2008 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

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.

2008 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo four-team round-robin groups
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (3rd title)
Winning coachAugie Garrido (3rd title)
MVPBrandon Belt (Texas)
Attendance81,331
2008 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 10 Texas A&M  y 1980 .70446190 .708
No. 18 Oklahoma State  y 1890 .66744180 .710
No. 22 Nebraska  y 1791 .64841161 .716
No. 21 Missouri  y 16110 .59339210 .650
No. 25 Texas  y 15120 .55637240 .607
Baylor   11160 .40732260 .552
Kansas State   11160 .40729290 .500
Oklahoma  y 9171 .35236261 .579
Kansas   9180 .33330270 .526
Texas Tech   9180 .33325300 .455
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular Season Standings

Source:[2]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T  % GB W L T  %
1 1 Texas A&M 19 8 0 .704 46 19 0 .708
2 2 Oklahoma State 18 9 0 .667 1 44 18 0 .710
3 3 Nebraska 17 9 1 .648 1.5 41 16 1 .716
4 4 Missouri 16 11 0 .593 3 39 21 0 .650
5 5 Texas 15 12 0 .556 4 39 22 0 .639
6 6 Baylor 11 16 0 .407 8 32 26 0 .552
6 7 Kansas State 11 16 0 .407 8 29 29 0 .500
8 8 Oklahoma 9 17 1 .352 9.5 36 26 1 .579
9 Kansas 9 18 0 .333 10 30 27 0 .526
9 Texas Tech 9 18 0 .333 10 25 30 0 .455

Tournament

Division A A&M Mizzou UT OUOverall
1 Texas A&M 6-2 9-15 1-41-2
4 Missouri 2-6 3-2* 3–41-2
5 Texas 15-9 2-3* 11-102-1
8 Oklahoma 4-1 4-3 10-11 2-1
Division B OSU Neb Bay KSUOverall
2 Oklahoma State 11-5 14-3 2–32-1
3 Nebraska 5–11 4–10 5-21-2
6 Baylor 3-14 10-4 2–31-2
7 Kansas State 3-2 2-5 3-2 2-1
Finals
   
A Texas 15
B Kansas State 7
  • Texas Tech and Kansas did not make the tournament.
  • Texas wins tiebreaker over Oklahoma by virtue of their 11–10 head to head win
  • * 10 innings
  • Kansas State wins tiebreaker over Oklahoma State by virtue of their 3–2 head to head win

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.
  2. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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