# 1968 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1968 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1968 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-second 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 27 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-second tournament's champion was the Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bill Seinsoth of the Southern California.

## Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.

### District 1 at Storrs, CT

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Connecticut | Connecticut | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Providence | Providence | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Providence | Providence | 0 | Connecticut | Connecticut | 0 | | | | |
| | | | Harvard | Harvard | 3 | | | | |
| Harvard | Harvard | 4 | Harvard | Harvard | 3 | | | | |
| Boston University | Boston University | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Boston University | Boston University | 1 | | | | Harvard | Harvard | 3 | — |
| | | | | | | Connecticut | Connecticut | 2 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Connecticut | Connecticut | 2 | — |
| | | | Connecticut | Connecticut | 8 | | | | |
| Providence | Providence | 4* | Boston University | Boston University | 2 | | | | |
| Boston University | Boston University | 5* | | | | | | | |

### District 2 at Princeton, NJ

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| St. John's | St. John's | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Rutgers | Rutgers | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Rutgers | Rutgers | 0 | St. John's | St. John's | 2 | | | | |
| | | | Temple | Temple | 0 | | | | |
| Temple | Temple | 6 | Temple | Temple | 0 | | | | |
| NYU | NYU | 5 | | | | | | | |
| NYU | NYU | 5 | | | | St. John's | St. John's | 1 | — |
| | | | | | | NYU | NYU | 0 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | NYU | NYU | 0 | — |
| | | | NYU | NYU | 5 | | | | |
| NYU | NYU | 5 | Temple | Temple | 2 | | | | |
| Rutgers | Rutgers | 0 | | | | | | | |

### District 3 at Gastonia, NC

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| NC State | NC State | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Alabama | Alabama | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Alabama | Alabama | 1 | NC State | NC State | 7 | | | | |
| | | | East Carolina | East Carolina | 5 | | | | |
| East Carolina | East Carolina | 2* | East Carolina | East Carolina | 5 | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 1* | | | | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 1* | | | | NC State | NC State | 12 | 4 |
| | | | | | | Florida State | Florida State | 15 | 1 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Florida State | Florida State | 15 | 1 |
| | | | East Carolina | East Carolina | 2 | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 6 | Florida State | Florida State | 3 | | | | |
| Alabama | Alabama | 1 | | | | | | | |

### District 4 at Minneapolis, MN

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Minnesota | Minnesota | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 4 | Minnesota | Minnesota | 9 | | | | |
| | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 10 | | | | |
| Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 6 | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 10 | | | | |
| Ohio | Ohio | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Ohio | Ohio | 3 | | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 3 | — |
| | | | | | | Ohio | Ohio | 0 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Ohio | Ohio | 0 | — |
| | | | Minnesota | Minnesota | 4 | | | | |
| Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 0 | Ohio | Ohio | 5 | | | | |
| Ohio | Ohio | 1 | | | | | | | |

### District 5 at Stillwater, OK

| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Oklahoma State | 13 | 3 | — |
| Bradley | 1 | 0 | — |

### District 6 at Austin, TX

| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Texas | 3 | 1* | 10 |
| Texas–Pan American | 0 | 2* | 6 |

### District 7 at Ogden, UT

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Upper Round | Upper Round | Upper Round | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Northern Colorado | Northern Colorado | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Weber State | Weber State | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Northern Colorado | Northern Colorado | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Weber State | Weber State | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| Weber State | Weber State | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Weber State | Weber State | 7 | | | | | | | | BYU | 17 | 7* | — |
| Denver | Denver | 5 | | | | | | | | BYU | 17 | 7* | — |
| Denver | Denver | 5 | | | | Weber State | Weber State | 4 | — | Weber State | Weber State | 7 | 6* | — |
| | | | | | | Denver | Denver | 1 | — | | | | | |
| | | | Lower Round | Lower Round | Lower Round | Denver | Denver | 1 | — | | | | | |
| | | | Denver | Denver | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Northern Colorado | Northern Colorado | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | Southern California | 4 | 4* | 5* |
| Cal State Los Angeles | 2 | 5 | — | Cal State Los Angeles | 2 | 8* | 4* |
| Santa Clara | 1 | 3 | — | | | | |

