1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

1985 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season	1985
Teams	38
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Miami (FL) (2nd title)
Runner-up	Texas (23rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Ron Fraser (2nd title)
MOP	Greg Ellena (Miami (FL))
Television	ESPN
	← 1984 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 1986 →;

The 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1985 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 thirty-ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Five regions held a four-team, double-elimination tournament while three regions included six teams, resulting in 38 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The thirty-ninth tournament champion was Miami (FL), coached by Ron Fraser. The Most Outstanding Player was Greg Ellena of Miami (FL).

Regionals

The tournament's opening rounds were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of either a four-team field or a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Atlantic Regional at Coral Gables, FL


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Miami (FL)	22

Princeton	6
		Miami (FL)	11

		Virginia	6
Virginia	14

Florida	1
				Miami (FL)	1	12

				Florida	8	9
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Virginia	2

Princeton	4	Florida	15

Florida	14

Central Regional at Austin, TX


Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Oklahoma	9

Lamar	1	Oklahoma	5

		Grambling State	2

Houston	11			Oklahoma	4

LSU	4			Texas	9

		Houston	2					Texas	10	—

		Texas	9					Lamar	2	—

Texas	4*					Oklahoma	5

Grambling State	3*			Houston	9	Lamar	7

		Lamar	4	Lamar	10

		LSU	3

East Regional at Columbia, SC


First round		Second round		Third round		Final



		Western Carolina	12

		La Salle	13*
Western Carolina	5			La Salle	17

Old Dominion	3			Rider	12
		Old Dominion	2

		Rider	3
St. John's	14					La Salle	2	—

Rider	9					South Carolina	7	—
		St. John's	6

		South Carolina	13
South Carolina	11			South Carolina	14

La Salle	1			Western Carolina	3
		Western Carolina	9

		St. John's	6

Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Oklahoma State	8

Minnesota	3
		Oklahoma State	15

		Wichita State	8
Wichita State	12

Oral Roberts	1
				Oklahoma State	2	10

				Wichita State	7	6
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Wichita State	15

Minnesota	8	Oral Roberts	14

Oral Roberts	17

South I Regional at Starkville, MS

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

Mississippi State

10

West Virginia

1

Mississippi State

8

New Orleans

4

New Orleans

12*

Michigan

10*

Mississippi State

6

19

Michigan

14

8

Lower round 1

Lower final

New Orleans

6

West Virginia

2

Michigan

11

Michigan

9

South II Regional at Tallahassee, FL


Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Arkansas	20

Eastern Kentucky	13	Arkansas	13

		George Mason	9

Georgia Tech	7			Arkansas	7

Central Michigan	6			Florida State	6

		Georgia Tech	1					Arkansas	7	—

		Florida State	9					Georgia Tech	5	—

Florida State	11					Florida State	3

George Mason	0			Georgia Tech	14	Georgia Tech	8

		Eastern Kentucky	10	Eastern Kentucky	13

		Central Michigan	7

West I Regional at Stanford, CA


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Stanford	17

Oregon State	3
		Stanford	9

		Nebraska	8
Nebraska	4

Pepperdine	2
				Stanford	1	7

				Pepperdine	5	1
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Nebraska	6

Oregon State	1	Pepperdine	7

Pepperdine	6

West II Regional at Fresno, CA

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Arizona

7

BYU

3

Arizona

6

Fresno State

0

Fresno State

7*

California

6*

Arizona

10

—

Fresno State

3

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

Fresno State

12

BYU

9

BYU

8

California

5

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	Pac-10	47–20 (17–13)	Jerry Kindall	12 (last: 1980)	1st (1976, 1980)	27–22
Arkansas	SWC	49–13 (13–7)	Norm DeBriyn	1 (last: 1979)	2nd (1979)	3–2
Miami (FL)	n/a	59–15 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	7 (last: 1984)	1st (1982)	14–12
Mississippi State	SEC	48–13 (16–8)	Ron Polk	3 (last: 1981)	6th (1979, 1981)	2–6
Oklahoma State	Big 8	57–14 (19–4)	Gary Ward	12 (last: 1984)	1st (1959)	27–23
South Carolina	Metro	47–20 (n/a)	June Raines	4 (last: 1982)	2nd (1975, 1977)	9–8
Stanford	Pac-10	46–13 (23–7)	Mark Marquess	4 (last: 1983)	3rd (1967)	6–8
Texas	SWC	60–12 (16–5)	Cliff Gustafson	22 (last: 1984)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983)	51–38

