's	5–3	Northeastern
	Game 3	Southern California	6–2	North Carolina
	Game 4	Ohio State	4–2	Oklahoma State
June 14	Game 5	Arizona	8–1	Northeastern	Northeastern eliminated
	Game 6	Oklahoma State	5–1	North Carolina	North Carolina eliminated
	Game 7	St. John's	2–0	Texas
	Game 8	Ohio State	6–2	Southern California
June 15	Game 9	Southern California	8–4	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma State	6–1	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 11	Ohio State	8–7	St. John's
June 16	Game 12	Southern California	5–1	Ohio State
June 17	Game 13	Oklahoma State	6–1	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
	Game 14	Ohio State	1–0	Southern California	Southern California eliminated
June 18	Final	Ohio State	8–2	Oklahoma State	Ohio State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Steve Arlin (MOP)	Ohio State
	John Stewart	USC
C	Chuck Brinkman	Ohio State
1B	Russ Nagelson	Ohio State
2B	Matt Galante	St. John's
3B	Bob Toney	Oklahoma State
SS	Joe Russo	St. John's
OF	Bo Rein	Ohio State
	Ray Shoup	Ohio State
	Wayne Weatherly	Oklahoma State

Notable players

• Arizona: Eddie Leon, Mike Paul
• North Carolina:
• Northeastern:
• Ohio State: Steve Arlin, Chuck Brinkman, Russ Nagelson, Bo Rein
• Oklahoma State: Larry Burchart
• Southern California: Oscar Brown, Ray Lamb,
• St. John's:
• Texas: Gary Moore

See also

• 1966 NAIA World Series