1976 Maine Black Bears baseball team
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| 1976 Maine Black Bears baseball | |
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College World Series, 2–2 | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 29–9 (6–2 Yankee) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Connecticut † | 7 | – | 1 | .875 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Maine y | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 29 | – | 9 | .763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 UMass | 3 | – | 5 | .375 | 24 | – | 13 | .649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 9 | – | 13 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1976[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1976 Maine Black Bears baseball team represented the University of Maine in the 1976 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Black Bears were led by John Winkin in his 2nd year as head coach, and played as part of the Yankee Conference.
Maine posted a 29–9 record, finished second in the Yankee Conference with a 6–2 regular season, and won the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference New England Tournament to claim the automatic bid to the 1976 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. They swept the Northeast Regional to advance to the 1976 College World Series, their second appearance in Omaha. The Black Bears won games against Auburn and Washington State and lost to eventual runner-up Eastern Michigan and third place Arizona State.[2]