2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Sam Houston State (3rd title)
Winning coach Mark Johnson (2nd title)
MVP Bobby Verbick (Sam Houston State)
2008 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
Lamar 20 – 10 – 0   .667     35 – 23 – 0   .603
Northwestern State 17 – 12 – 0   .586     28 – 28 – 0   .500
Southeastern Louisiana 15 – 15 – 0   .500     32 – 27 – 0   .542
Central Arkansas 13 – 16 – 1   .450     27 – 27 – 1   .500
McNeese State 7 – 23 – 0   .233     13 – 42 – 0   .236
Nicholls State 5 – 25 – 0   .167     10 – 44 – 0   .185
Western
Texas–San Antonio 22 – 8 – 0   .733     39 – 19 – 0   .672
Texas State † 19 – 11 – 0   .633     30 – 27 – 0   .526
Sam Houston State ‡y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     37 – 25 – 0   .597
Texas–Arlington 16 – 14 – 0   .533     26 – 31 – 0   .456
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 14 – 15 – 1   .483     24 – 33 – 1   .422
Stephen F. Austin 12 – 17 – 0   .414     25 – 29 – 0   .463
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 24, 2008[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–24. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Sam Houston State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Team W L T Pct Seed
Texas–San Antonio 22 8 0.733
1
Lamar 20 10 0.667
2
Texas State 19 11 0 .633
3
Sam Houston State 18 12 0.600
4
Northwestern State 17 12 0.586
5
Texas–Arlington 16 14 0.533
6
Southeastern Louisiana 15 15 0.500
7
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 14 15 1 .483
8
Central Arkansas 13 16 1.450
–
Stephen F. Austin 12 17 0.414
–
McNeese State 7 23 0.233
–
Nicholls State 5 25 0.167
–

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Texas–San Antonio 5  
8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 7  
  8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2  
  4 Sam Houston State 13  
4 Sam Houston State 7
5 Northwestern State 1  
  8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 5  
  4 Sam Houston State 7  
1 Texas–San Antonio 9  
5 Northwestern State 7  
  1 Texas–San Antonio 10
  8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 12  
  4 Sam Houston State 15
  2 Lamar 7
3 Texas State 22  
6 Texas–Arlington 2  
  3 Texas State 7
  2 Lamar 11  
2 Lamar 8
7 Southeastern Louisiana 7  
  2 Lamar 1 4
  7 Southeastern Louisiana 17 2  
6 Texas–Arlington 3  
7 Southeastern Louisiana 7  
  3 Texas State 7
  7 Southeastern Louisiana 11  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

Pos Name Team
C Ben Theriot Texas State
1B Trent Lockwood Texas–San Antonio
2B Brian Taylor Lamar
3B Seth Hammock Sam Houston State
SS Ryan Weber Sam Houston State
OF Keith Stein Sam Houston State
OF Chase Williams Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
OF David Moore Lamar
DH Bobby Verbick Sam Houston State (MVP)
P Brian Sisk Lamar
P Dallas Gallant Sam Houston State

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 16. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Southland Conference 2015 Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 29. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
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