# 1965 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

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

| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Connecticut | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Holy Cross | 4 | 5 | 0 |

### District 2 at Princeton, NJ

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Rider | 3 | | |
| Princeton | 4 | | |
| Princeton | 4 | Princeton | 4 |
| | | Lafayette | 5 |
| Lafayette | 4 | Lafayette | 5 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | | |

### District 3 at Gastonia, NC

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Mississippi State | Mississippi State | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 3 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | 2 | | | | |
| | | | Furman | Furman | 5 | | | | |
| Furman | Furman | 4 | Furman | Furman | 5 | | | | |
| Maryland | Maryland | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Maryland | Maryland | 3 | | | | Furman | Furman | 1 | 5 |
| | | | | | | Florida State | Florida State | 2 | 7 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Florida State | Florida State | 2 | 7 |
| | | | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | 2 | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 7 | Florida State | Florida State | 6 | | | | |
| Maryland | Maryland | 3 | | | | | | | |

### District 4 at Oxford, OH

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Ohio | Ohio | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Detroit | Detroit | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Detroit | Detroit | 6 | Ohio | Ohio | 2 | | | | |
| | | | Ohio State | Ohio State | 4 | | | | |
| Ohio State | Ohio State | 4 | Ohio State | Ohio State | 4 | | | | |
| Ball State | Ball State | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Ball State | Ball State | 0 | | | | Ohio State | Ohio State | 10 | — |
| | | | | | | Detroit | Detroit | 7 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Detroit | Detroit | 7 | — |
| | | | Ohio | Ohio | 7 | | | | |
| Detroit | Detroit | 4 | Detroit | Detroit | 8 | | | | |
| Ball State | Ball State | 3 | | | | | | | |

### District 5 at St. Louis, MO

| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Missouri | 4 | 4 | — |
| Saint Louis | 5 | 5 | — |

### District 6

Texas automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.

### District 7 at Phoenix, AZ

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | Arizona State | 7 | 12 | — |
| Northern Colorado | 1 | 1 | 1 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 3 | — |
| Denver | 8 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
   * Northern Colorado was then known as Colorado State College

### District 8

| Semifinals Stanford, CA | Semifinals Stanford, CA | Semifinals Stanford, CA | Semifinals Stanford, CA | Finals Pullman, WA | Finals Pullman, WA | Finals Pullman, WA | Finals Pullman, WA |
| | | | | Stanford | 1 | 3 | — |
| Cal State Northridge | 1 | 1 | 6 | Washington State | 2 | 13 | — |
| Stanford | 0 | 12 | 11 | | | | |
   * 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 | n/a | 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 |
| Saint Louis | 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

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Ohio State | Ohio State | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 1 | Ohio State | Ohio State | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Washington State | Washington State | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Washington State | Washington State | 12 | Washington State | Washington State | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 5 | | | | Ohio State | Ohio State | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Arizona State | Arizona State | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Arizona State | Arizona State | 14 | | | | Arizona State | Arizona State | 9 | | | | | |
| Arizona State | Arizona State | 14 | | | | | | | Arizona State | Arizona State | 6 | | |
| Lafayette | Lafayette | 1 | | | | | | | Arizona State | Arizona State | 6 | | |
| Lafayette | Lafayette | 1 | Arizona State | Arizona State | 13 | | | | Saint Louis | Saint Louis | 2 | | |
| | | | Saint Louis | Saint Louis | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saint Louis | Saint Louis | 2 | Saint Louis | Saint Louis | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Connecticut | Connecticut | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Arizona State | Arizona State | 3 | 2 |
| | | | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | | | | | Ohio State | Ohio State | 7 | 1 |
| | | | | | | Saint Louis | Saint Louis | | | | | | 5 |
| | | | Florida State | Florida State | 3 | Florida State | Florida State | | | | | | 3 |
| | | | Florida State | Florida State | 3 | Florida State | Florida State | | Ohio State | Ohio State | 1$^{15}$ | | 3 |
| | | | Texas | Texas | 2 | | | | Ohio State | Ohio State | 1$^{15}$ | |
| | | | Texas | Texas | 2 | | | | Washington State | Washington State | 0 | |
| | | | | | | Washington State | Washington State | | Washington State | Washington State | 0 | 3 | |
| | | | Lafayette | Lafayette | 4 | Connecticut | Connecticut | | | | | 2 | |
| | | | Connecticut | Connecticut | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Game results

| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
| June 7 | Game 1 | Ohio State | 2–1 | Florida State | |
| June 7 | Game 2 | Washington State | 12–5 | Texas | |
| June 7 | Game 3 | Arizona State | 14–1 | Lafayette | |
| June 7 | Game 4 | Saint Louis | 2–1 | Connecticut | |
| June 8 | Game 5 | Florida State | 3–2 | Texas | Texas eliminated |
| June 8 | Game 6 | Connecticut | 6–4 | Lafayette | Lafayette eliminated |
| June 8 | Game 7 | Ohio State | 14–1 | Washington State | |
| June 8 | Game 8 | Arizona State | 13–3 | Saint Louis | |
| June 9 | Game 9 | Saint Louis | 5–3 | Florida State | Florida State eliminated |
| June 9 | Game 10 | Washington State | 3–2 | Connecticut | Connecticut eliminated |
| June 9 | Game 11 | Arizona State | 9–4 | Ohio State | |
| June 10 | Game 12 | Arizona State | 6–2 | Saint Louis | Saint Louis eliminated |
| June 10 | 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 |
| P | 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 | Saint Louis |
| OF | Bob Fry | Washington State |
| OF | Rick Monday | Arizona State |

### Notable players

* Arizona State: John Pavlik, Sal Bando, Duffy Dyer, Rick Monday, Al Schmelz
* Connecticut:
* 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