1990 NCAA Division I baseball season
{{Short description|Baseball season}}
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| no_of_teams = 269
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| tournament_link = 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
| tournament = NCAA tournament
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| WorldSeries_link = 1990 College World Series
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| WorldSeries_champ = Georgia
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| WorldSeries_runner-up = Oklahoma State
| WorldSeries_count = 16th
| WorldSeries_coach = Steve Webber
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| WorldSeries_MOP = Mike Rebhan
| MOPTeam = Georgia
| prevseason_year = 1989
| nextseason_year = 1991
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The 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1990. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1990 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty fourth time in 1990, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Georgia claimed the championship for the first time.{{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=41–43|isbn=9780786418428|access-date=December 10, 2014}}
Format change
The Big East Conference dissolved its divisional format and played as a single eight team division.
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1990 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 25 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 23 teams earned at-large selections.{{cite web|title=NCAA Men's College World Series Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2009CWSfull.pdf|publisher=NCAA|access-date=December 10, 2014|page=7|year=2009}}
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!Conference !Regular season winner !Conference tournament !Tournament venue • city !Tournament winner | ||||
| Atlantic Coast Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=North Carolina Tar Heels|title=North Carolina}} | 1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament | Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=North Carolina Tar Heels|title=North Carolina}} |
| Big East Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Seton Hall Pirates|title=Seton Hall}} | 1990 Big East Conference baseball tournament | Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT | Connecticut |
| Big Eight Conference | Oklahoma State | 1990 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament | All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK | Oklahoma State |
| Big South Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|title=Coastal Carolina}} | 1990 Big South Conference baseball tournament | Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Campbell Fighting Camels|title=Campbell}} |
| Big Ten Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Iowa Hawkeyes|title=Iowa}} | 1990 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament | Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, IA | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Illinois Fighting Illini|title=Illinois}} |
| Big West Conference | Cal State Fullerton | colspan=3|No tournament | ||
| Colonial Athletic Association | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=East Carolina Pirates|title=East Carolina}} | 1990 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament | Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=East Carolina Pirates|title=East Carolina}} |
| EIBL | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Penn Quakers|title=Penn}} | colspan=3|No tournament | ||
| Metro Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Florida State Seminoles|title=Florida State}} | 1990 Metro Conference baseball tournament | Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Florida State Seminoles|title=Florida State}} |
| Mid-American Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Central Michigan Chippewas|title=Central Michigan}} | colspan=3|No tournament | ||
| Midwestern Collegiate Conference | North - {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|title=Notre Dame}} South - {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Evansville Purple Aces|title=Evansville}} | 1990 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament | South Bend, IN | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Evansville Purple Aces|title=Evansville}} |
| Mid-Continent Conference | Blue - {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=UIC Flames|title=UIC}} Gray - {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Southwest Missouri State Bears|title=Southwest Missouri State}} | 1990 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament | Chicago, IL | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=UIC Flames|title=UIC}} |
| Pacific-10 Conference | North - {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Washington State Cougars|title=Washington State}} South - Stanford | colspan=3|No tournament | ||
| Southeastern Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=LSU Tigers|title=LSU}} | 1990 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Mississippi State Bulldogs|title=Mississippi State}}/{{CBSB link|year=1990|team=LSU Tigers|title=LSU}}{{efn|Mississippi State and LSU were declared co-champions after the championship game was suspended due to rain.}} |
| Southern Conference | The Citadel | 1990 Southern Conference baseball tournament | College Park • Charleston, SC | The Citadel |
| Southwest Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Arkansas Razorbacks|title=Arkansas}} | 1990 Southwest Conference baseball tournament | Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}} |
| Trans America Athletic Conference | East - {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Georgia Southern Eagles|title=Georgia Southern}} West - {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Centenary Gentlemen|title=Centenary}} | 1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament | Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA | {{CBSB link|year=1990|team=Stetson Hatters|title=Stetson}} |
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Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Big East Conference baseball standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Big Eight Conference baseball standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Big South Conference baseball standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Big Ten Conference baseball standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Big West Conference baseball standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Southeastern Conference baseball standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Southern Conference baseball standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Southwest Conference baseball standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings}} |
College World Series
{{Main article|1990 College World Series}}
The 1990 season marked the forty fourth NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Georgia claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Oklahoma State in the final.
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Award winners
=All-America team=
{{main article|1990 College Baseball All-America Team}}