1956 NCAA baseball tournament

1956 NCAA I
baseball tournament
Season1956
Teams24
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (1st title)
Runner-upArizona (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coachDick Siebert (1st title)
MOPJerry Thomas (Minnesota)

The 1956 NCAA baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1956 NCAA 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 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.[1] 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 was Jerry Thomas of Minnesota.[2]

  1. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 196. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "1956 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2019.