1975 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

The 1975 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1975 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-ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region held a four team, double-elimination tournament, resulting in 32 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The twenty-ninth tournament's champion was Texas, coached by Cliff Gustafson, their first in a quarter-century.^[2] The Most Outstanding Player was Mickey Reichenbach of Texas. This was the first year the tournament used the regionals.

1975 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament

Season	1975
Teams	32
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Texas (3rd title)
Runner-up	South Carolina (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Cliff Gustafson (1st title)
MOP	Mickey Reichenbach (Texas)
← 1974  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1976 →

The 1975 tournament marked the first appearance for LSU, which would become a college baseball superpower in the succeeding decades, claiming seven national championships between 1991 and 2023. LSU had earlier won the 1961 Southeastern Conference championship to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, but declined the bid to avoid playing integrated teams.

This season also marked the first appearance for Cal State Fullerton, which would claim four national championships from 1979 through 2004. Head coach Augie Garrido guided the Titans to three titles before moving to Texas, where he claimed three more titles from 2002 through 2009.

Regionals

1975 was the first year the NCAA featured the Regional format for the tournament, which is still in use today, although it has been modified.

Northeast Regional

Games played in Stamford, CT.

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

Seton Hall

7

Penn

5

Seton Hall

5

St. John's

1

St. John's

17

Maine

3

Seton Hall

11

—

Maine

5

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

Maine

6*

Maine

1

St. John's

5*

Penn

0

Atlantic Regional

Games played in Columbia, SC.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	Temple		4
	NC State		3
						South Carolina		15
						Temple		0
	South Carolina		11
	The Citadel		3
											South Carolina		4	—
											NC State		3	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Temple		2
	NC State		16			NC State		4
	The Citadel		3

Mideast Regional

Games played in Ypsilanti, MI.

	Upper Semifinals					Upper bracket finals					Grand Finals
	Michigan		5
	Penn State		1
						Eastern Michigan		3
						Michigan		2
	Eastern Michigan		5
	Clemson		3
											Michigan		4	1
											Eastern Michigan		2	2
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Michigan		10
	Penn State		5			Penn State		7
	Clemson		4

South Regional

Games played in Starkville, MS.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	Florida State		1
	Miami (FL)		0
						Florida State		4
						LSU		2
	LSU		7
	Murray State		2
											Florida State		6	—
											Miami (FL)		5	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Miami (FL)		8
	Miami (FL)		8			LSU		1
	Murray State		7

Midwest Regional

Games played in Norman, OK.

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

Tulsa

3*

Iowa

2*

Tulsa

4*

Oklahoma

3*

Oklahoma

5

Texas A&M

4

Oklahoma

2

8

Tulsa

1

5

Lower round 1

Lower final

Oklahoma

6

Texas A&M

9

Texas A&M

4

Iowa

6

South Central Regional

Games played in Arlington, TX.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	South Alabama		8
	Texas–Pan American		7
						Texas		7
						South Alabama		4
	Texas		6
	Louisiana Tech		2
											Texas		9	—
											Texas–Pan American		2	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						South Alabama		8
	Texas–Pan American		87			Texas–Pan American		9
	Louisiana Tech		1

Rocky Mountain Regional

Games played in Tempe, AZ.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	Arizona State		18
	Washington State		2
						Arizona State		20
						Puget Sound		3
	Puget Sound		11
	Northern Colorado		3
											Arizona State		7	5
											Washington State		8	1
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Puget Sound		3
	Washington State		7			Washington State		4
	Northern Colorado		2

West Regional

Games played in Los Angeles.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	Pepperdine		4
	Arizona		3
						Cal State Fullerton		2
						Pepperdine		1
	Cal State Fullerton		3
	Southern California		1
											Cal State Fullerton		4	6
											Pepperdine		5	4
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Southern California		2
	Arizona		0			Pepperdine		5
	Southern California		1

College World Series

Seton Hall, South Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Florida St., Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona St. and Cal St. Fullerton won their regionals and moved on to the 1975 College World Series.

