2008 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 2008 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 20 through 24 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Virginia. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the ninth time, and earned an invitation to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2008 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (9th title)
Winning coachGary Gilmore (6th title)
MVPTyler Bortnick (Coastal Carolina)
2008 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 16 Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–3–0 .85050–14–0 .781
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 14–7–0 .66735–26–1 .573
VMI  ‍‍‍ 14–7–0 .66729–26–0 .527
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 12–9–0 .57127–33–0 .450
High Point  ‍‍‍ 3–18–0 .14312–41–0 .226
Radford  ‍‍‍ 8–12–0 .40026–30–0 .464
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 7–14–0 .33319–34–0 .358
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 8–13–0 .38126–33–0 .441
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
  • High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player.
    As of June 30, 2008[1]
    Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

All eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament.[2]

High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player. The standings template at right reflects the results after the forfeits, while the table below shows the results of games played in order to accurately reflect seeding.[2][3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Coastal Carolina173.850—1
Liberty147.6673.52
VMI147.6674.53
Winthrop1110.5716.54
High Point912.4298.55
Radford614.300116
Charleston Southern615.28611.57
UNC Asheville615.28611.58

Bracket and results

Play-in round
TeamR
7 Charleston Southern1
6 Radford6
TeamR
8 UNC Asheville3
5 High Point2

Double-elimination rounds
First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina20
8UNC Asheville41Coastal Carolina3
3VMI1
3VMI21Coastal Carolina8
4Winthrop74Winthrop6
4Winthrop131Coastal Carolina19
6Radford92Liberty132
2Liberty44Winthrop3
6Radford156Radford22Liberty15
8UNC Asheville12Liberty11
2Liberty10

All-Tournament Team
NameSchool
Tommy BaldridgeCoastal Carolina
Tyler BortnickCoastal Carolina
Cody BrownLiberty
Dock DoyleCoastal Carolina
Steven EvansLiberty
Alex GregoryRadford
Joey HaugCoastal Carolina
Bryn HendersonWinthrop
Jeff JeffersonLiberty
Reggie KeenRadford
Ryan MullinsWinthrop
John MurrianWinthrop
David SappeltCoastal Carolina
Dustin UmbergerLiberty
Garrett YoungLiberty

Most Valuable Player

Tyler Bortnick was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bortnick was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina.[2]

References
  1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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