Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament
| Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Baseball |
| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Format | Pool Play & Single Elimination |
| Current stadium | Scottsdale Stadium |
| Current location | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Played | 2022 |
| Last contest | 2024 |
| Current Champion | Arizona (1) |
| Most championships | Arizona, Oregon & Stanford (1) |
| TV partner(s) | Pac-12 Network ESPN2 |
| Official website | [1] |
| Sponsors | |
| Gatorade GEICO Jockey New York Life Pacific Premier Bank TicketSmarter REPREVE Paycor | |
| Host stadiums | |
| Scottsdale Stadium (2022−2024) | |
| Host locations | |
| Scottsdale, Arizona (2022−2024) | |
The Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament was the conference tournament in baseball for the Pac-12 Conference. It is a pool-play tournament with a four-team knockout bracket, and seeding is based on Pac-12 regular season standings. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2]
The Pac-12 was one of the few conferences to not host a conference tournament at the end of the regular season. After several years of consideration, the tournament will begin in 2022.[2][3]
Tournament
[edit]The Pac-12 Baseball tournament is a pool-play tournament with a four-team knockout bracket, which was held at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona from 2022 to 2024. Since 2023, nine of the 11 Pac-12 schools which field baseball teams qualify for the tournament. (Colorado does not field a team). The winner earns the Pac-12's guaranteed bid to the NCAA Tournament.[2][3]
On October 20, 2022 the Pac-12 announced it would change the format from a double-elimination tournament by expanding the field to nine teams & switching to pool play.[4] There are three teams in each pool, with each team playing two games in pool play. Pool play takes place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with three games per day. Each pool plays a round-robin. The three pool winners advance to the Friday single-elimination semifinals along with one Wild Card team. The Wild Card is determined by the best record of the non-advancing teams. Any tiebreaker is awarded to the highest seeded team. The semifinal matchups pit the highest seed team against the lowest seeded team on one side with the second highest seed and second lowest seed on the other. Teams from the same pool however do not play each other in the semifinals.
Pool A includes seeds #1, #6 and #9 with Pool B made up of seeds #2, #5, and #8. Seeds #3, #4 and #7 compete in Pool C. With every team in the tournament guaranteed two games, teams advancing to Saturday's title game play four games.
Champions
[edit]| Year | School | Site | MVP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Stanford | Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, Arizona | Garret Forrester, Oregon State |
| 2023 | Oregon | Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, Arizona | Chase Davis, Arizona |
| 2024 | Arizona | Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, Arizona | Mason White, Arizona |
By school
[edit]| School | Championships | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 1 | 2023 |
| Stanford | 1 | 2022 |
| Arizona | 1 | 2024 |
| Arizona State | 0 | |
| California | 0 | |
| Oregon State | 0 | |
| UCLA | 0 | |
| USC | 0 | |
| Utah | 0 | |
| Washington | 0 | |
| Washington State | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pac-12 announces creation of Pac-12 Baseball Tournament in partnership with the City of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission". Pac-12 Conference. August 25, 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Pac-12 baseball tournament created with city of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission". NCAA. August 25, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Kevin Reichard (August 27, 2021). "New for 2022: Pac-12 Baseball Tourney at Scottsdale Stadium". Ballpark Digest. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
- ^ "Pac-12 announces change to Pac-12 Baseball Tournament format". Archived from the original on October 20, 2022.