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The 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fifty first year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The fifty-first tournament's champion was LSU, coached by Skip Bertman. The Most Outstanding Player was Brandon Larson of LSU.
Regionals
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.
= Atlantic Regional
=Hosted by Miami (FL) at Mark Light Field in Coral Gables, Florida.
= Central Regional
=Hosted by Texas Tech at Dan Law Field in Lubbock, Texas.
= East Regional
=Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.
= Mideast Regional
=Hosted by Mississippi State at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi.
= Midwest Regional
=Hosted by Oklahoma State at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
= South I Regional
=Hosted by Louisiana State at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
= South II Regional
=Hosted by Alabama at Sewell–Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
= West Regional
=Hosted by Stanford at Sunken Diamond in Stanford, California.
College World Series
= Participants
== Results
=Bracket
Game results
All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
= Notable players
=Alabama: Dustan Mohr, Andy Phillips
Auburn: Josh Hancock, Tim Hudson, David Ross
LSU: Brandon Larson
Miami (FL): Pat Burrell, Bobby Hill, Aubrey Huff, Jason Michaels
Mississippi State: Eric DuBose, Matt Ginter, Adam Piatt
Rice: Matt Anderson, Lance Berkman, Kevin Joseph
Stanford: Jeff Austin, Tony Cogan, Chad Hutchinson, Kyle Peterson
UCLA: Eric Byrnes, Troy Glaus, Tom Jacquez, Jim Parque, Eric Valent
See also
1997 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
1997 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
1997 NAIA World Series