# 1956 NCAA baseball tournament

The 1956 NCAA baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1956 NCAA 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 tenth 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 24 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 14. The tenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert, and the Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Thomas of Minnesota.

## Tournament
### District 1

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Vermont | 8 | | |
| Massachusetts | 1 | | |
| Massachusetts | 1 | New Hampshire | 2 |
| | | Vermont | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | Vermont | 0 |
| Boston University | 0 | | |

### District 2

Games played at Allentown, Pennsylvania.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| St. John's | 3 | | |
| Delaware | 1 | | |
| Delaware | 1 | St. John's | 2 |
| | | NYU | 6 |
| NYU | 15 | NYU | 6 |
| Penn State | 7 | | |

### District 3

Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Duke | 1 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| Florida State | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| Florida State | 2 | 6 | 2 | Duke | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | Ole Miss | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Ole Miss | 4 | 3 | — | Ole Miss | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Tennessee Tech | 3 | 2 | — | | | | |

### District 4

Games played at Athens, Ohio (Ohio vs. Cincinnati and Ohio vs. Minnesota) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minnesota vs. Notre Dame).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Ohio | Ohio | Ohio | 8 | | | | |
| Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | 6 | | | | |
| Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | 6 | Ohio | 0 | 6 | — |
| | | | | Minnesota | 5 | 7 | — |
| Minnesota | 3 | 15 | 10 | Minnesota | 5 | 7 | — |
| Notre Dame | 4 | 5 | 1 | | | | |

### District 5

Games played in Stillwater, OK.
| Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| | | Bradley | 11 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | North Dakota State | 2 |
| North Dakota State | 8 | | |

### District 6

Games played at Tucson, Arizona.
| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Arizona | 7 | 8 | — |
| TCU | 5 | 2 | — |

### District 7

Games played at Greeley, Colorado.
| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Wyoming | 8 | 3 | 9 |
| Colorado State College | 5 | 8 | 7 |

### District 8

* Washington State (Automatic College World Series qualifier)

## College World Series
### Participants

| School | Conference | Record (conference) | Head coach | CWS appearances | CWS best finish | CWS record |
| Arizona | Border | 45–6 (4–0) | Frank Sancet | 2 (last: 1955) | 4th (1954) | 3–4 |
| Bradley | MVC | 22–6 (7–2) | Leo Schrall | 1 (last: 1950) | 8th (1950) | 0–2 |
| Minnesota | Big 10 | 28–8 (11–2) | Dick Siebert | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |
| New Hampshire | Yankee | 12–5 (7–1) | Hank Swasey | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |
| NYU | MNYC | 16–4–1 (n/a) | Bill McCarthy | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |
| Ole Miss | SEC | 22–8 (13–3) | Tom Swayze | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |
| Washington State | PCC | 28–6 (11–4) | Buck Bailey | 1 (last: 1950) | 2nd (1950) | 3–2 |
| Wyoming | Skyline | 17–13 (7–2) | Bud Daniel | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |

### 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 |
| Arizona | Arizona | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NYU | NYU | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NYU | NYU | 0 | Arizona | Arizona | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Minnesota | Minnesota | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Minnesota | Minnesota | 4 | Minnesota | Minnesota | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Wyoming | Wyoming | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wyoming | Wyoming | 0 | | | | Minnesota | Minnesota | 13 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Ole Miss | Ole Miss | 13 | | | | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | 5 | | | | | |
| Ole Miss | Ole Miss | 13 | | | | | | | Minnesota | Minnesota | 8 | | |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire | 2 | | | | | | | Minnesota | Minnesota | 8 | | |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire | 2 | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | 4 | | | | Bradley | Bradley | 3 | | |
| | | | Bradley | Bradley | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bradley | Bradley | 4 | Bradley | Bradley | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Washington State | Washington State | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Minnesota | Minnesota | 4 | 12 |
| | | | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | | | | | Arizona | Arizona | 10 | 1 |
| | | | | | | Bradley | Bradley | | | | | | 12 |
| | | | NYU | NYU | 2 | Wyoming | Wyoming | | | | | | 8 |
| | | | NYU | NYU | 2 | Wyoming | Wyoming | | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | 3 | | 8 |
| | | | Wyoming | Wyoming | 8 | | | | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | 3 | |
| | | | Wyoming | Wyoming | 8 | | | | Arizona | Arizona | 7 | |
| | | | | | | Arizona | Arizona | | Arizona | Arizona | 7 | 1 | |
| | | | New Hampshire | New Hampshire | 6 | New Hampshire | New Hampshire | | | | | 0 | |
| | | | Washington State | Washington State | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Game results

| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
| June 9 | Game 1 | Arizona | 3–0 | NYU | |
| June 9 | Game 2 | Minnesota | 4–0 | Wyoming | |
| June 9 | Game 3 | Ole Miss | 13–2 | New Hampshire | |
| June 9 | Game 4 | Bradley | 4–3 | Washington State | |
| June 10 | Game 5 | Wyoming | 8–2 | NYU | New York eliminated |
| June 10 | Game 6 | New Hampshire | 6–3 | Washington State | Washington State eliminated |
| June 10 | Game 7 | Minnesota | 3–1 | Arizona | |
| June 10 | Game 8 | Ole Miss | 4–0 | Bradley | |
| June 11 | Game 9 | Bradley | 12–8 | Wyoming | Wyoming eliminated |
| June 11 | Game 10 | Arizona | 1–0 | New Hampshire | New Hampshire eliminated |
| June 11 | Game 11 | Minnesota | 13–5 | Ole Miss | |
| June 12 | Game 12 | Arizona | 7–3 | Ole Miss | Ole Miss eliminated |
| June 12 | Game 13 | Minnesota | 8–3 | Bradley | Bradley eliminated |
| June 13 | Game 14 | Arizona | 10–4 | Minnesota | |
| June 14 | Final | Minnesota | 12–1 | Arizona | Minnesota wins CWS |

### Notable players

* Arizona: Don Lee, Carl Thomas
* Bradley:
* Minnesota: Jerry Kindall
* New Hampshire:
* NYU:
* Ole Miss: Joe Gibbon
* Washington State:
* Wyoming: