1985 College World Series

1985 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season	1985
Teams	38
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Miami (FL) (2nd title)
Runner-up	Texas (23rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Ron Fraser (2nd title)
MOP	Greg Ellena (Miami (FL))
Television	ESPN

The 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its thirty-ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Five regions held a four-team, double-elimination tournament while three regions included six teams, resulting in 38 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The thirty-ninth tournament champion was Miami (FL), coached by Ron Fraser. The Most Outstanding Player was Greg Ellena of Miami (FL).

Regionals

The tournament's opening rounds were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of either a four-team field or a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Atlantic Regional at Coral Gables, FL


Upper round 1		Upper final		Final



Miami (FL)	22

Princeton	6
		Miami (FL)	11

		Virginia	6
Virginia	14

Florida	1
				Miami (FL)	1	12

				Florida	8	9
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Virginia	2

Princeton	4	Florida	15

Florida	14

Central Regional at Austin, TX


First round			Second round		Third round		Semifinals		Final



1	Oklahoma	9

6	Lamar	1	Oklahoma	5

			Grambling State	2

2	Houston	11			Oklahoma	4

5	LSU	4			Texas	9

			Houston	2					Texas	10	—

			Texas	9					Lamar	2	—

3	Texas	4¹²					Oklahoma	5

4	Grambling State	3			Houston	9	Lamar	7

			Lamar	4	Lamar	10

			LSU	3

East Regional at Columbia, SC


First round			Second round		Third round		Final



			Western Carolina	12

			La Salle	13¹⁰
1	Western Carolina	5			La Salle	17

6	Old Dominion	3			Rider	12
			Old Dominion	2

			Rider	3
2	St. John's	14					La Salle	2	—

5	Rider	9					South Carolina	7	—
			St. John's	6

			South Carolina	13
3	South Carolina	11			South Carolina	14

4	La Salle	1			Western Carolina	3
			Western Carolina	9

			St. John's	6

Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK


Upper round 1		Upper final		Final



Oklahoma State	8

Minnesota	3
		Oklahoma State	15

		Wichita State	8
Wichita State	12

Oral Roberts	1
				Oklahoma State	2	10

				Wichita State	7	6
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Wichita State	15

Minnesota	8	Oral Roberts	14

Oral Roberts	17

South I Regional at Starkville, MS


First round		Semi-finals		Finals



Mississippi State	10

West Virginia	1
		Mississippi State	8

		New Orleans	4
New Orleans	12¹³

Michigan	10
				Mississippi State	6	19

				Michigan	14	8
Lower round 1		Lower final



		New Orleans	6

West Virginia	2	Michigan	11

Michigan	9

South II Regional at Tallahassee, FL


First round			Second round		Third round		Semifinals		Final



1	Arkansas	20

6	Eastern Kentucky	13	Arkansas	13

			George Mason	9

2	Georgia Tech	7			Arkansas	7

5	Central Michigan	6			Florida State	6

			Georgia Tech	1					Arkansas	7	—

			Florida State	9					Georgia Tech	5	—

3	Florida State	11					Florida State	3

4	George Mason	0			Georgia Tech	14	Georgia Tech	8

			Eastern Kentucky	10	Eastern Kentucky	13

			Central Michigan	7

West I Regional at Stanford, CA


Upper round 1		Upper final		Final



Stanford	17

Oregon State	3
		Stanford	9

		Nebraska	8
Nebraska	4

Pepperdine	2
				Stanford	1	7

				Pepperdine	5	1
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Nebraska	6

Oregon State	1	Pepperdine	7

Pepperdine	6

West II Regional at Fresno, CA


Upper round 1		Upper final		Final



Arizona	7

BYU	3
		Arizona	6

		Fresno State	0
Fresno State	7¹⁰

California	6
				Arizona	10	—

				Fresno State	3	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Fresno State	12

