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1972 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season	1972
Teams	28
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Southern California (8th title)
Runner-up	Arizona State (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Rod Dedeaux (8th title)
MOP	Russ McQueen (Southern California)
	← 1971 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 1973 →;

The 1972 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1972 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 twenty-sixth 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 28 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The twenty-sixth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Russ McQueen of the University of Southern California.

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and six teams.^[2] The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Storrs, CT

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Harvard

4*

Providence

2*

Harvard

5

Connecticut

8¹⁶

Connecticut

5

Northeastern

2

Connecticut

11

—

Harvard

2

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

Northeastern

6

Providence

3

Harvard

18

Northeastern

4

District 2 at Princeton, NJ


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Temple	3

Penn State	1
		Temple	1

		Long Island	0
LIU	2

St. John's	1
				Temple	4	—

				Penn State	3	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Penn State	7

Penn State	8	Long Island	5

St. John's	5

District 3 at Gastonia, NC


Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



South Alabama	6

Florida State	5	South Alabama	9

		Jacksonville	6

Virginia	18			South Alabama	6

Richmond	2			Virginia	1

		Virginia	9					South Alabama	4	1

		Ole Miss	3					Ole Miss	8	12

Ole Miss	9					Ole Miss	9

Jacksonville	3			Ole Miss	8	Virginia	0

		Florida State	10	Florida State	3

		Richmond	5

District 4 at Bowling Green, OH


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Central Michigan	7

Iowa	2
		Central Michigan	5

		Bowling Green	7¹⁰
Bowling Green	2

Northern Illinois	0
				Bowling Green	2	5

				Iowa	4	7
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Iowa	4

Iowa	8	Central Michigan	3

Northern Illinois	1

District 5 at Tulsa, OK

Finals

Tulsa	3	4	—

Oklahoma	6	5	—

District 6 at San Antonio, TX

Semifinals		Finals

Texas–Pan American	6

Trinity	1
		Texas-Pan American	0	1	—

		Texas	1	2	—
Texas	4¹⁴

Trinity	3

District 7 at Mesa, AZ

Finals

Arizona State	8	5	—

Weber State	1	0	—

District 8 at Santa Clara, CA & Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Clara, CA				Santa Barbara, CA

				Southern California	9	13	—
UC Santa Barbara	1	8	6	UC Santa Barbara	5	6	—
Santa Clara	4	2	5

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona State	WAC	60–4 (18–0)	Jim Brock	4 (last: 1969)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969)	16–5
Connecticut	Yankee	19–5 (12–0)	Larry Panciera	3 (last: 1965)	5th (1957)	2–6
Iowa	Big 10	25–15 (13–3)	Duane Banks	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Ole Miss	SEC	28–14 (15–3)	Jake Gibbs	3 (last: 1969)	4th (1956)	3–6
Oklahoma	Big 8	34–15 (12–8)	Enos Semore	1 (last: 1951)	1st (1951)	4–0
Southern California	Pac-8	42–12–1 (14–4)	Rod Dedeaux	13 (last: 1971)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971)	43–17
Temple	Middle Atlantic	31–13 (10–1)	Skip Wilson	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Texas	SWC	38–7 (12–6)	Cliff Gustafson	13 (last: 1970)	1st (1949, 1950)	26–23

Results

Bracket


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Final



Ole Miss	6

Southern California	8
		Southern California	5¹¹

		Connecticut	4
Texas	0

Connecticut	3¹⁰
				Southern California	0

				Arizona State	3
Temple	1
						Arizona State	1
Oklahoma	2¹³
		Oklahoma	0			Temple	0

		Arizona State	1
Iowa	1

Arizona State	2

								Arizona State	1	0

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Southern California	3	1



				Texas	7

		Ole Miss	8	Oklahoma	1
						Texas	3
		Texas	9
						Southern California	4¹⁰
				Temple	7

		Temple	13	Connecticut	4

		Iowa	9

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 9	Game 1	Southern California	8–6	Ole Miss
June 9	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	Ole Miss	Ole Miss 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
June 14	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	School
P	Russ McQueen (MOP)	USC
P	Craig Swan	Arizona State
C	Sam Ceci	USC
1B	Daryl Arenstein	USC
2B	Ken Reed	Arizona State
3B	David Chalk	Texas
SS	Steve Dillard	Ole Miss
OF	Gary Atwell	Arizona State
	Tim Steele	USC
	Bump Wills	Arizona State