1995 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament

1995 Big West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1995
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Blair Field
Long Beach, CA
Champions Cal State Fullerton (1st title)
Winning coach Augie Garrido (1st title)
Big West Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1985 1996»
1995 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Cal State Fullerton †‡ 18 – 3   .857     57 – 9   .864
#16 Long Beach State 16 – 5   .762     38 – 25   .603
Nevada 12 – 9   .571     35 – 18   .660
UNLV 11 – 10   .524     32 – 21   .604
New Mexico State 9 – 12   .429     32 – 22   .593
UC Santa Barbara 8 – 13   .381     22 – 24   .478
Pacific 5 – 16   .238     26 – 26   .500
San Jose State 5 – 16   .238     21 – 33   .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1995 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1995 season. The four teams met in the double-elimination tournament from May 12–14 at Long Beach State's on campus facility, Blair Field. Cal State Fullerton won the tournament, earning the league's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, en route to winning the College World Series for the third time.[2]

This would be the second postseason conference championship event sponsored by the league, and the first with greater than two teams. The event would be held for the next four years before being discontinued.

Seeding and format

The top four teams at the end of the conference's round robin regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Cal State Fullerton 18 3 .857
–
1
Long Beach State 16 5 .762
2
2
Nevada 12 9 .571
6
3
UNLV 11 10 .524
7
4
New Mexico State 9 12 .429
9
–
UC Santa Barbara 8 13 .381
10
–
Pacific 5 16 .238
14
–
San Jose State 5 16 .238
14
–

Bracket

The following bracket depicts the results of the tournament.[2][3][4][5]

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Cal State Fullerton 12  
4  UNLV 1  
  1  Cal State Fullerton 6  
  3  Nevada 4  
2  Long Beach State 8
3  Nevada 13  
  1  Cal State Fullerton 8 —
  2  Long Beach State 4 —
4  UNLV 3  
2  Long Beach State 5  
  3  Nevada 0
  2  Long Beach State 2  

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Cal State Fullerton Titans Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton. p. 141. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2010 Long Beach State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Long Beach State. p. 52. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ Nevada Baseball Record Book (PDF). Nevada Wolf Pack. p. 22. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ UNLV Baseball Guide (PDF). UNLV Rebels. p. 33. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
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