Participants Results The teams in the CWS were divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. For the second time since the College World Series began in 1947, the series was not a true double elimination tournament. Instead, the winners of the two pools met in a single National Championship game. Texas came out of its pool with no losses. Wichita State came out of its pool with one loss. Wichita State defeated Texas in the Championship game. Because each team only had one loss, in the championships prior to 1988, the teams would have played a winner-take-all game for the championship. Therefore, when Texas lost the championship game, rather than play another game for the championship, Wichita State was crowned champion. This new format was adopted for television reasons for the final game. Later, the format was switched to a best of three series in 2003.
Bracket Game results All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
Notable players •
Arkansas: Bubba Carpenter,
Mike Oquist,
Scott Pose,
Phil Stidham •
Florida State: Chris Brock,
Matt Dunbar,
Gar Finnvold,
Eduardo Pérez,
Marc Ronan •
Long Beach State: Kyle Abbott,
Darrell Sherman,
Tom Urbani,
Dan Berthel •
LSU: Paul Byrd,
Curt Leskanic,
Ben McDonald,
John O'Donoghue,
Chad Ogea,
Keith Osik,
Russ Springer •
Miami (FL): Jorge Fábregas,
Alex Fernández,
Joe Grahe,
Oscar Múñoz,
F.P. Santangelo •
North Carolina: Jim Dougherty,
Jesse Levis,
Brad Woodall •
Texas: Kirk Dressendorfer,
Shane Reynolds •
Wichita State: Greg Brummett,
P. J. Forbes,
Tyler Green,
Mike Lansing,
Pat Meares,
Eric Wedge •
George Washington Colonials: John Flaherty ==See also==