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona State	WAC	58–11 (16–2)	Jim Brock	6 (last: 1973)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969)	23–9
Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	36–14–1 (n/a)	Augie Garrido	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Eastern Michigan	MAC	35–17 (12–4)	Ron Oestrike	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Florida State	n/a	49–8 (n/a)	Woody Woodward	5 (last: 1970)	2nd (1970)	8–10
Oklahoma	Big 8	50–8 (15–3)	Enos Semore	4 (last: 1974)	1st (1951)	7–6
Seton Hall	Metro	31–8 (12–4)	Mike Sheppard	3 (last: 1974)	5th (1964)	1–6
South Carolina	n/a	47–4 (n/a)	Bobby Richardson	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Texas	SWC	52–5 (23–1)	Cliff Gustafson	16 (last: 1974)	1st (1949, 1950)	32–29

Results

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Arizona State		5
	Cal State Fullerton		3
						Arizona State		5
						Texas		2
	Texas		4
	Oklahoma		2
											Arizona State		3
											South Carolina		6
	South Carolina		3
																South Carolina		6
	Seton Hall		1
						South Carolina		56								Texas		17
						Eastern Michigan		1
	Eastern Michigan		210
	Florida State		1																							Texas		5
																					South Carolina		4			South Carolina		1
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Arizona State		1
											Eastern Michigan		0
						Cal State Fullerton		4			Oklahoma		7
																Arizona State		111
						Oklahoma		11
																Oklahoma		0
											Texas		12
						Seton Hall		11			Seton Hall		10
						Florida State		0

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 6	Game 1	Arizona State	5–3	Cal State Fullerton
	Game 2	Texas	4–2	Oklahoma
June 7	Game 3	South Carolina	3–1	Seton Hall
	Game 4	Eastern Michigan	2–1 (10 innings)	Florida State
	Game 5	Oklahoma	11–4	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
June 8	Game 6	Seton Hall	11–0	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 7	Arizona State	5–2	Texas
	Game 8	South Carolina	5–1 (6 innings)	Eastern Michigan
June 9	Game 9	Texas	12–10	Seton Hall	Seton Hall eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma	7–0	Eastern Michigan	Eastern Michigan eliminated
June 11	Game 11	South Carolina	6–3	Arizona State
June 12	Game 12	Arizona State	1–0 (11 innings)	Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
	Game 13	Texas	17–6	South Carolina
June 13	Game 14	South Carolina	4–1	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
June 14	Final	Texas	5–1	South Carolina	Texas wins CWS[2]

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Earl Bass	South Carolina
	Richard Wortham	Texas
C	Rick Cerone	Seton Hall
1B	Mickey Reichenbach (MOP)	Texas
2B	Mark Van Bever	South Carolina
3B	Gary Allenson	Arizona State
SS	Blair Stouffer	Texas
OF	Rick Bradley	Texas
	Steve Cook	South Carolina
	Bob Pate	Arizona State

Notable players

• Arizona State: Gary Allenson, Chris Bando, Floyd Bannister, Mike Colbern, Dave Hudgens, Darrell Jackson, Ken Landreaux, Jerry Maddox, Chris Nyman, Rick Peters, Ken Phelps, John Poloni, Gary Rajsich
• Cal State Fullerton: Danny Boone, George Horton
• Eastern Michigan: Glenn Gulliver, John Martin, Bob Owchinko, Bob Welch
• Florida State: Juan Bonilla, Craig Eaton, Mark Gilbert, Terry Kennedy, Carlos Lezcano, Dan O'Brien
• Oklahoma: Terry Bogener, Keith Drumright, George Frazier, Roger LaFrancois, Bob Shirley
• Seton Hall: Rick Cerone, Dan Morogiello, Charlie Puleo
• South Carolina: Garry Hancock, Greg Keatley, Ed Lynch, Jim Pankovits, Hank Small
• Texas: Jim Gideon, Don Kainer, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham

Tournament Notes

The Arizona State team featured 13 future Major League players – a record matched by the school's team from the following year.

Texas came back to win the CWS after losing in Game 7 to Arizona State.

See also

• 1975 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
• 1975 NAIA World Series