2008 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

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2008 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo four-team round-robin groups
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (3rd title)
Winning coachAugie Garrido (3rd title)
MVPBrandon Belt (Texas)
Attendance81,331
2008 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 10 Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 8 – 0   .704 46 – 19 – 0   .708
No. 18 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y 18 – 9 – 0   .667 44 – 18 – 0   .710
No. 22 Nebraska  ‍‍‍y 17 – 9 – 1   .648 41 – 16 – 1   .716
No. 21 Missouri  ‍‍‍y 16 – 11 – 0   .593 39 – 21 – 0   .650
No. 25 Texas  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 12 – 0   .556 37 – 24 – 0   .607
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16 – 0   .407 32 – 26 – 0   .552
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16 – 0   .407 29 – 29 – 0   .500
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 9 – 17 – 1   .352 36 – 26 – 1   .579
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18 – 0   .333 30 – 27 – 0   .526
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18 – 0   .333 25 – 30 – 0   .455
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2008 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 21 to May 25, 2008. This was the third year the conference uses the round robin tournament setup. The winners of each group at the end of the round robin face each other in a one-game match for the championship.

Regular Season Standings[edit]

Source:[2]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T % GB W L T %
1 1 Texas A&M 19 8 0 .704 – 46 19 0 .708
2 2 Oklahoma State 18 9 0 .667 1 44 18 0 .710
3 3 Nebraska 17 9 1 .648 1.5 41 16 1 .716
4 4 Missouri 16 11 0 .593 3 39 21 0 .650
5 5 Texas 15 12 0 .556 4 39 22 0 .639
6 6 Baylor 11 16 0 .407 8 32 26 0 .552
6 7 Kansas State 11 16 0 .407 8 29 29 0 .500
8 8 Oklahoma 9 17 1 .352 9.5 36 26 1 .579
9 – Kansas 9 18 0 .333 10 30 27 0 .526
9 – Texas Tech 9 18 0 .333 10 25 30 0 .455

Tournament[edit]

Division A A&M Mizzou UT OU Overall
1 Texas A&M 6-2 9-15 1-4 1-2
4 Missouri 2-6 3-2* 3–4 1-2
5 Texas 15-9 2-3* 11-10 2-1
8 Oklahoma 4-1 4-3 10-11 2-1
Division B OSU Neb Bay KSU Overall
2 Oklahoma State 11-5 14-3 2–3 2-1
3 Nebraska 5–11 4–10 5-2 1-2
6 Baylor 3-14 10-4 2–3 1-2
7 Kansas State 3-2 2-5 3-2 2-1
Finals
   
A Texas 15
B Kansas State 7
  • Texas Tech and Kansas did not make the tournament.
  • Texas wins tiebreaker over Oklahoma by virtue of their 11–10 head to head win
  • * 10 innings
  • Kansas State wins tiebreaker over Oklahoma State by virtue of their 3–2 head to head win

All-Tournament Team[edit]

Position Player School
1B Brandon Belt Texas
2B Jake Opitz Nebraska
3B Nate Tenbrink Kansas State
SS Drew Biery Kansas State
C Luis Flores Oklahoma State
OF Jacob Priday Missouri
OF Jordan Danks Texas
OF Russell Moldenhauer Texas
DH Rebel Ridling Oklahoma State
P Daniel Edwards Kansas State
P Andrew Doyle Oklahoma
MOP Brandon Belt Texas

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Baseball standings". big12sports.com. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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