1993 NCAA Division I baseball season

1993 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams274
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsLSU (2nd title)
Runners-upWichita State (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coachSkip Bertman (2nd title)
MOPTodd Walker (LSU)
Seasons

The 1993 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1993. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1993 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the 47th time in 1993, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the second time.[1]

Realignment

Format changes

  • The Mid-Continent Conference dissolved its two divisions and competed as a single conference.
  • With the addition of UCF to the East, the TAAC shifted Mercer to the West Division.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1993 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 24 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Georgia Tech 1993 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC Clemson
Big East Conference Villanova 1993 Big East Conference baseball tournament Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT St. John's
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1993 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Ohio State 1993 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament C. O. Brown Stadium • Battle Creek, MI Minnesota
Big West Conference Long Beach State no tournament
Colonial Athletic Association George Mason 1993 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC East Carolina
Ivy League Gehrig - Columbia
Rolfe - Yale
1993 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Palmer Field • Middletown, CT Yale
Metro Conference 1993 Metro Conference baseball tournament The Diamond • Richmond, VA Charlotte
Mid-American Conference Kent State 1993 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH Kent State
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Notre Dame 1993 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament South Bend, IN Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference Wright State 1993 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament Chicago, IL UIC
Northeast Conference Fairleigh Dickinson 1993 Northeast Conference baseball tournament Ewing Township, NJ St. Francis
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington
South - Arizona State
no tournament
Patriot League North - Fordham
South - Navy
1993 Patriot League baseball tournament Houlihan Park • Bronx, NY Fordham
Southeastern Conference Eastern - Tennessee 1993 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament[a] Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC Tennessee
Western - LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA LSU
Southern Conference Georgia Southern 1993 Southern Conference baseball tournament College Park • Charleston, SC Western Carolina
Southwest Conference Texas A&M 1993 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Baylor
Trans America Athletic Conference East - Stetson
West - Southeastern Louisiana
1993 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Conrad Park • DeLand, FL UCF
West Coast Conference Pepperdine No tournament
  1. ^ The SEC held separate tournaments for its Eastern and Western Divisions in 1993. LSU was awarded the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1993 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Georgia Tech  ‍†‍‍y 16 – 6   .727 47 – 14   .770
No. 21 NC State  ‍‍‍y 15 – 7   .682 49 – 17   .742
No. 22 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 14 – 9   .609 46 – 19   .708
No. 23 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13 – 10   .565 43 – 20   .683
No. 17 Clemson  ‍‍‡‍y 11 – 11   .500 45 – 20   .692
Duke  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 39 – 19   .672
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 9 – 13   .409 31 – 22   .585
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318 21 – 30   .412
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 17   .227 24 – 29   .453
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Villanova  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667 27 – 15 – 1   .640
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600 30 – 18 – 0   .625
Connecticut  ‍‍‍y 12 – 9 – 0   .571 27 – 19 – 0   .587
No. 14 St. John's  ‍‍‡‍y 11 – 10 – 0   .524 28 – 20 – 0   .583
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 22 – 14 – 0   .611
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11 – 0   .476 30 – 13 – 0   .698
Providence  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12 – 0   .400 21 – 24 – 0   .467
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16 – 0   .238 7 – 22 – 0   .241
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 9   .679 44 – 19   .698
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 9   .654 43 – 18   .705
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 36 – 22   .621
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 38 – 21   .644
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13   .536 27 – 27   .500
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500 32 – 20   .615
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14   .481 25 – 30   .455
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 31 – 23   .574
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 32 – 23   .582
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 23   .179 15 – 28   .349
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[6][7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
George Mason  ‍†‍‍y 10 – 1 – 0   .909 33 – 15 – 0   .688
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750 31 – 11 – 0   .738
East Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y 11 – 7 – 0   .611 41 – 19 – 0   .683
UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429 26 – 29 – 0   .473
James Madison  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 1   .318 24 – 24 – 1   .500
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8 – 1   .292 29 – 18 – 1   .615
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 3 – 12 – 0   .200 24 – 19 – 1   .557
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Lou Gehrig
Columbia  x‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 19 – 21   .475
Penn  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 17 – 19   .472
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 16 – 25   .390
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 3 – 17   .150 6 – 29   .171
Red Rolfe
Yale  x‍‍‡‍y 16 – 4   .800 33 – 11   .750
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8   .600 18 – 20   .474
Brown  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 13 – 27   .325
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12   .400 14 – 19   .424
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 27 Kent State  ‍†‍‡‍y 22 – 10 – 0   .688 41 – 15 – 0   .732
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 22 – 10 – 0   .688 39 – 19 – 0   .672
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 35 – 21 – 0   .625
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 32 – 24 – 0   .571
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15 – 0   .464 21 – 26 – 0   .447
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 24 – 31 – 0   .436
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 30 – 24 – 0   .556
