1997 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

1997 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	All Sports Stadium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Oklahoma (1st title)
Winning coach	Larry Cochell (1st title)
MVP	Brian Shackelford (Oklahoma)
Attendance	56,742

1997 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas Tech  ‍†‍‍y	23	–	7		.767			46	–	14		.767
No. 12 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			46	–	19		.708
No. 26 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			39	–	22		.639
No. 17 Oklahoma  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	11		.621			39	–	20		.661
Baylor  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			32	–	23		.582
Missouri  ‍‍‍	15	–	16		.484			31	–	27		.534
Texas  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			29	–	22		.569
Kansas  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			31	–	25		.554
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			32	–	24		.571
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			27	–	35		.435
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	6	–	21		.222			12	–	31		.279
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1997 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was the first in Big 12 history, and the only one to be held at All Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 15 through 18. Oklahoma won the inaugural tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The format followed that used by the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship at the time: a six-team, double-elimination tournament.

Regular Season Standings

Source:

Place	Seed	Team	Conference				Overall
			W	L	%	GB	W	L	%
1	1	Texas Tech	23	7	.767	–	46	14	.767
2	2	Oklahoma State	21	9	.700	2	46	19	.708
3	3	Texas A&M	19	11	.633	4	39	22	.639
4	4	Oklahoma	18	11	.621	4.5	39	20	.661
5	5	Baylor	18	12	.600	5	32	23	.582
6	6	Missouri	15	16	.484	8.5	31	27	.534
7	–	Texas	12	15	.444	9.5	29	22	.569
8	–	Kansas	12	18	.400	11	31	25	.554
9	–	Kansas State	10	20	.333	13	32	24	.571
10	–	Nebraska	7	23	.233	16	27	35	.435
11	–	Iowa State	6	21	.222	15.5	21	31	.404

• Colorado did not sponsor a baseball team.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
						1	Texas Tech	3
						4	Oklahoma	5
	1	Texas Tech	12								4	Oklahoma	16
	6	Missouri	2								6	Missouri	7			4	Oklahoma	10
						6	Missouri	9
																2	Oklahoma State	5
						5	Baylor	8
	2	Oklahoma State	11
																					4	Oklahoma	19
	5	Baylor	8
						2	Oklahoma State	16													1	Texas Tech	17
						3	Texas A&M	10
	3	Texas A&M	11								2	Oklahoma State	6
	4	Oklahoma	3								1	Texas Tech	7
						1	Texas Tech	9
						3	Texas A&M	6

• Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, and Texas did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Joe Dillon	Texas Tech
2B	Corey Hart	Oklahoma
3B	Sean Heaney	Texas A&M
SS	Derek Wathan	Oklahoma
C	Javier Flores	Oklahoma
OF	Rusty McNamara	Oklahoma State
OF	Brian Shackelford	Oklahoma
OF	Brandon Toro	Texas Tech
DH	Jason Landreth	Texas Tech
P	Matt Blank	Texas A&M
P	Jason Gooding	Texas Tech
P	Jeff Andra	Oklahoma
MOP	Brian Shackelford	Oklahoma

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

References

• Big 12 Tourney media guide Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Boydsworld 1997 Standings