The 1960 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1960 NCAA University Division 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 fourteenth 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 25 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 10 to June 20. The fourteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was John Erickson of Minnesota.

Tournament The official NCAA record book does not list any participants for District 5 as Oklahoma State was an automatic qualifier for the 1960 College World Series.

District 1 Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

District 2 Games played at Cooperstown, New York.

District 3 Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.

District 4 Games played at Saint Paul, Minnesota.

District 5 Oklahoma State (automatic qualifier)

District 6

District 7 Games played at Salt Lake City, Utah.

District 8 Games played at Los Angeles, California.

College World Series

Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Arizona Border 41–7 (2–2) Frank Sancet 5(last: 1959) 2nd(1956, 1958) 10–10 Boston College Greater Boston 14–4 (7–3) Ed Peligrini 1(last: 1953) 4th(1953) 2–2 Colorado State College Rocky Mountain 25–10 (15–1) Pete Butler 6(last: 1959) 5th(1955) 2–12 Minnesota Big 10 29–6–1 (12–2) Dick Siebert 1(last: 1956) 1st(1956) 5–1 North Carolina ACC 22–5 (11–3) Walt Rabb 0(last: none) none 0–0 Oklahoma State Big 8 15–5 (12–4) Toby Greene 3(last: 1959) 1st(1959) 10–5 Southern California CIBA 40–14 (12–4) Rod Dedeaux 5(last: 1958) 1st(1948, 1958) 10–8 St. John's Metro 19–5 (10–4) Jack Kaiser 1(last: 1949) 4th(1949) 0–2

Results

Bracket

Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 10 Game 1 Arizona 2–1 Oklahoma State June 14 Game 2 Minnesota 8–3 North Carolina Game 3 Boston College 8–3 Game 4 Southern California 3–1 St. John's June 15 Game 5 Oklahoma State 7–0 North Carolina Jim Wixson throws a no-hitter; North Carolina eliminated Game 6 St. John's 3–2 (13) Colorado State eliminated Game 7 Minnesota 8–5 Arizona June 16 Game 8 Southern California 5–2 Boston College June 17 Game 9 Oklahoma State 1–0 Boston College Boston College eliminated Game 10 Arizona 11–4 St. John's St. John's eliminated Game 11 Minnesota 12–11 (10) Southern California June 18 Game 12 Minnesota 3–1 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State eliminated Game 13 Southern California 13–1 Arizona Arizona eliminated June 19 Game 14 USC 4–2 (11) Minnesota June 20 Final Minnesota 2–1 (10) USC Minnesota wins CWS

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

Position Player School P Bruce Gardner USC Jim Ward Arizona Bob Wasko Minnesota C Bill Heath USC 1B William Ryan USC 2B John Erickson (MOP) Minnesota 3B Cal Rolloff Minnesota SS Dave Pflepsen Minnesota OF Art Ersepke USC Bob Levingston USC Mickey McNamee USC

Notable players Arizona: Charlie Shoemaker, Bart Zeller Boston College: Minnesota: Jim Rantz North Carolina: Northern Colorado: Cisco Carlos Oklahoma State: Frank Linzy, Don Wallace Southern California: Mike Gillespie, Bill Heath, Marcel Lachemann, Tom Satriano, Ron Stillwell St. John's: Larry Bearnarth

Tournament Notes Jim Wixson throws the second no-hitter in College World Series history.

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