1968 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1968 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 15. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The twenty-second tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bill Seinsoth of the University of Southern California.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
Brigham Young University	Western Athletic Conference	31 - 15 (8 - 4, 0 GB)	Glen Tuckett	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Harvard University	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League	19 - 7 (8 - 1, 0 GB)	Loyal Park	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
North Carolina State University	Atlantic Coast Conference	23 - 7 (13 - 4, 0 GB)	Sam Esposito	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Oklahoma State University	Big Eight Conference	20 - 7 (15 - 3, 0 GB)	Chet Bryan	7 (last: 1967)	1st (1959)	18 - 13
Southern Illinois University	Independent	34 - 12 (n/a)	Joe Lutz	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
St. John's University	Metropolitan Conference	23 - 8 ( )	Jack Kaiser	3 (last: 1966)	4th (1949, 1966)	3 - 6
University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	22 - 9 (12 - 4, 0 GB)	Cliff Gustafson	10 (last: 1966)	1st (1949, 1950)	20 - 17
University of Southern California	Pacific Eight Conference	38 - 12 - 1 (16 - 2, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	10 (last: 1966)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963)	29 - 15

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		St. John's	2
		Harvard	0
							St. John's	3
							North Carolina State	2
		North Carolina State	7
		Southern Illinois	6
												St. John's	6
												USC	7
		Oklahoma State	8
		Texas	5
							Oklahoma State	5
							USC	6
		USC	5
		Brigham Young	3
						Loser's bracket
							Harvard	1
							Southern Illinois	2				Oklahoma State	1
												Southern Illinois	7
							Texas	7
							Brigham Young	0				North Carolina State	6
												Texas	5

	Semifinals					Finals
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		USC	2
		North Carolina State	0
							USC	4
							Southern Illinois	3
		St. John's	0
		Southern Illinois	15

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 10	Game 1	St. John's	2 - 0	Harvard
	Game 2	North Carolina State	7 - 6	Southern Illinois
June 11	Game 3	Oklahoma State	8 - 5	Texas
	Game 4	Southern California	5 - 3	Brigham Young
	Game 5	Southern Illinois	2 - 1 (11 innings)	Harvard	Harvard eliminated
June 12	Game 6	Texas	7 - 0	Brigham Young	Brigham Young eliminated
	Game 7	St. John's	3 - 2 (12 innings)	North Carolina State
	Game 8	Southern California	6 - 5	Oklahoma State
June 13	Game 9	North Carolina State	6 - 5	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 10	Southern Illinois	7 - 1	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State eliminated
	Game 11	Southern California	7 - 6	St. John's
June 14	Game 12	Southern Illinois	15 - 0	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
	Game 13	Southern California	2 - 0	North Carolina State	North Carolina State eliminated
June 15	Final	Southern California	4 - 3	Southern Illinois	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Bill Lee	Senior	Southern California
	Tom Sowinski	Senior	St. John's
Catcher	Ralph Addonizio	Senior	St. John's
First baseman	Bill Seinsoth	Junior	Southern California
Second baseman	Lou Bagwell	Sophomore	Texas
Third baseman	Barry O'Sullivan	Junior	Southern Illinois
Shortstop	Danny Thompson	Junior	Oklahoma State
Outfielder	Jerry Bond	Sophomore	Southern Illinois
	Mike Rogodzinski	Sophomore	Southern Illinois
	Wayne Weatherly	Senior	Oklahoma State

Notable Players

• Brigham Young University: Ken Crosby, Doug Howard
• Harvard University: Ray Peters, Pete Varney
• North Carolina State University: Mike Caldwell, Tommy Smith
• Oklahoma State University: Danny Thompson
• University of Southern California: Jim Barr, Bill Lee, Brent Strom
• Southern Illinois University: Skip Pitlock, Mike Rogodzinski
• St. John's University:
• University of Texas at Austin: Larry Hardy

Related Sites

• OmahaSeries.com: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball