The 1974 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of

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. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the

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, a double-elimination tournament in its twenty-eighth 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 28 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-eighth tournament's champion was

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, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was George Milke of

Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and six teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series. Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at
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District 2 at West Windsor, NJ

District 3 at Starkville, MS

District 4 at
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District 5 at
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District 6 at
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District 7 at Greeley, CO

District 8 at
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College World Series

Participants

Results

Bracket

Game results

All-Tournament Team

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

Notable players

* Harvard: *

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: Orlando Gonzalez,

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* Oklahoma: Keith Drumright, Bob Shirley *

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: Rick Cerone,

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: Rich Dauer,

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, Bobby Mitchell,

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* Southern Illinois: *

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: Bobby Cuellar, Jim Gideon,

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, Rich Wortham

Tournament Notes

*Southern California becomes the first team to win five consecutive College World Series. *

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becomes the first head coach to lead two different schools to the College World Series; he led

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to Omaha in

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References

{{NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season Baseball in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex