1950 NCAA baseball season

1950 NCAA baseball season
College World Series
Champions	Texas
Runners-up	Washington State
MOP	Ray VanCleef (Rutgers)
Seasons
← 1949	1951 →

The 1950 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1950. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1950 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fourth time in 1950, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held for the first time in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Texas claimed their second championship.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1950 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Conference champions had to be chosen, unless all conference champions declined the bid.^[1]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament City	Tournament Winner
Big Seven	Nebraska	No Conference Tournament
CIBA	Stanford	No Conference Tournament
EIBL	Army Princeton	No Conference Tournament
Gulf Coast Conference	Houston	No Conference Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference North	Washington State	No Conference Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Alabama	No Conference Tournament
Southern Conference	North - Virginia Tech South - Wake Forest	1950 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Greensboro, NC	Wake Forest
Southwest Conference	Texas	No Conference Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1950 Big Seven Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Nebraska †^y 11 – 3   .786     16 – 8   .667 Missouri 8 – 5   .615     11 – 9   .550 Oklahoma 7 – 5   .583     14 – 8   .636 Kansas 8 – 8   .500     10 – 8   .556 Iowa State 4 – 5   .444     –   – Colorado 4 – 7   .364     –   – Kansas State 5 – 11   .313     7 – 13   .350 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1950[2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1950 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Virginia Tech ^x 8 – 2   .800     13 – 9   .591 George Washington 6 – 3   .667     –   – Maryland 6 – 3   .667     20 – 8   .714 Washington and Lee –   –     –   – Richmond 0 – 0   –     8 – 9   .471 William & Mary –   –     –   – VMI –   –     –   – Southern Wake Forest ^x‡ 14 – 3   .824     31 – 6   .838 Clemson 13 – 3   .813     20 – 11   .645 South Carolina 11 – 6   .647     16 – 9   .640 NC State –   –     –   – Furman –   –     –   – North Carolina 11 – 11   .500     16 – 18   .471 Duke –   –     –   – Davidson –   –     –   – The Citadel 0 – 12   .000     4 – 14   .222 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1950[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1950 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Texas †^y 14 – 1   .933     27 – 6   .818 Texas A&M 9 – 5   .643     17 – 11   .607 Baylor 8 – 7   .533     20 – 9   .690 TCU 7 – 8   .467     14 – 9   .609 SMU 2 – 10   .167     9 – 12   .429 Rice 2 – 11   .154     9 – 12   .429 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1950[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1950 season marked the fourth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. For the first time, the College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska, which became the permanent home of the event. Districts used a variety of selection methods to the event, from playoffs to a selection committee. District playoffs were not considered part of the NCAA Tournament, and the expansion to eight teams resulted in the end of regionals as they existed from 1947 through 1949. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas claiming their second championship with a 3–0 win over Washington State in the final.^[1]

		Texas	2
		Rutgers	4
							Rutgers	5
							Wisconsin	3
		Wisconsin	7
		Colorado A&M	3
												Rutgers	1
											Washington State	3
		Alabama	9
		Bradley	2
							Alabama	1
							Washington State	9
		Washington State	3
		Tufts	1
																	Washington State	1
																	Texas	12
							Texas	3
							Colorado A&M	1
												Texas	7
												Tufts	0
							Tufts	5
							Bradley	4
																						Texas	15
																						Rutgers	9
												Wisconsin	3
												Alabama	1
																	Wisconsin	2									Texas	3
																	Rutgers	16									Washington State	0

Award winners

All-America team

References

1. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 17–21. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1950". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1950". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1950". boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
5. "Texas Baseball 2010 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 172. Retrieved April 12, 2013.