1956 NCAA baseball season

1956 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Minnesota
Runners-up	Arizona
MOP	Jerry Thomas (Minnesota)
Seasons
← 1955	1957 →

The 1956 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1956. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1956 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the tenth time in 1956, 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. Minnesota claimed the championship.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1956 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 12 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.^[1]^[2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke
Big Seven Conference	Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Yale
Mid-American Conference	Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington State
Southeastern Conference	Florida
Southern Conference	George Washington
Southwest Conference	TCU

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1956 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oklahoma †^y	7	–	2	.778	11	–	7	.611
Nebraska	8	–	4	.667	12	–	8	.600
Kansas	6	–	5	.545	14	–	5	.737
Missouri	7	–	6	.538	14	–	7	.667
Iowa State	6	–	6	.500		–		–
Colorado	3	–	8	.273		–		–
Kansas State	3	–	9	.250	5	–	10	.333

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1956^[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1956 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Minnesota	11	–	2	.846	33	–	9	.786
Ohio State	9	–	3	.750	18	–	7	.720
Wisconsin	8	–	4	.667		–		–
Michigan	6	–	5	.545		–		–
Northwestern	6	–	7	.462		–		–
Indiana	5	–	6	.455	13	–	15	.464
Iowa	5	–	8	.385	11	–	16	.407
Michigan State	4	–	7	.364	16	–	13	.552
Purdue	5	–	10	.333	14	–	14	.500
Illinois	4	–	11	.267		–		–

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the 1956 NCAA Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 1956^[4]^[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1956 College World Series

The 1956 season marked the tenth 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 Minnesota claiming their first championship with a 12–1 win over Arizona in the final.^[1]

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

Winner's Bracket
	Arizona	3
	NYU	0
				Arizona	2
				Minnesota	3
	Minnesota	4
	Wyoming	0
							Minnesota	13
							Ole Miss	5
	Ole Miss	13
	New Hampshire	2
				Ole Miss	4
				Bradley	0
	Bradley	4
	Washington State	3
			Loser's Bracket
				NYU	2
				Wyoming	8		Bradley	12
							Wyoming	8
				New Hampshire	6
				Washington State	3		Arizona	1
							New Hampshire	0

Semifinals			Finals			if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals
	Minnesota	8					Minnesota	12
	Bradley	3					Arizona	1
				Minnesota	4
				Arizona	10
	Ole Miss	3
	Arizona	7

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1956 College Baseball All-America Team

References

1 2 3 W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 28–31. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1956". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1956". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 2, 2013.

NCAA college baseball seasons

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