1978 College World Series

1978 College World Series
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Participating teams

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

Bracket to be Included

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 2	Game 1	Michigan	4 - 0	Baylor
June 2	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
June 5	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
June 7	Game 13	Southern California	3 - 2	North Carolina	North Carolina eliminated
June 8	Final	Southern California	10 - 3	Arizona State	Southern California wins CWS

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Rod Boxberger	Junior	Southern California
Pitcher	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
Out fielder	Tim Tolman	Senior	Southern California
	John Wells	Junior	Southern California
	Steve Michael	Junior	Arizona State
Designated hitter	Randy Guerra	Junior	Miami

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:

Chris Bando appears in his fourth College World Series.

v • d • e NCAA Division I Men's College World Series

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