The 1965 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1965 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 nineteenth 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 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The nineteenth tournament's champion was Arizona State, coached by Bobby Winkles. The Most Outstanding Player was Sal Bando of Arizona State.
Regionals The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
District 1 at Boston, MA
District 2 at Princeton, NJ
District 3 at Gastonia, NC
District 4 at Oxford, OH
District 5 at St. Louis, MO
District 6 Texas automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.
District 7 at Phoenix, AZ
Northern Colorado was then known as Colorado State College
District 8
Cal State Northridge was then known as San Fernando Valley State
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Arizona State WAC 49–7 (9–3) Bobby Winkles 1(last: 1964) 6th(1964) 1–2 Connecticut Yankee 15–7 (7–3) Larry Panciera 2(last: 1959) 5th(1957) 1–4 Florida State n/a 31–9–1 (n/a) Fred Hatfield 3(last: 1963) 4th(1962) 3–6 Lafayette Middle Atlantic 16–5 (n/a) Charlie Gelbert 3(last: 1958) 3rd(1953) 3–6 Ohio State Big Ten 26–11 (11–2) Marty Karow 1(last: 1951) 8th(1951) 0–2 MVC 23–7–1 (6–1) Roy Lee 0(last: none) none 0–0 Texas SWC 18–5 (11–4) Bibb Falk 8(last: 1963) 1st(1949, 1950) 19–13 Washington State Pac-8 31–6 (14–4) Chuck Brayton 2(last: 1956) 2nd(1950) 3–4
Results
Bracket
Game results
Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 7 Game 1 Ohio State 2–1 Florida State Game 2 Washington State 12–5 Texas Game 3 Arizona State 14–1 Lafayette Game 4 2–1 Connecticut June 8 Game 5 Florida State 3–2 Texas Texas eliminated Game 6 Connecticut 6–4 Lafayette Lafayette eliminated Game 7 Ohio State 14–1 Washington State Game 8 Arizona State 13–3 June 9 Game 9 5–3 Florida State Florida State eliminated Game 10 Washington State 3–2 Connecticut Connecticut eliminated Game 11 Arizona State 9–4 Ohio State June 10 Game 12 Arizona State 6–2 Saint Louis eliminated Game 13 Ohio State 1–0 (15 innings) Washington State Washington State eliminated June 11 Game 14 Ohio State 7–3 Arizona State June 12 Final Arizona State 2–1 Ohio State Arizona State wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Steve Arlin Ohio State Doug Nurnberg Arizona State C Chuck Brinkman Ohio State 1B Arnold Chonko Ohio State 2B Luis Lagunas Arizona State 3B Sal Bando (MOP) Arizona State SS Bo Rein Ohio State OF Jim Dix Bob Fry Rick Monday Arizona State
Notable players Arizona State: John Pavlik, Sal Bando, Duffy Dyer, Rick Monday, Al Schmelz Connecticut: Paul Wislocki Florida State: Randy Brown, Jim Lyttle Lafayette: Ohio State: Steve Arlin, Chuck Brinkman, Russ Nagelson St. Louis: Texas: Joe Hague, Gary Moore Washington State: Danny Frisella
Tournament notes Ohio State's 15 inning victory over Washington State is the longest game in College World Series history
See also 1965 NAIA World Series
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