2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

2003 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season	2003
Teams	64
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska
Champions	Rice (1st title)
Runner-up	Stanford (15th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Wayne Graham (1st title)
MOP	John Hudgins (Stanford)
← 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 2004 →

ESPN, which held the rights to the College World Series, began televising super regional games in 2003. As part of the contract with ESPN, four super regionals would begin on Friday and run through Sunday, while the other four super regionals would begin Saturday and run through Monday.

The 2003 College World Series saw a format change and the championship was decided by a best-of-three series. From 1950 through 1987, the College World Series was a true double elimination tournament. From 1988 through 2002, there were two double elimination pools, with the winner of each facing off in a one game championship.

Conference	Total	Schools
Southeastern	8	Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina
Atlantic Coast	5	Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, NC State
Big 12	5	Baylor, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M
Conference USA	4	East Carolina, Houson, Southern Miss, Tulane
Pacific-10	4	Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, Washington
Atlantic Sun	3	Florida Atlantic, Jacksonville, Stetson
Big West	3	Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC Riverside
Sun Belt	3	Middle Tennessee, New Mexico State, South Alabama
Big East	2	Notre Dame, Rutgers
Big Ten	2	Minnesota, Ohio State
Colonial Athletic	2	UNC Wilmington, VCU
Missouri Valley	2	Southwest Missouri State, Wichita State
Southland	2	Lamar, McNeese State
West Coast	2	Pepperdine, San Diego
America East	1	Northeastern
Atlantic 10	1	Richmond
Big South	1	Coastal Carolina
Horizon	1	UIC
Independent	1	Miami (FL)
Ivy	1	Princeton
Metro Atlantic	1	Le Moyne
Mid-American	1	Eastern Michigan
Mid-Continent	1	Oral Roberts
Mid-Eastern	1	Bethune-Cookman
Mountain West	1	UNLV
Northeast	1	Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley	1	Murray State
Patriot	1	Bucknell
Southern	1	Western Carolina
Southwestern Athletic	1	Southern
Western Athletic	1	Rice

First round			Second round			Regional finals				Super regionals

1	Florida State	6

4	Jacksonville	0
			1	Florida State	6

			2	South Alabama	8
3	Rutgers	1

2	South Alabama	14
						2	South Alabama	5	2
Tallahassee Regional–Dick Howser Stadium
						1	Florida State	13	12
4	Jacksonville	5

3	Rutgers	8
			3	Rutgers	7

			1	Florida State	17



										1	Florida State	3	5	—

											Texas	8	6	—
1	Texas	7

4	Bucknell	0
			1	Texas	7

			3	Lamar	3
3	Lamar	3

2	Arkansas	2
						1	Texas	2	6
Austin Regional–Disch–Falk Field
						3	Lamar	6	3
4	Bucknell	7

2	Arkansas	10
			2	Arkansas	6

			3	Lamar	7¹¹

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	Best CWS finish	CWS record Not including this year
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	48–14 (15–6)	George Horton	11 (last: 2001)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995)	25–18
LSU	SEC	45–20 (20–9)	Smoke Laval	11 (last: 2000)	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000)	29–13
Miami (FL)	n/a	44–15–1 (n/a)	Jim Morris	19 (last: 2001)	1st (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)	43–30
Southwest Missouri State	MVC	40–24 (19–11)	Keith Guttin	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Rice	WAC	53–11 (25–5)	Wayne Graham	3 (last: 2002)	5th (1999)	1–6
South Carolina	SEC	44–20 (19–11)	Ray Tanner	6 (last: 2002)	2nd (1975, 1977, 2002)	13-12
Stanford	Pac-10	46–15 (18–6)	Mark Marquess	14 (last: 2002)	1st (1987, 1988)	33–24
Texas	Big 12	48–18 (19–8)	Augie Garrido	29 (last: 2002)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002)	68–49

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

	Texas	13

8	Miami (FL)	2
				Texas	2

			5	Rice	12
5	Rice	4

	Southwest Missouri State	2
						5	Rice	5	—

							Texas	4	—
8	Miami (FL)	7

	Southwest Missouri State	5
			8	Miami (FL)	1

				Texas	5



										5	Rice	4¹⁰	3	14

										6	Stanford	3	8	2
2	LSU	2

7	Cal State Fullerton	8
			7	Cal State Fullerton	6

			6	Stanford	5
6	Stanford	8

	South Carolina	0
						7	Cal State Fullerton	3	5*

						6	Stanford	5	7*
2	LSU	10

	South Carolina	11
				South Carolina	6

			6	Stanford	13

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Stanford	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1
Rice	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	1
WP: David Aardsma (7–3) LP: Ryan McCally (7–3) Attendance: 23,741

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rice	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	10	2
Stanford	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	X	8	9	0
WP: John Hudgins (14–3) LP: Wade Townsend (11–2) Attendance: 17,907

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Stanford	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	2
Rice	3	1	0	0	0	7	0	3	X	14	14	0
WP: Philip Humber (11–3) LP: Mark Romanczuk (12–2) Attendance: 18,494 Notes: Rice wins first national championship in any team sport in school history

Position	Player	School
P	John Hudgins (MOP)	Stanford
P	Jeff Niemann	Rice
C	Ryan Garko	Stanford
1B	Curtis Thigpen	Texas
2B	Enrique Cruz	Rice
3B	Johnny Ash	Stanford
SS	Justin Turner	Cal State Fullerton
OF	Chris Kolkhorst	Rice
	Danny Putnam	Stanford
	Carlos Quentin	Stanford
DH	P. J. Pilittere	Cal State Fullerton

First round			Second round			Regional finals				Super regionals

1	LSU	11

4	Northeastern	8
			1	LSU	13

			2	Tulane	5
3	UNC Wilmington	3

2	Tulane	8
						1	LSU	9¹¹	—
Baton Rouge Regional–Alex Box Stadium
						3	UNC Wilmington	8	—
4	Northeastern	6

3	UNC Wilmington	12
			3	UNC Wilmington	9¹⁰

			2	Tulane	8



										2	LSU	1	6	20

											Baylor	4	5	5
1	Baylor	7

4	Murray State	6
			1	Baylor	10

			3	Southern	3
3	Southern	5

2	Southern Miss	3
						1	Baylor	3	—
Hattiesburg Regional–Pete Taylor Park
						2	Southern Miss	2	—
4	Murray State	0

2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Bids

Automatic bids

Bids by conference

Tournament notes

CWS records tied or broken

National seeds

Regionals and super regionals

Tallahassee Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Columbia Super Regional

Columbus Super Regional

Houston Super Regional

Palo Alto Super Regional

Fullerton Super Regional

Coral Gables Super Regional

College World Series

Participants

Bracket

Championship series

Saturday 6/21 Game #1

Sunday 6/22 Game #2

Monday 6/23 Game #3

All-Tournament Team

References

Languages