Results

Bracket


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Final



Arkansas	1¹⁴

South Carolina	0
		Arkansas	4

		Mississippi State	5
Mississippi State	12

Oklahoma State	3
				Mississippi State	7

				Texas	12
Miami (FL)	17
						Texas	8¹⁰
Stanford	3
		Miami (FL)	1			Arkansas	7

		Texas	2
Texas	2

Arizona	1

								Texas	1	6

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Miami (FL)	2	10



				Miami (FL)	2

		South Carolina	11	Oklahoma State	1
						Mississippi State	5
		Oklahoma State	16
						Miami (FL)	6
				Arkansas	10

		Stanford	9	Stanford	4

		Arizona	2

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 31	Game 1	Arkansas	1–0 (14 innings)	South Carolina
May 31	Game 2	Mississippi State	12–3	Oklahoma State
June 1	Game 3	Miami (FL)	17–3	Stanford
June 1	Game 4	Texas	2–1	Arizona
June 2	Game 5	Oklahoma State	16–11	South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
June 2	Game 6	Stanford	9–2	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
June 3	Game 7	Mississippi State	5–4	Arkansas
June 5	Game 8	Texas	8–4	Miami (FL)
June 6	Game 9	Arkansas	10–4	Stanford	Stanford eliminated
June 6	Game 10	Miami (FL)	2–1	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State eliminated
June 7	Game 11	Texas	12–7	Mississippi State	Texas qualified for final
June 8	Game 12	Miami (FL)	6–5	Mississippi State	Mississippi State eliminated
June 8	Game 13	Texas	8–7 (10 innings)	Arkansas	Arkansas eliminated
June 9	Game 14	Miami (FL)	2–1	Texas
June 11	Final	Miami (FL)	10–6	Texas	Miami wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Kevin Sheary	Miami (FL)
P	Greg Swindell	Texas
C	Chris Magno	Miami (FL)
1B	Will Clark	Mississippi State
2B	Billy Bates	Texas
3B	Jeff King	Arkansas
SS	Frank Davis	Mississippi State
OF	Dennis Cook	Texas
	Ralph Kraus	Arkansas
	Dan Van Cleve	Mississippi State
DH	Greg Ellena (MOP)	Miami (FL)

Notable players

Arizona: Chip Hale, Tommy Hinzo, Joe Magrane, Dave Rohde
Arkansas: Kevin Campbell, Howard Hilton, Fred Farwell, Jeff King, Jimmy Kremers, Pat Rice
Miami (FL):
Mississippi State: Jeff Brantley, Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro, Bobby Thigpen
Oklahoma State: Jeff Bronkey, Doug Dascenzo, Carlos Diaz, Gordon Dillard, Pete Incaviglia
South Carolina: Mike Cook, Dave Hollins
Stanford: Rubén Amaro, Jr., Jeff Ballard, Mark Davis, Jack McDowell, Al Osuna, John Ramos, Pete Stanicek
Texas: Billy Bates, Dennis Cook, James Castillion, Rick Parker, Mark Petkovsek, Rusty Richards, Bruce Ruffin, Greg Swindell

References

^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved September 24, 2014.

[NCAA-1] "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved September 24, 2014.

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Regionals

Atlantic Regional at Coral Gables, FL

Central Regional at Austin, TX

East Regional at Columbia, SC

Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK

South I Regional at Starkville, MS

South II Regional at Tallahassee, FL

West I Regional at Stanford, CA

West II Regional at Fresno, CA

College World Series

Participants

Results

Bracket

Game results

All-Tournament Team

Notable players

See also

References