Tulsa's baseball team played in the College World Series twice, finishing in second and third place. In 1969 the Golden Hurricane made it to the final game of the double-elimination tournament before losing to Arizona State.Peter Carry, "Odd One For The Sun Devils", Sports Illustrated, June 30, 1969. ("Until it ran into the Sun Devils, Tulsa—not just the team but the whole town—was enjoying the biggest laughs of the tournament. With 12 of the club's 20 players Tulsa natives, the competition seemed to be less Tulsa against UCLA, Texas or NYU than north side Tulsa players against boys from Tulsa's south side.") First baseman Steve Caves and third baseman Les Rogers were named to the all-tournament team. In 1971 Tulsa lasted until the next-to-last game of the tournament before being eliminated. First baseman Jerry Tabb was named the tournament's most valuable player; pitcher Steve Rogers and outfielder Steve Bowling were also named to the all-tournament team.W. C. Madden, Patrick J. Stewart, The College World Series: A Baseball History, 1947–2003 (McFarland Publishing, 2004), , pp. 92–96, 102–104. Excerpts available at Google Books. Tulsa held the number one ranking in the polls for part of the 1972 seasonJohn Klein, "TU reunion was a reminder of its baseball past", Tulsa World, June 18, 2006 before being knocked out of that year's playoffs at the district level.
