1972 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1972 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 16. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The twenty-sixth tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Russ McQueen of the University of Southern California.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 7	Arizona State University	Western Athletic Conference	60 - 4 (18 - 0, 0 GB)	Jim Brock	4 (last: 1969)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969)	16 - 5
District 1	University of Connecticut	Yankee Conference	19 - 5 (12 - 0, 0 GB)	Larry Panciera	3 (last: 1965)	5th (1957)	2 - 6
District 4	University of Iowa	Big Ten Conference	25 - 15 (13 - 3, 0 GB)	Duane Banks	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 3	University of Mississippi	Southeastern Conference	28 - 14 (15 - 3, 0 GB)	Jake Gibbs	3 (last: 1969)	4th (1956)	3 - 6
District 5	University of Oklahoma	Big Eight Conference	34 - 15 (12 - 8, 0 GB)	Enos Semore	1 (last: 1951)	1st (1951)	4 - 0
District 2	Temple University	Middle Atlantic Conference	31 - 13 (10 - 1, 0 GB)	Skip Wilson	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	38 - 7 (12 - 6, 0 GB)	Cliff Gustafson	13 (last: 1970)	1st (1949, 1950)	26 - 23
District 8	University of Southern California	Pacific Eight Conference	42 - 12 - 1 (14 - 4, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	13 (last: 1971)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971)	43 - 17

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		USC	8
		Mississippi	6
							USC	5
							Connecticut	4
		Connecticut	3
		Texas	0
												USC	0
												Arizona State	3
		Oklahoma	2
		Temple	1
							Oklahoma	0
							Arizona State	1
		Arizona State	2
		Iowa	1
						Loser's bracket
							Mississippi	8
							Texas	9				Oklahoma	1
												Texas	7
							Temple	13
							Iowa	9				Connecticut	4
												Temple	7

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Arizona State	1									Arizona State	0
		Temple	0									USC	1
							Arizona State	1
							USC	3
		USC	4
		Texas	3

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 9	Game 1	Southern California	8 - 6	Mississippi
	Game 2	Connecticut	3 - 0 (10 innings)	Texas
June 10	Game 3	Oklahoma	2 - 1 (13 innings)	Temple
	Game 4	Arizona State	2 - 1	Iowa
	Game 5	Texas	9 - 8	Mississippi	Mississippi eliminated
June 11	Game 6	Temple	13 - 9	Iowa	Iowa eliminated
	Game 7	Southern California	5 - 4 (11 innings)	Connecticut
	Game 8	Arizona State	1 - 0	Oklahoma
June 12	Game 9	Temple	7 - 4	Connecticut	Connecticut eliminated
	Game 10	Texas	7 - 1	Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
	Game 11	Arizona State	3 - 0	Southern California
June 14	Game 12	Southern California	4 - 3 (10 innings)	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 13	Arizona State	1 - 0	Temple	Temple eliminated
June 15	Game 14	Southern California	3 - 1	Arizona State
June 16	Final	Southern California	1 - 0	Arizona State	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Russ McQueen	Sophomore	Southern California
	Craig Swan	Senior	Arizona State
Catcher	Sam Ceci	Senior	Southern California
First baseman	Daryl Arenstein	Junior	Southern California
Second baseman	Ken Reed	Senior	Arizona State
Third baseman	Dave Chalk	Senior	Texas
Shortstop	Steve Dillard	Sophomore	Mississippi
Outfielder	Gary Atwell	Junior	Arizona State
	Tim Steele	Senior	Southern California
	Bump Wills	Sophomore	Arizona State

Notable Players

• Arizona State University: Eddie Bane, Alan Bannister, Jim Crawford, Jim Otten, Craig Swan, Jim Umbarger, Bump Wills
• University of Connecticut: John Slosar
• University of Iowa: Jim Sundberg
• University of Mississippi: Steve Dillard
• University of Oklahoma: Joe Simpson, Jackson Todd
• University of Southern California: Fred Lynn, Jeff Port, Ed Putman, Randy Scarbery, Roy Smalley
• Temple University:
• University of Texas at Austin: Dave Chalk, Bobby Cuellar, Ken Pape

Tournament Notes

Southern California becomes the first team to win three consecutive College World Series.

Related Sites

• BackHomeInOmaha.net: for more info on the College World Series
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