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1976 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

The 1976 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1976 NCAA Division I 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 thirtieth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Seven regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while one region included six teams, resulting in 34 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The thirtieth tournament's champion was Arizona, coached by Jerry Kindall. The Most Outstanding Player was Steve PowersofArizona.

Regionals[edit]

Seven of the eight regionals were played as 4-team double-elimination tournaments. One regional was played as a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The winner of each regional moved onto the College World Series.

Atlantic Regional[edit]

Games played in Columbia, South Carolina.

Rocky Mountain Regional[edit]

Games played in Tempe, Arizona.

Mideast Regional[edit]

Games played in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

South Regional[edit]

Games played in Tallahassee, Florida.

Midwest Regional[edit]

Games played in Edinburg, Texas.

South Central Regional[edit]

Games played in Arlington, Texas.

West Regional[edit]

Games played in Pullman, Washington.

Northeast Regional[edit]

Games played in Storrs, Connecticut.

College World Series[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Game results[edit]

All-Tournament Team[edit]

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Notable players[edit]

• Arizona: Ron Hassey, Dave Stegman
• Arizona State: Gary Allenson, Chris Bando, Floyd Bannister, Mike Colbern, Bob Horner, Dave Hudgens, Darrell Jackson, Ken Landreaux, Chris Nyman, Bob Pate, Rick Peters, Ken Phelps, Gary Rajsich
• Auburn: Joe Beckwith, Terry Leach
• Clemson: Ron Musselman, Chuck Porter, Kurt Seibert
• Eastern Michigan: Glenn Gulliver, John Martin, Bob Owchinko, Bob Welch
• Maine: Jack Leggett, Bert Roberge
• Oklahoma: Terry Bogener, Keith Drumright, George Frazier, Gene Krug, Roger LaFrancois
• Washington State: Dave Edler, Eric Wilkins, Tom Niedenfuer

Tournament Notes[edit]

• The Arizona State team featured 13 future Major League players – a record matched by the school's team from the previous year.
• Arizona head coach Jerry Kindall became the first person to win a College World Series as both a player (1956, Minnesota) and a coach.
• Keith Drumright appeared in his fourth College World Series.
• Eastern Michigan was the last northern school to play in the final game of the College World Series for 43 years, until Michigan in 2019.

See also[edit]

• 1976 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
• 1976 NCAA Division III baseball tournament (inaugural edition)
• 1976 NAIA World Series

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