## College World Series
### Participants

| School | Conference | Record (conference) | Head coach | CWS appearances | CWS best finish | CWS record |
| BYU | WAC | 31–15 (8–4) | Glen Tuckett | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |
| Harvard | EIBL | 19–7 (8–1) | Norman Shepard | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |
| NC State | ACC | 23–7 (13–4) | Sam Esposito | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |
| Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 20–7 (15–3) | Chet Bryan | 7 (last: 1967) | 1st (1959) | 18–13 |
| Southern Illinois | | 34–12 (n/a) | Joe Lutz | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 |
| St. John's | | 23–8 (n/a) | Jack Kaiser | 3 (last: 1966) | 4th (1949, 1966) | 3–6 |
| Texas | SWC | 22–9 (12–4) | Cliff Gustafson | 10 (last: 1966) | 1st (1949, 1950) | 20–17 |
| USC | Pac-8 | 38–12–1 (16–2) | Rod Dedeaux | 10 (last: 1966) | 1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963) | 29–15 |

### 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 |
| Harvard | Harvard | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. John's | St. John's | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. John's | St. John's | 2 | St. John's | St. John's | 3$^{12}$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | NC State | NC State | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 6 | NC State | NC State | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| NC State | NC State | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NC State | NC State | 7 | | | | St. John's | St. John's | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | USC | USC | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 5 | | | | USC | USC | 7 | | | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 5 | | | | | | | USC | USC | 2 | | |
| Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | 8 | | | | | | | USC | USC | 2 | | |
| Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | 8 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | 5 | | | | NC State | NC State | 0 | | |
| | | | USC | USC | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| BYU | BYU | 3 | USC | USC | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| USC | USC | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | USC | USC | 4 |
| | | | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | | | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 3 |
| | | | | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | | | | | | 7 |
| | | | Harvard | Harvard | 1 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | | | | | | 1 |
| | | | Harvard | Harvard | 1 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 15 | | 1 |
| | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 2$^{11}$ | | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 15 | |
| | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 2$^{11}$ | | | | St. John's | St. John's | 0 | |
| | | | | | | Texas | Texas | | St. John's | St. John's | 0 | 5 | |
| | | | Texas | Texas | 7 | NC State | NC State | | | | | 6 | |
| | | | BYU | BYU | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Game results

| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
| June 10 | Game 1 | St. John's | 2–0 | Harvard | |
| June 10 | Game 2 | NC State | 7–6 | Southern Illinois | |
| June 11 | Game 3 | Oklahoma State | 8–5 | Texas | |
| June 11 | Game 4 | USC | 5–3 | BYU | |
| June 11 | Game 5 | Southern Illinois | 2–1 (11 innings) | Harvard | Harvard eliminated |
| June 12 | Game 6 | Texas | 7–0 | BYU | BYU eliminated |
| June 12 | Game 7 | St. John's | 3–2 (12 innings) | NC State | |
| June 12 | Game 8 | USC | 6–5 | Oklahoma State | |
| June 13 | Game 9 | NC State | 6–5 | Texas | Texas eliminated |
| June 13 | Game 10 | Southern Illinois | 7–1 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State eliminated |
| June 13 | Game 11 | USC | 7–6 | St. John's | |
| June 14 | Game 12 | Southern Illinois | 15–0 | St. John's | St. John's eliminated |
| June 14 | Game 13 | USC | 2–0 | NC State | NC State eliminated |
| June 15 | Final | USC | 4–3 | Southern Illinois | USC wins CWS |

### All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
| Position | Player | School |
| P | Bill Lee | USC |
| P | Tom Sowinski | St. John's |
| C | Ralph Addonizio | St. John's |
| 1B | Bill Seinsoth (MOP) | USC |
| 2B | Lou Bagwell | Texas |
| 3B | Barry O'Sullivan | Southern Illinois |
| SS | Danny Thompson | Oklahoma State |
| OF | Jerry Bond | Southern Illinois |
| OF | Mike Rogodzinski | Southern Illinois |
| OF | Wayne Weatherly | Oklahoma State |

### Notable players

* BYU: Ken Crosby, Doug Howard
* Harvard: Ray Peters, Pete Varney
* NC State: Mike Caldwell, Tommy Smith
* Oklahoma State: Danny Thompson
* USC: Jim Barr, Bill Lee, Brent Strom
* Southern Illinois: Skip Pitlock, Mike Rogodzinski
* St. John's:
* Texas: Larry Hardy