The 1965 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the

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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 nineteenth 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 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The nineteenth tournament's champion was

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, coached by

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. The Most Outstanding Player was

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Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series. Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

District 1 at
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District 2 at
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District 3 at Gastonia, NC

District 4 at
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District 5 at St. Louis, MO

District 6

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automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.

District 7 at
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:* Northern Colorado was then known as Colorado State College

District 8

:* Cal State Northridge was then known as San Fernando Valley State

College World Series

Participants

Results

Bracket

Game results

All-Tournament Team

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

Notable players

: John Pavlik,

, Duffy Dyer,

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, Al Schmelz *

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: *

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: Randy Brown,

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* Lafayette: *

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: Steve Arlin, Chuck Brinkman, Russ Nagelson *

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: *

: Joe Hague,

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: Danny Frisella

Tournament notes

* Ohio State's 15 inning victory over Washington State is the longest game in College World Series history

References

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