1978 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1978 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 2 to June 8. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight regional tournaments. The thirty-second tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Rod Boxberger of the University of Southern California.

Participating Teams

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	Arizona State University	Western Athletic Conference	53 - 10 (15 - 3, 0 GB)	Jim Brock	9 (last: 1977)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977)	34 - 14
	Baylor University	Southwest Conference	32 - 17 - 2 (15 - 9, 4 GB)	Mickey Sullivan	1 (last: 1977)	8th (1977)	0 - 2
	University of Miami	Division-I Independent	48 - 10 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	1 (last: 1974)	2nd (1974)	3 - 2
	University of Michigan	Big Ten Conference	29 - 15 (13 - 3, 0 GB)	Moby Benedict	2 (last: 1962)	1st (1953)	8 - 1
	University of North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	36 - 15 (9 - 3, 1 GB)	Mike Roberts	2 (last: 1966)	7th (1960)	0 - 4
	Oral Roberts University	Division-I Independent	44 - 10 (n/a)	Larry Cochell	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	St. John's University	Division-I Independent	40 - 16 (n/a)	Joe Russo	4 (last: 1968)	4th (1949, 1966, 1968)	5 - 8
	University of Southern California	Pacific Eight Conference	49 - 9 (15 - 3, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	16 (last: 1974)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974)	58 - 19

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Michigan	4
		Baylor	0
							Michigan	3
							USC	11
		USC	9
		Miami	3
												USC	5
												Arizona State	2
		Oral Roberts	11
		North Carolina	0
							Oral Roberts	6
							Arizona State	7
		Arizona State	13
		St. John's	2
						Loser's bracket
							Baylor	1
							Miami	12				Oral Roberts	3
												Miami	5
							North Carolina	9
							St. John's	5				Michigan	6
												North Carolina	7

	Semifinals					Finals
		USC	3
		North Carolina	2
							USC	10
							Arizona State	3
		Arizona State	11
		Miami	3

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 2	Game 1	Michigan	4 - 0	Baylor
	Game 2	Southern California	9 - 3	Miami
June 3	Game 3	Oral Roberts	11 - 0	North Carolina
	Game 4	Arizona State	13 - 2	St. John's
	Game 5	Miami	12 - 1	Baylor	Baylor eliminated
June 4	Game 6	North Carolina	9 - 5	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
	Game 7	Southern California	11 - 3	Michigan
	Game 8	Arizona State	7 - 6	Oral Roberts
June 5	Game 9	North Carolina	7 - 6	Michigan	Michigan eliminated
	Game 10	Miami	5 - 3	Oral Roberts	Oral Roberts eliminated
June 6	Game 11	Southern California	5 - 2	Arizona State
June 7	Game 12	Arizona State	11 - 3	Miami	Miami eliminated
	Game 13	Southern California	3 - 2	North Carolina	North Carolina eliminated
June 8	Final	Southern California	10 - 3	Arizona State	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Rod Boxberger	Junior	Southern California
	Casey Lindsey	Junior	Arizona State
Catcher	Chris Bando	Senior	Arizona State
First baseman	Dave Hostetler	Senior	Southern California
Second baseman	Mike Fox	Senior	North Carolina
Third baseman	Bob Horner	Junior	Arizona State
Shortstop	Doug Stokke	Senior	Southern California
Left fielder	Tim Tolman	Senior	Southern California
	John Wells	Junior	Southern California
	Steve Michael	Junior	Arizona State
Designated hitter	Randy Guerra	Junior	Miami

Notable Players

• Arizona State University: Jamie Allen, Chris Bando, Hubie Brooks, Bob Horner, Dave Hudgens
• Baylor University: Andy Beene, Jaime Cocanower, Fritzie Connally, Jon Perlman
• University of Miami: Tony Brewer
• University of Michigan: Steve Howe, Rick Leach
• University of North Carolina: Dwight Lowry
• Oral Roberts University: George Bjorkman, Ron Meridith
• University of Southern California: Bill Bordley, Dave Engle, Dave Hostetler, Jeff Schattinger, Bob Skube, Chris Smith, Tim Tolman, Dave Van Gorder
• St. John's University:

Tournament Notes

Chris Bando appears in his fourth College World Series.

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