2012 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament will be held at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 23 to May 27, 2012. The tournament will continue the format reinstated with the 2011 tournament, consisting of two separate four-team double-elimination tournaments. The winners of each of those tournaments will face each other in a one-game match for the championship. Missouri defeated Oklahoma in the championship game, 8-7, to earn the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2012 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
2012 Big 12 baseball tournament logo
Teams8
FormatTwo four team Double Elimination
Brackets with one game championship
Finals site
ChampionsMissouri (1st title)
Winning coachTim Jamieson (1st title)
MVPEric Garcia (Missouri)
2012 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 10 Baylor y 204 .8334917 .742
No. 19 Texas A&M y 168 .6674318 .705
Texas  1410 .5833022 .577
No. 13 Oklahoma y 1310 .5654225 .627
Oklahoma State  1311 .5423225 .561
Missouri y 1014 .4173328 .541
Kansas  716 .3042434 .414
Kansas State  717 .2922731 .466
Texas Tech  717 .2922926 .527
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

It was Missouri's first, and only, Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament title, as they moved to the SEC on July 1, 2012.

Format and seeding

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.[3]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L  % GB W L  %
1 1 Baylor 20 4 .833 49 17 .742
2 2 Texas A&M 16 8 .667 4 43 18 .705
3 3 Texas 14 10 .583 6 30 22 .577
4 4 Oklahoma 13 10 .565 6.5 42 25 .627
5 5 Oklahoma State 13 11 .542 7 32 25 .561
6 6 Missouri 10 14 .417 10 33 28 .541
7 7 Kansas 7 16 .304 12.5 24 34 .414
8 8 Kansas State 7 17 .292 13 27 31 .466
8 Texas Tech 7 17 .292 13 29 26 .527

Bracket

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
5Oklahoma State0
4Oklahoma1
4Oklahoma3
1Baylor2
8Kansas State1
1Baylor11
4Oklahoma7-
1Baylor2-
5Oklahoma State5
8Kansas State118Kansas State2
1Baylor11
4Oklahoma7
6Missouri5
6Missouri8
3Texas0
2Texas A&M3
6Missouri5
7Kansas4
2Texas A&M10
6Missouri12-
7Kansas2-
3Texas2
7Kansas47Kansas5
2Texas A&M3

All-Tournament Team

Source:[4]

Position Player School
C Josh Ludy Baylor
1B Evan Mistich Oklahoma
2B Jack Mayfield Oklahoma
SS Eric Garcia Missouri
3B Matt Juengel Texas A&M
OF Dane Opel Missouri
OF Blake Brown Missouri
OF Tyler Naquin Texas A&M
DH Matt Oberste Oklahoma
P Dillon Overton Oklahoma
P Steven Okert Oklahoma
P Jeff Emens Missouri
MOP Eric Garcia Missouri

References

  1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "2012 Big 12 Baseball Championship". big12sports.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
  3. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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