1950 NCAA baseball season

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| CWSDuration = June 15–23, 1950

| WorldSeries_link = 1950 College World Series

| WorldSeries = College World Series

| WorldSeries_champ = Texas

| WorldSeries_titlecount = 2nd

| WorldSeries_runner-up = Washington State

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| WorldSeries_coach = Bibb Falk

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| WorldSeries_MOP = Ray VanCleef

| MOPTeam = Rutgers

| prevseason_year = 1949

| nextseason_year = 1951

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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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ox665PJnDXQC|title=The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003|author=W.C. Madden|author2=Patrick J. Stewart|name-list-style=amp|publisher=McFarland & Co.|year=2004|pages=17–21|access-date=April 12, 2013|isbn=9780786418428}}

Conference changes

Montana left the Pacific Coast Conference for the Mountain States Conference. The PCC played as a 9-team league.{{cite web|url=https://athlonsports.com/college-football/history-pac-12-conference-realignment|publisher=Athlon Sports|date=July 2, 2012|title=The History of Pac-12 Conference Realignment|author=Braden Gall|access-date=July 15, 2018}}

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.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Conference !Regular season winner !Conference tournament !Tournament city !Tournament winner
Big Seven	{{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}}	colspan=3\| No conference tournament
Big Nine	Wisconsin {{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}}	colspan=3\| No conference tournament
CIBA	{{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Stanford Indians\|title=Stanford}}	colspan=3\| No conference tournament
EIBL	{{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Army Black Knights\|title=Army}} {{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Princeton Tigers\|title=Princeton}}	colspan=3\| No conference tournament
Gulf Coast Conference	{{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Houston Cougars\|title=Houston}}	colspan=3\| No conference tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	East - Bradley West - {{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Oklahoma A&M Cowboys\|title=Oklahoma A&M}}	1950 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament	Peoria, IL	Bradley
Pacific Coast Conference North	Washington State	colspan=3\| No conference tournament
Southeastern Conference	Alabama	colspan=3\| No conference tournament
Southern Conference	North - {{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Virginia Tech Hokies\|title=Virginia Tech}} South - {{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Wake Forest Demon Deacons\|title=Wake Forest}}	1950 Southern Conference baseball tournament	Greensboro, NC	{{CBSB link\|year=1950\|team=Wake Forest Demon Deacons\|title=Wake Forest}}
Southwest Conference	Texas	colspan=3\| No conference tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1950 Big Seven Conference baseball standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1950 Big Nine Conference baseball standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1950 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1950 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1950 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1950 Southeastern Conference baseball standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1950 Southern Conference baseball standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1950 Southwest Conference baseball standings}}

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.

1950 NCAA baseball season

Conference changes

Conference winners

Conference standings

College World Series

Award winners

=All-America team=

References