The 1956 NCAA baseball tournament was played at the end of the
1956 NCAA baseball season
The 1956 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1956. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 19 ...
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. The
Most Outstanding Player The term Most Outstanding Player may refer to:
* The recipient of the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award
* The NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player award
* The College World Series Most Outstanding Player in college baseball
* The N ...
was
Jerry Thomas of
Minnesota.
Tournament
District 1
Games played at
Springfield, Massachusetts
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.
District 2
Games played at
Allentown, Pennsylvania
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.
District 3
Games played at
Gastonia, North Carolina.
District 4
Games played at
Athens, Ohio
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(Ohio vs. Cincinnati and Ohio vs. Minnesota) and
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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(Minnesota vs. Notre Dame).
District 5
Games played in
Stillwater, OK
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.
District 6
Games played at
Tucson, Arizona.
District 7
Games played at
Greeley, Colorado.
District 8
*
Washington State (Automatic College World Series qualifier)
College World Series
Participants
Results
Bracket
Game results
Notable players
*
Arizona:
Don Lee,
Carl Thomas
*
Bradley:
*
Minnesota:
Jerry Kindall
*
New Hampshire:
*
NYU
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:
*
Ole Miss:
Joe Gibbon
*
Washington State:
*
Wyoming:
References
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NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team Men's College World Series at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebr ...