2007 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament
The 2007 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Top seeded TCU won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–8 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | TCU (2nd title) |
| MVP | Austin Adams (TCU) |
| Television | Mountiain/CBS Sports Network |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 28 TCU †‡y | 20 | – | 3 | .870 | 48 | – | 14 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | 37 | – | 20 | .649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 29 | – | 30 | .492 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 28 | – | 30 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 24 | – | 31 | .436 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 23 | – | 36 | .390 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 0 | – | 23 | .000 | 8 | – | 44 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 8, 2007[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Only six teams participate, so Air Force was not in the field.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 20 | 3 | .870 | – | 1 |
| BYU | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.5 | 2 |
| Utah | 12 | 12 | .500 | 8.5 | 3 |
| San Diego State | 12 | 12 | .500 | 8.5 | 4 |
| New Mexico | 12 | 12 | .500 | 8.5 | 5 |
| UNLV | 10 | 14 | .417 | 10.5 | 6 |
| Air Force | 0 | 23 | .000 | 20 | – |
Results
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Utah | 3 | 6 | UNLV | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UNLV | 6 | 1 | TCU | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Diego State | 0 | 5 | New Mexico | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | New Mexico | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UNLV | 8 | 6 | UNLV | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | New Mexico | 4 | 5 | New Mexico | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Utah | 1 | 4 | San Diego State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | San Diego State | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
| Name | POS | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Kasey Ko | 1B | BYU |
| Steve Parker | 3B | BYU |
| Stephen Wells | OF | BYU |
| Bobby LaFromboise | P | New Mexico |
| Steven Hirschfeld | P | San Diego State |
| Efren Navarro, Jr. | 1B | UNLV |
| Austin Adams | OF | TCU |
| Clint Arnold | OF | TCU |
| Keith Conlon | OF | TCU |
| Tyler Lockwood | RP | TCU |
| Apana Nakayama | DH | BYU |
Most Valuable Player
Austin Adams, an outfielder for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]
References
- Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 3. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- "TCU Battles Back to Win Second Straight MWC Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.