2022 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament
The 2022 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 25 through 29 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament will earn the league's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
| Format | two bracket Double-elimination tournament with championship game |
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| Finals site | |
| Champions | Oklahoma (3rd title) |
| Television | Bracket Play: ESPN+, ESPNU Championship: ESPNU |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 TCU †y | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 38 | – | 22 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 42 | – | 22 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Oklahoma ‡y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 45 | – | 24 | .652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Texas Tech y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 39 | – | 22 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Texas y | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 47 | – | 22 | .681 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 33 | – | 22 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 29 | – | 29 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 7 | – | 17 | .292 | 26 | – | 28 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 20 | .167 | 20 | – | 35 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of October 25, 2023[1] Rankings from D1baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Texas has won the most championships with five. Among original members, Kansas State has never won the event. Oklahoma State won their third championship in 2019. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. Having joined in 2013, TCU won titles in 2014, 2016, and 2021, while West Virginia has yet to win the Tournament.
Format and seeding
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight, and will then play a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game. At the beginning of the season, the conference coaches voted to make the higher seeded team the designated home team for all games in the tournament.
Bracket
| First round May 25 | Second round May 26–May 27 | Semifinals May 28 | Finals May 29 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Baylor | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Baylor | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 117 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | West Virginia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas Tech | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas Tech | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Kansas State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 4 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Kansas State | 3 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | West Virginia | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Kansas State | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas Tech | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Kansas State | 611 | ||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | ||
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| Wednesday, May 25 | ||||||
| 1 | 9:00am | No. 4 Oklahoma State vs No. 5 Texas | 0-4 | ESPNU | ||
| 2 | 12:30pm | No. 1 TCU vs No. 8 Baylor | 4-2 | ESPN+ | ||
| 3 | 4:00pm | No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 7 Kansas State | 5-3 | ESPN+ | ||
| 4 | 7:30pm | No. 3 Oklahoma vs No. 6 West Virginia | 6-4 | ESPN+ | ||
| Thursday, May 26 | ||||||
| 5 | 9:00am | No. 4 Oklahoma State vs No. 8 Baylor | 11-17 | ESPN+ | ||
| 6 | 12:30pm | No. 6 West Virginia vs No. 7 Kansas State | 5–8 | ESPN+ | ||
| 7 | 4:00pm | No. 1 TCU vs No. 5 Texas | 3-5 | ESPNU | ||
| 8 | 7:30pm | No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 3 Oklahoma | 3-6 | ESPNU | ||
| Friday, May 27 | ||||||
| 9 | 3:15pm | No. 1 TCU vs No. 4 Oklahoma State | 4-8 | ESPN+ | ||
| 10 | 7:00pm | No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 7 Kansas State | 5-611 | ESPN+ | ||
| Semifinals – Saturday, May 28 | ||||||
| 11 | 9:00am | No. 4 Oklahoma State vs No. 5 Texas | 8-1 | ESPN+ | ||
| 12 | 12:30pm | No. 3 Oklahoma vs No. 7 Kansas State | 4-3 | ESPN+ | ||
| 13 | 4:00pm | No. 4 Oklahoma State vs No. 5 Texas | 2-9 | ESPN+ | ||
| Championship – Sunday, May 29 | ||||||
| 14 | 5:00pm | No. 3 Oklahoma vs No. 5 Texas | 8-1 | ESPNU | ||
| *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
Conference Championship Game
| Big 12 Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| (5)Texas Longhorns | vs. | (3)Oklahoma Sooners |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Texas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: C.Horton(3–2) LP: T.Sthele(3–1) Home runs: TEX: I.Melendez OKLA: J.Crooks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- "2022 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- "2021-22 Big 12 Postseason Championship Schedule". big12sports.com. Retrieved February 2, 2022.