2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Eastern Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach Jake Boss (1st title)
MVP Jack Leonard (Eastern Michigan)
2008 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Kent State x 16 – 8   .667     36 – 21   .632
Bowling Green 16 – 8   .667     32 – 20   .615
Ohio 14 – 13   .519     29 – 30   .492
Akron 8 – 13   .381     25 – 24   .510
Miami 8 – 19   .296     18 – 36   .333
Buffalo 7 – 19   .269     14 – 38   .269
West
Eastern Michigan x‡y 15 – 8   .652     25 – 32   .439
Northern Illinois 16 – 10   .615     28 – 26   .519
Ball State 12 – 11   .522     28 – 25   .528
Western Michigan 12 – 12   .500     29 – 23   .558
Central Michigan 13 – 13   .500     29 – 27   .518
Toledo 10 – 13   .435     18 – 31   .367
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2008. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. This was the twentieth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion, and first to be held at a neutral site. Second seed Eastern Michigan won their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next six finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winner of each bracket facing off in a single championship game. This was the first year of the eight team tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Kent State 16 8 .667
–
1
Bowling Green 16 8 .667
–
3
Ohio 14 13 .519
3.5
6
Akron 8 13 .381
6.5
–
Miami 8 19 .296
9.5
–
Buffalo 7 19 .269
10
–
West Division
Eastern Michigan 15 8 .652
–
2
Northern Illinois 16 10 .615
1.5
4
Ball State 12 11 .522
3
5
Western Michigan 12 12 .500
3.5
7
Central Michigan 13 13 .500
3.5
8
Toledo 10 13 .435
5
–

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Kent State 4  
8 Central Michigan 2  
  1 Kent State 10  
  4 Northern Illinois 6  
4 Northern Illinois 13
5 Ball State 7  
  1 Kent State 10 —  
  4 Northern Illinois 3 —  
8 Central Michigan 5  
5 Ball State 7  
  4 Northern Illinois 6
  5 Ball State 5  
  1 Kent State 4
  2 Eastern Michigan 12
3 Bowling Green 5  
6 Ohio 4  
  3 Bowling Green 4
  2 Eastern Michigan 11  
2 Eastern Michigan 8
7 Western Michigan 5  
  2 Eastern Michigan 9 —
  6 Ohio 3 —  
6 Ohio 5  
7 Western Michigan 4  
  3 Bowling Green 3
  6 Ohio 7  

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Matt Stoeklen Ball State
Dave Reynolds Northern Illinois
Chris Rigo Ohio
Greg Rohan Kent State
Brad Stillings Kent State
Doug Sanders Kent State
Josh Ivan Eastern Michigan
Steve Bradshaw Eastern Michigan
Sean Hoffman Eastern Michigan
Zack Leonard Eastern Michigan

Most Valuable Player

Zack Leonard was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Leonard played for Eastern Michigan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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