*** Welcome to piglix ***

1973 NCAA University Division baseball season

1973 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams 216
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Southern California
Runners-up Arizona State
MOP Dave Winfield (Minnesota)
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Clemson 10 2   .833     24 16   .600
NC State y 9 3   .750     23 10   .697
Virginia 7 5   .583     16 12   .571
North Carolina 5 7   .417     11 15   .423
Wake Forest 6 9   .400     6 16   .273
Maryland 4 7   .364     11 9   .550
Duke 2 10   .167     7 17   .292
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1973; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1973 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern Division
Washington State x 15 3   .833     40 15   .727
Oregon 9 9   .500      
Washington 7 11   .389     10 11   .476
Oregon State 5 13   .278     15 20   .429
Southern Division
#1 Southern California xy 14 4   .778     51 11   .823
Stanford 9 9   .500     37 20   .649
UCLA 7 11   .389     29 24   .547
California 6 12   .333     21 31   .404
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1973; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1973. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1973 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty seventh time in 1973, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship for the fourth year in a row, en route to five consecutive titles.

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1973 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 19 teams earned at-large selections.

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

The 1973 season marked the twenty seventh NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Southern California claiming their ninth championship, and fourth in a row, with a 4–3 win over Arizona State in the final.



...
Wikipedia

...