1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

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1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament
Teams7
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Southwest Missouri State  (1st title)
Winning coach Keith Guttin  (1st title)
  • AMCU Baseball Tournament
  • 1985
1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Western Illinois  000 2881 .770
Eastern Illinois  000 19110 .633
Southwest Missouri State  000 35220 .614
Valparaiso  000 26201 .564
Northern Iowa  000 12180 .400
UIC  000 19350 .352
Cleveland State  000 10381 .214
Tournament champion
As of 1984 [1]

The 1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 4 through 6. All regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held in Chicago, Illinois. Southwest Missouri State won the tournament. [2]

Contents

Format and seeding

The first year of the conference did not have a round-robin regular season schedule. Teams were matched for the first round by a random draw, and then played a double-elimination tournament.

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
Northern Iowa4
UIC1
UIC 215
Western Illinois 1
Northern Iowa8
Eastern Illinois6
Valparaiso 10
Cleveland State 1
Valparaiso1
Eastern Illinois9
Eastern Illinois 5
Southwest Missouri State 3
Northern Iowa20
Southwest Missouri State717
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
UIC2
Cleveland State5Southwest Missouri State14Eastern Illinois0
Southwest Missouri State11Southwest Missouri State6Southwest Missouri State1
Western Illinois1
Valparaiso7
Western Illinois11

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Bruce BaxSouthwest Missouri State
Rick ClarkstonSouthwest Missouri State
Loren HackmanNorthern Iowa
Danny IsemingerSouthwest Missouri State
Brian JonesEastern Illinois
Kevin KeisterSouthwest Missouri State
Ken KokarValparaiso
Terry McDevittEastern Illinois
Scott PrinceSouthwest Missouri State
Mike SnodgrassSouthwest Missouri State
Mike StokesWestern Illinois
Bob VillasenorUIC

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