The 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of
college baseball
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in the United States organized by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) began in the spring of 1973. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the
1973 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty seventh time in 1973, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in
Omaha, Nebraska
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at
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
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as a double-elimination tournament.
Southern California
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claimed the championship for the fourth year in a row, en route to five consecutive titles.
Realignment
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Houston
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joined the
Southwest Conference
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, leaving the ranks of
independents.
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1973 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 19 teams earned at-large selections.
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
College World Series
The 1973 season marked the twenty seventh NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team
College World Series
The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is an annual baseball tournament held in June in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divisi ...
. The College World Series was held in
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Southern California claiming their ninth championship, and fourth in a row, with a 4–3 win over Arizona State in the final.
Award winners
All-America team
References
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