1995 Big West Conference baseball tournament

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1995 Big West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Cal State Fullerton  (1st title)
Winning coach Augie Garrido  (1st title)
1995 Big West Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Cal State Fullerton  183 .857579 .864
No. 16 Long Beach State  165 .7623825 .603
Nevada  129 .5713518 .660
UNLV  1110 .5243221 .604
New Mexico State  912 .4293222 .593
UC Santa Barbara  813 .3812224 .478
Pacific  516 .2382626 .500
San Jose State  516 .2382133 .389
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 1995 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1995 Big West Conference baseball tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1995 season. The four teams met in the double-elimination tournament from May 12 through 14 at Long Beach State's on campus facility, Blair Field. Cal State Fullerton won the tournament, earning the league's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, en route to winning the College World Series for the third time. [2]

Contents

This would be the second postseason conference championship event sponsored by the league, and the first with greater than two teams. The event would be held for the next four years before being discontinued.

Seeding and format

The top four teams at the end of the conference's round robin regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Cal State Fullerton 183.857
1
Long Beach State 165.762
2
2
Nevada 129.571
6
3
UNLV 1110.524
7
4
New Mexico State 912.429
9
UC Santa Barbara 813.381
10
Pacific 516.238
14
San Jose State 516.238
14

Bracket

The following bracket depicts the results of the tournament. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Cal State Fullerton 12
4 UNLV 1
1Cal State Fullerton6
3Nevada4
2 Long Beach State 8
3 Nevada 13
1Cal State Fullerton
2Long Beach State
Lower round 1Lower final
3Nevada0
4UNLV32Long Beach State2
2Long Beach State5

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