Miami  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 26 – 27 – 0   .491
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17 – 0   .393 19 – 27 – 1   .415
Akron  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23 – 0   .233 22 – 33 – 0   .400
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Wright State  ‍†‍‍ 17 – 3 – 0   .850 39 – 15 – 0   .722
UIC  ‍‍‡‍ 13 – 8 – 0   .619 31 – 26 – 0   .544
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 1   .594 23 – 23 – 1   .500
Cleveland State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500 23 – 26 – 0   .469
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12 – 0   .400 12 – 39 – 1   .240
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 7 – 12 – 1   .375 12 – 28 – 1   .305
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 13 – 0   .316 16 – 34 – 1   .324
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 20 – 26 – 0   .435
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 10 – 19 – 0   .345
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1993[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Wichita State  ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 3   .850 58 – 17   .773
Southwest Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 6   .700 32 – 23   .582
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 13 – 7   .650 40 – 16   .714
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 35 – 23   .603
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 32 – 25   .561
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 28 – 31   .475
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15   .250 22 – 29   .431
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ 1 – 20   .048 12 – 39   .235
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[12]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍†‍‍ 15 – 6 – 0   .714 28 – 16 – 0   .636
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 14 – 6 – 0   .700 17 – 18 – 0   .486
St. Francis  ‍‍‡‍ 13 – 8 – 0   .619 25 – 15 – 0   .625
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8 – 0   .619 17 – 20 – 0   .459
Rider  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571 21 – 18 – 0   .538
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300 9 – 23 – 0   .281
Marist  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 9 – 24 – 1   .279
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 1 – 15 – 0   .063 6 – 24 – 0   .200
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Oregon State  x‍‍‍ 15 – 6   .714 32 – 18   .640
Washington  ‍‍‍ 16 – 7   .696 39 – 19   .672
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 34 – 24   .586
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 31 – 27   .534
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 17 – 36   .321
Portland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 17   .227 16 – 33   .327
Southern
No. 7 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 19 – 11   .633 46 – 20   .697
No. 24 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 37 – 23   .617
No. 9 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 35 – 26   .574
No. 18 Southern California  ‍‍‍y 15 – 15   .500 35 – 29   .547
California  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 27 – 30   .474
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 27 – 28   .491
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Fordham  x‍‍‡‍y 13 – 7   .650 32 – 27   .542
Army  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 17 – 22   .436
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 12 – 20   .375
Colgate  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 8 – 20   .286
South
Navy  x‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 20 – 16   .556
Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 15 – 19   .441
Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 15 – 25   .375
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 12 – 21   .364
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 20 Tennessee  x‍‍‡‍y 20 – 10   .667 45 – 20   .692
No. 29 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 15 – 10   .600 39 – 20   .661
Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 14 – 14   .500 38 – 23   .623
Florida  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14   .462 33 – 25   .569
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15   .423 32 – 23   .582
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18   .357 30 – 29   .508
Western
No. 1 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 8   .692 53 – 17   .757
No. 28 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 17 – 11   .607 40 – 23   .635
No. 25 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 17 – 12   .586 41 – 21   .661
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 33 – 26   .559
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 27 – 25   .519
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 31 – 25   .554
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[15]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Georgia Southern  ‍†‍‍ 18 – 5   .783 38 – 21   .644
Western Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 6   .714 34 – 28   .548
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 13 – 9   .591 32 – 25   .561
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 8   .579 21 – 17   .553
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 20 – 28   .417
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12   .400 15 – 27   .357
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 13 – 27   .325
VMI  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15   .250 20 – 29   .408
Furman  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16   .200 17 – 22   .436
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[16]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1993 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Stetson x‍‍‍ 11 – 7 – 0   .611 38 – 17 – 0   .691
UCF ‍‍‡‍y 9 – 9 – 0   .500 31 – 31 – 0   .500
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500 18 – 24 – 0   .429
FIU ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 27 – 29 – 0   .482
West
Southeastern Louisiana x‍†‍‍ 19 – 5 – 0   .792 38 – 17 – 0   .691
Centenary ‍‍‍ 15 – 8 – 0   .652 27 – 25 – 0   .519
Samford ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 16 – 32 – 1   .337
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 12 – 35 – 0   .255
Mercer ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300 15 – 34 – 0   .306
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[17]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1993 season marked the forty seventh NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with LSU claiming their second championship with an 8–0 win over Wichita State in the final.[1]

Bracket

First round Second round Semi-finals Finals
             
1 Texas A&M 5
8 Kansas 1
1 Texas A&M 8
5 LSU 13
4 Long Beach State 1
5 LSU 7
5 LSU 8 6
4 Long Beach State 10 5
8 Kansas 1
4 Long Beach State 6
1 Texas A&M 2
4 Long Beach State 6
5 LSU 8
7 Wichita State 0
2 Arizona State 3
7 Wichita State 411
7 Wichita State 7
3 Texas 6
3 Texas 6
6 Oklahoma State 5
7 Wichita State 10 —
6 Oklahoma State 4 —
2 Arizona State 4
6 Oklahoma State 5
3 Texas 6
6 Oklahoma State 7


Award winners

All-America team

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