2008 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

2008 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Two four-team round-robin groups
Finals site	AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Texas (3rd title)
Winning coach	Augie Garrido (3rd title)
MVP	Brandon Belt (Texas)
Attendance	81,331

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 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

Source:

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

• Colorado and Iowa State did not sponsor baseball teams.

Tournament

	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

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

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

References

• Big 12 Tourney Results
• Big 12 Standings