The 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1990 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 forty fourth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-fourth tournament's champion was Georgia, coached by Steve Webber. The Most Outstanding Player was Mike Rebhan of Georgia.
Regionals The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.
Northeast Regional At Waterbury, CT
Atlantic Regional At Coral Gables, FL
South I Regional At Baton Rouge, LA
South II Regional At Starkville, MS
Midwest Regional At Wichita, KS
Central Regional At Austin, TX
West I Regional At Stanford, CA
West II Regional At Tempe, AZ
College World Series
Participants Seeding School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record 1 Stanford Pac-10 56–10 (24–6) Mark Marquess 7(last: 1988) 1st(1987, 1988) 17–12 2 LSU SEC 52–17 (20–7) Skip Bertman 3(last: 1989) 4th(1987, 1989) 5–6 3 Oklahoma State Big 8 53–16 (18–6) Gary Ward 15(last: 1987) 1st(1959) 33–29 4 Georgia SEC 48–18 (18–9) Steve Webber 1(last: 1987) 8th(1987) 0–2 5 SEC 49–19 (17–9) Ron Polk 4(last: 1985) 3rd(1985) 4–8 6 Cal State Fullerton Big West 36–21 (13–5) Larry Cochell 5(last: 1988) 1st(1979, 1984) 12–8 7 The Citadel Southern 45–12 (13–1) Chal Port 0(last: none) none 0–0 8 TAAC 50–17 (17–1) Jack Stallings 1(last: 1973) 5th(1973) 1–2
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 1 Game 1 Stanford 5–4 (10 innings) Game 2 Georgia 3–0 June 2 Game 3 LSU 8–2 The Citadel Game 4 Oklahoma State 14–4 Cal State Fullerton June 3 Game 5 15–1 Georgia Southern eliminated Game 6 Georgia 16–2 Stanford June 4 Game 7 The Citadel 8–7 (12 innings) Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton eliminated Game 8 Oklahoma State 7–1 LSU June 5 Game 9 Stanford 6–1 Mississippi State eliminated Game 10 LSU 6–1 The Citadel The Citadel eliminated June 6 Game 11 Stanford 4–2 Georgia June 7 Game 12 Oklahoma State 14–3 LSU LSU eliminated June 8 Game 13 Georgia 5–1 Stanford Stanford eliminated June 9 Final Georgia 2–1 Oklahoma State Georgia wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Dave Fleming Georgia Mike Rebhan (MOP) Georgia C Michael Daniel Oklahoma State 1B Doug Radziewicz Georgia 2B Troy Paulsen Stanford 3B Bobby Carlsen Oklahoma State SS Brad Beanblossom Oklahoma State OF Tim Clark LSU Jeffrey Hammonds Stanford Jason Rychlick DH Lyle Mouton LSU
Notable players Cal State Fullerton: Frank Charles, Huck Flener, Phil Nevin, Steve Sisco The Citadel: Anthony Jenkins, Chris Lemonis, Dan McDonnell, Tony Skole Georgia: Dave Fleming Georgia Southern: Todd Greene, Joey Hamilton, Chris Petersen LSU: Paul Byrd, Rick Greene, Lyle Mouton, John O'Donoghue, Chad Ogea, Keith Osik, Mike Sirotka Mississippi State: Jon Shave Oklahoma State: Jeromy Burnitz, Dave Mlicki, Danny Perez, Brad Dolejsi Stanford: Paul Carey, Jeffrey Hammonds, David McCarty, Mike Mussina, Brian Sackinsky, Stan Spencer
See also 1990 NCAA Division I softball tournament 1990 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1990 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1990 NAIA World Series
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