2003 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2003 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Eastern Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach Roger Coryell (1st title)
MVP Brian Bixler (Eastern Michigan)
2003 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Kent State x 20 – 4 – 0   .833     38 – 18 – 0   .679
Miami 19 – 9 – 0   .679     36 – 24 – 1   .598
Ohio 15 – 11 – 0   .577     35 – 23 – 0   .603
Akron 12 – 15 – 0   .444     22 – 30 – 0   .423
Marshall 11 – 16 – 0   .407     22 – 31 – 1   .417
Buffalo 5 – 21 – 0   .192     16 – 37 – 0   .302
West
Ball State x 17 – 10 – 0   .630     36 – 21 – 0   .632
Eastern Michigan ‡y 16 – 11 – 0   .593     33 – 28 – 0   .541
Northern Illinois 15 – 11 – 0   .577     34 – 24 – 0   .586
Western Michigan 16 – 12 – 0   .571     25 – 26 – 0   .490
Central Michigan 9 – 15 – 0   .375     25 – 28 – 0   .472
Bowling Green 9 – 18 – 0   .333     17 – 28 – 0   .378
Toledo 8 – 19 – 0   .296     22 – 29 – 0   .431
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2003[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2003 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2003. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the fifteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed Eastern Michigan won their third tournament championship, and first since the event resumed in 1992, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the sixth year of the six team tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Kent State 20 4 .833
–
1
Miami 19 9 .679
3
3
Ohio 15 11 .577
6
5
Akron 12 15 .444
9.5
–
Marshall 11 16 .407
10.5
–
Buffalo 5 21 .192
16
–
West Division
Ball State 17 10 .630
–
2
Eastern Michigan 16 11 .593
1
4
Northern Illinois 15 11 .577
1.5
6
Western Michigan 16 12 .571
1.5
–
Central Michigan 9 15 .375
6.5
–
Bowling Green 9 18 .333
8
–
Toledo 8 19 .296
9
–

Results

  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1 Kent State 3  
  6 Northern Illinois 4     6 Northern Illinois 4*  
    4 Eastern Michigan 6*    
      4 Eastern Michigan 7  
      1 Kent State 4    
  2 Ball State 2†          
  1 Kent State 3†        
  3 Miami 6         4 Eastern Michigan 3 6
  4 Eastern Michigan 4           3 Miami 2 5
      3 Miami 4        
      5 Ohio 3          
  2 Ball State 4           3 Miami 6    
  5 Ohio 14         5 Ohio 0  
  5 Ohio 9    
  6 Northern Illinois 8  

* - Indicates game required 12 innings. † - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Name School
Matt Long Miami
Dale Hayes Eastern Michigan
John Slone Miami
Anthony Gressick Ohio
Joe Tucker Kent State
Joe Mazzuca Northern Illinois
Brian Bixler Eastern Michigan
Derrick Peterson Eastern Michigan
Phil Sabatini Ohio
David Cook Miami

Most Valuable Player

Brian Bixler won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Bixler played for Eastern Michigan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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