1948 NCAA Division I baseball season | |
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Defending Champions | California |
Tournament | |
Duration | June 16–26, 1948 |
College World Series | |
Duration | June 25–26, 1948 |
Champions | Southern California (1st title) |
Runners-up | Yale (2nd CWS Appearance) |
Winning Coach | Sam Barry & Rod Dedeaux (1st title) |
Seasons |
The 1948 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1948. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1948 NCAA baseball tournament and 1948 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the second time in 1948, consisted of the two remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and was held in Kalamazoo, Michigan at Hyames Field as a best of three series. Southern California claimed the championship two games to one over Yale.[1]
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1948 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Conference champions had to be chosen, unless all conference champions declined the bid.[1]
Conference | Regular season winner | Conference tournament | Tournament city | Tournament winner |
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Big Nine | Illinois | No conference tournament
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Big Seven | Nebraska | No conference tournament
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CIBA | Southern California | No conference tournament
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EIBL | Dartmouth | No conference tournament
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Mid-American Conference | Ohio | No conference tournament
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Missouri Valley Conference | Oklahoma A&M | 1948 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament | Oklahoma A&M | |
Pacific Coast Conference North | Washington State | No conference tournament
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Southeastern Conference | Mississippi State | No conference tournament
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Southern Conference | North Carolina | No conference tournament
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Southwest Conference | Texas | No conference tournament
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Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
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NCAA tournament
The 1948 season marked the second NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of eight teams divided into two brackets by region. The Eastern playoff was held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, while the Western playoff was held in Denver, Colorado. Unlike the previous year, a double-elimination format was used. The winner of each bracket advanced to the College World Series in Kalamazoo, MI, where Southern California defeated Yale in a best of three series.
College World Series Finals | |||||
Southern California | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
Yale | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Award winners
All-America team
References
- ^ a b W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 11–14. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ "Ivy League Baseball Record Book 2017-18" (PDF). Ivy League. June 2017. pp. 1–2, 21. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1948". boydsworld.com. Retrieved March 24, 2013.