Teams | 6 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Cal State Fullerton (2nd title) |
Winning coach | George Horton (1st title) |
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Nevada x | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | 39 | – | 21 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | 29 | – | 29 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | 16 | – | 39 | .291 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | 21 | – | 33 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 24 Long Beach State x | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | 39 | – | 26 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Cal State Fullerton | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | 39 | – | 24 | .619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 37 | – | 21 | .638 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 26 | – | 30 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 30, 1997 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 1997 Big West Conference baseball tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1997 season. The teams met at Long Beach State's on campus venue, Blair Field from May 15 through 18. [2]
The top team from each of the conference's two divisions after the regular season received the top two seeds, while the four teams with the highest conference winning percentage regardless of division were seeded three through six in the double-elimination tournament. Matchups were set to avoid inter-divisional games in the early rounds as much as possible.
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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North Division | |||||
Nevada | 20 | 10 | .667 | – | 2 |
Pacific | 11 | 19 | .367 | 9 | 6 |
Sacramento State | 8 | 22 | .267 | 12 | – |
New Mexico State | 8 | 22 | .267 | 12 | – |
South Division | |||||
Long Beach State | 22 | 8 | .733 | – | 1 |
Cal State Fullerton | 21 | 9 | .700 | 1 | 3 |
Cal Poly | 15 | 15 | .500 | 7 | 4 |
UC Santa Barbara | 15 | 15 | .500 | 7 | 5 |
The bracket below depicts the results of the tournament. [3] [4] [2] [5] [6] [7]
First round | Second round | Third round | Final | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Nevada | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Cal State Fullerton | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Nevada | 10 | 3 | Cal State Fullerton | 8 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Cal Poly | 6 | 4 | Cal Poly | 5 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Cal Poly | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | UC Santa Barbara | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Cal State Fullerton | 4 | 3 | Cal State Fullerton | 7 | 15 | |||||||||||||
6 | Pacific | 6 | 1 | Long Beach State | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
6 | Pacific | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Long Beach State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Long Beach State | 5 | 1 | Long Beach State | 7 | ||||||||||||||
5 | UC Santa Barbara | 1 | 6 | Pacific | 6 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Nevada | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Pacific | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
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