2008 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2008 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2008. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. This was the twentieth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion, and the first to be held at a neutral site. Second seed Eastern Michigan won their fourth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2008 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsEastern Michigan (4th title)
Winning coachJake Boss (1st title)
MVPJack Leonard (Eastern Michigan)
2008 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Kent State  x‍‍‍ 16–8 .66736–21 .632
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 16–8 .66732–20 .615
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .51929–30 .492
Akron  ‍‍‍ 8–13 .38125–24 .510
Miami  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .29618–36 .333
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 7–19 .26914–38 .269
West
Eastern Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y 15–8 .65225–32 .439
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16–10 .61528–26 .519
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 12–11 .52228–25 .528
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50029–23 .558
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13–13 .50029–27 .518
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 10–13 .43518–31 .367
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next six finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played a two-bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winner of each bracket facing off in a single championship game. This was the first year of the eight-team tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State168.667
–
1
Bowling Green168.667
–
3
Ohio1413.519
3.5
6
Akron813.381
6.5
–
Miami819.296
9.5
–
Buffalo719.269
10
–
West Division
Eastern Michigan158.652
–
2
Northern Illinois1610.615
1.5
4
Ball State1211.522
3
5
Western Michigan1212.500
3.5
7
Central Michigan1313.500
3.5
8
Toledo1013.435
5
–

Results
First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Kent State4
8Central Michigan2
1Kent State10
4Northern Illinois6
4Northern Illinois13
5Ball State7
1Kent State10—
4Northern Illinois3—
8Central Michigan5
5Ball State74Northern Illinois6
5Ball State5
1Kent State4
3Bowling Green5
2Eastern Michigan12
6Ohio4
3Bowling Green4
2Eastern Michigan11
2Eastern Michigan8
7Western Michigan5
2Eastern Michigan9—
6Ohio3—
6Ohio5
7Western Michigan43Bowling Green3
6Ohio7

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Matt StoeklenBall State
Dave ReynoldsNorthern Illinois
Chris RigoOhio
Greg RohanKent State
Brad StillingsKent State
Doug SandersKent State
Josh IvanEastern Michigan
Steve BradshawEastern Michigan
Sean HoffmanEastern Michigan
Zack LeonardEastern Michigan

Most Valuable Player

Zack Leonard was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Leonard played for Eastern Michigan.[4]

References
  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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