2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

The 2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament earned the league's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2021 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams9
Formattwo bracket Double-elimination tournament
with championship game
Finals site
ChampionsTCU (3rd title)
Winning coachJim Schlossnagle (3rd title)
MVPPorter Brown (TCU)
TelevisionBracket Play: ESPN+, ESPNU
Championship: ESPN2
2021 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Texas y 1770 .70850170 .746
No. 8 TCU y 1770 .70841190 .683
No. 9 Texas Tech y 14100 .58339170 .696
No. 23 Oklahoma State y 12120 .50036191 .652
Oklahoma   11130 .45827280 .491
Baylor   11130 .45831200 .608
Kansas State   10140 .41734230 .596
West Virginia   8160 .33325270 .481
Kansas   8160 .33330270 .526
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1baseball

Format and seeding

Unlike the preceding and succeeding tournaments, all 9 teams made the 2021 tournament. There was a two-bracket double elimination tournament, leading to a winner-take-all championship game. The 8th and 9th placed teams played in a play-in game to determine who will compete in the bracket.

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L  % GB W L T  %
11Texas177.70840130.755
12TCU177.70837160.698
33Texas Tech1410.583335130.729
44Oklahoma State1212.500532161.663
55Oklahoma1113.458627260.509
56Baylor1113.458631180.633
77Kansas State1014.417731220.585
88West Virginia816.333923250.479
89Kansas816.333930260.536

Results

Play-in May 25
   
8 West Virginia 8
9 Kansas 7
First round
May 26
Second round
May 27–May 28
Semifinals
May 29
Finals
May 30
             
1 Texas 1
8 West Virginia 5
8 West Virginia 2
4 Oklahoma State 128
4 Oklahoma State 9
5 Oklahoma 5
 4  Oklahoma State  5  -
 1  Texas  4  -
1 Texas 4
5 Oklahoma 1
 1  Texas  3
 8  West Virginia  2
 4  Oklahoma State  7
 2  TCU   10
3 Texas Tech 11
6 Baylor 4
3 Texas Tech 2
2 TCU 7
2 TCU 7
7 Kansas State 6
 2   TCU 2  178
 7   Kansas State 5  7
6 Baylor 4
7 Kansas State 9
 7   Kansas State  7
 3   Texas Tech  2

Conference championship game

Big 12 Championship
(2) TCU Horned Frogs vs. (4) Oklahoma State Cowboys
May 30, 5 p.m. (CDT) at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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WP: G. Wright (3–1)   LP: C. Bowman (0–1)
Attendance: 7204

All-Tournament team

Position Player School
C Zach Humphreys TCU
1B Zach Zubia Texas
2B Gray Rodgers TCU
SS Maui Ahuna Kansas
3B Christian Encarnacion-Strand Oklahoma State
OF Zach Kokoska Kansas State
OF Caeden Trenkle Oklahoma State
OF Porter Brown TCU
DH Hunter Wolfe TCU
SP Justin Campbell Oklahoma State
SP Jackson Wolf West Virginia
RP Eric Torres Kansas State
MOP Porter Brown TCU

References

  1. "2020–21 Baseball Standings". big12sports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. "2021 Big 12 Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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