2003 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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]

2003 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsEastern Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coachRoger Coryell (1st title)
MVPBrian Bixler (Eastern Michigan)
2003 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Kent State  x‍‍‍ 20–4–0 .83338–18–0 .679
Miami  ‍‍‍ 19–9–0 .67936–24–1 .598
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .57735–23–0 .603
Akron  ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .44422–30–0 .423
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 11–16–0 .40722–31–1 .417
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 5–21–0 .19216–37–0 .302
West
Ball State  x‍‍‍ 17–10–0 .63036–21–0 .632
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 16–11–0 .59333–28–0 .541
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .57734–24–0 .586
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16–12–0 .57125–26–0 .490
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .37525–28–0 .472
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 9–18–0 .33317–28–0 .378
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 8–19–0 .29622–29–0 .431
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2003[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State204.833
–
1
Miami199.679
3
3
Ohio1511.577
6
5
Akron1215.444
9.5
–
Marshall1116.407
10.5
–
Buffalo521.192
16
–
West Division
Ball State1710.630
–
2
Eastern Michigan1611.593
1
4
Northern Illinois1511.577
1.5
6
Western Michigan1612.571
1.5
–
Central Michigan915.375
6.5
–
Bowling Green918.333
8
–
Toledo819.296
9
–

Results
First roundSecond roundThird roundFinal
6Northern Illinois4*
4Eastern Michigan6*
1Kent State34Eastern Michigan7
6Northern Illinois41Kent State4
2Ball State2†
1Kent State3†
3Miami64Eastern Michigan36
4Eastern Michigan43Miami25
3Miami4
5Ohio3
2Ball State43Miami6
5Ohio145Ohio0
5Ohio9
6Northern Illinois8

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

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Matt LongMiami
Dale HayesEastern Michigan
John SloneMiami
Anthony GressickOhio
Joe TuckerKent State
Joe MazzucaNorthern Illinois
Brian BixlerEastern Michigan
Derrick PetersonEastern Michigan
Phil SabatiniOhio
David CookMiami

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