BYU	9	BYU	8

California	5

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	Pac-10	47–20 (17–13)	Jerry Kindall	12 (last: 1980)	1st (1976, 1980)	27–22
Arkansas	SWC	49–13 (13–7)	Norm DeBriyn	1 (last: 1979)	2nd (1979)	3–2
Miami (FL)	n/a	59–15 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	7 (last: 1984)	1st (1982)	14–12
Mississippi State	SEC	48–13 (16–8)	Ron Polk	3 (last: 1981)	6th (1979, 1981)	2–6
Oklahoma State	Big 8	57–14 (19–4)	Gary Ward	12 (last: 1984)	1st (1959)	27–23
South Carolina	Metro	47–20 (n/a)	June Raines	4 (last: 1982)	2nd (1975, 1977)	9–8
Stanford	Pac-10	46–13 (23–7)	Mark Marquess	4 (last: 1983)	3rd (1967)	6–8
Texas	SWC	60–12 (16–5)	Cliff Gustafson	22 (last: 1984)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983)	51–38

Results

Bracket


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Final



Arkansas	1¹⁴

South Carolina	0
		Arkansas	4

		Mississippi State	5
Mississippi State	12

Oklahoma State	3
				Mississippi State	7

				Texas	12
Miami (FL)	17
						Texas	8¹⁰
Stanford	3
		Miami (FL)	1			Arkansas	7

		Texas	2
Texas	2

Arizona	1

								Texas	1	6

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Miami (FL)	2	10



				Miami (FL)	2

		South Carolina	11	Oklahoma State	1
						Mississippi State	5
		Oklahoma State	16
						Miami (FL)	6
				Arkansas	10

		Stanford	9	Stanford	4

		Arizona	2

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 31	Game 1	Arkansas	1–0 (14 innings)	South Carolina
May 31	Game 2	Mississippi State	12–3	Oklahoma State
June 1	Game 3	Miami (FL)	17–3	Stanford
June 1	Game 4	Texas	2–1	Arizona
June 2	Game 5	Oklahoma State	16–11	South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
June 2	Game 6	Stanford	9–2	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
June 3	Game 7	Mississippi State	5–4	Arkansas
June 5	Game 8	Texas	8–4	Miami (FL)
June 6	Game 9	Arkansas	10–4	Stanford	Stanford eliminated
June 6	Game 10	Miami (FL)	2–1	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State eliminated
June 7	Game 11	Texas	12–7	Mississippi State	Texas qualified for final
June 8	Game 12	Miami (FL)	6–5	Mississippi State	Mississippi State eliminated
June 8	Game 13	Texas	8–7 (10 innings)	Arkansas	Arkansas eliminated
June 9	Game 14	Miami (FL)	2–1	Texas
June 11	Final	Miami (FL)	10–6	Texas	Miami wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Kevin Sheary	Miami (FL)
P	Greg Swindell	Texas
C	Chris Magno	Miami (FL)
1B	Will Clark	Mississippi State
2B	Billy Bates	Texas
3B	Jeff King	Arkansas
SS	Frank Davis	Mississippi State
OF	Dennis Cook	Texas
	Ralph Kraus	Arkansas
	Dan Van Cleve	Mississippi State
DH	Greg Ellena (MOP)	Miami (FL)

Notable players

Arizona: Chip Hale, Tommy Hinzo, Joe Magrane, Dave Rohde
Arkansas: Kevin Campbell, Howard Hilton, Fred Farwell, Jeff King, Jimmy Kremers, Pat Rice
Miami (FL):
Mississippi State: Jeff Brantley, Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro, Bobby Thigpen
Oklahoma State: Jeff Bronkey, Doug Dascenzo, Carlos Diaz, Gordon Dillard, Pete Incaviglia
South Carolina: Mike Cook, Dave Hollins
Stanford: Rubén Amaro, Jr., Jeff Ballard, Mark Davis, Jack McDowell, Al Osuna, John Ramos, Pete Stanicek
Texas: Billy Bates, Dennis Cook, James Castillion, Rick Parker, Mark Petkovsek, Rusty Richards, Bruce Ruffin, Greg Swindell

References

"NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved September 24, 2014.