2008 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Format Two four-team round-robin groups
Site
Champions Texas (3rd title)
Winning coach Augie Garrido (3rd title)
MVP Brandon Belt (Texas)
Attendance 81,331
2008 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#10 Texas A&M †y 19 – 8 – 0   .704     46 – 19 – 0   .708
#18 Oklahoma State y 18 – 9 – 0   .667     44 – 18 – 0   .710
#22 Nebraska y 17 – 9 – 1   .648     41 – 16 – 1   .716
#21 Missouri y 16 – 11 – 0   .593     39 – 21 – 0   .650
#25 Texas ‡y 15 – 12 – 0   .556     37 – 24 – 0   .607
Baylor 11 – 16 – 0   .407     32 – 26 – 0   .552
Kansas State 11 – 16 – 0   .407     29 – 29 – 0   .500
Oklahoma y 9 – 17 – 1   .352     36 – 26 – 1   .579
Kansas 9 – 18 – 0   .333     30 – 27 – 0   .526
Texas Tech 9 – 18 – 0   .333     25 – 30 – 0   .455
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 21 to May 25, 2008. This was the third year the conference uses the round robin tournament setup. The winners of each group at the end of the round robin face each other in a one-game match for the championship.

Regular season results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Texas A&M 19 8 .704 -- 1
Oklahoma State 18 9 .667 1 2
Nebraska 17 9 .654 1.5 3
Missouri 16 11 .593 3 4
Texas 15 12 .556 4 5
Baylor 11 16 .407 7 6
Kansas State 11 16 .407 7 7
Oklahoma 9 17 .346 8.5 8
Kansas 9 18 .333 9 --
Texas Tech 9 18 .333 9 --

Tournament

Division A A&M Mizzou UT OU Overall
1 Texas A&M 6-2 9-15 1-4 1-2
4 Missouri 2-6 3-2* 3-4 1-2
5 Texas 15-9 2-3* 11-10 2-1
8 Oklahoma 4-1 4-3 10-11 2-1
Division B OSU Neb Bay KSU Overall
2 Oklahoma State 11-5 14-3 2-3 2-1
3 Nebraska 5-11 4-10 5-2 1-2
6 Baylor 3-14 10-4 2-3 1-2
7 Kansas State 3-2 2-5 3-2 2-1
  Finals
       
A  Texas 15
B  Kansas State 7

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Brandon Belt Texas
2B Jake Opitz Nebraska
3B Nate Tenbrink Kansas State
SS Drew Biery Kansas State
C Luis Flores Oklahoma State
OF Jacob Priday Missouri
OF Jordan Danks Texas
OF Russell Moldenhauer Texas
DH Rebel Ridling Oklahoma State
P Daniel Edwards Kansas State
P Andrew Doyle Oklahoma
MOP Brandon Belt Texas

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball standings". big12sports.com. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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