1999 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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1999 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Bowling Green  (2nd title)
Winning coach Danny Schmitz  (2nd title)
MVP Sean Ryan (Bowling Green)
1999 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Bowling Green  xy21100 .67736240 .600
Miami  20120 .62534270 .557
Kent State  19120 .61333250 .569
Ohio  17130 .56726280 .481
Akron  10220 .31310220 .313
Marshall  4261 .14512431 .223
West
Ball State  x2560 .80642180 .700
Toledo  2390 .71939200 .661
Western Michigan  20120 .62530280 .517
Central Michigan  15150 .50024320 .429
Eastern Michigan  12191 .39121321 .398
Northern Illinois  1310 .0314511 .080
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1999 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1999. The top three regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Ball Diamond on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. This was the eleventh Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. The top seed from the west, Bowling Green, won their second consecutive, and second overall, tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top three finishers in each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed in each division played the third seed from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the second year of the six team tournament.

TeamWLTPCTGBSeed
East Division
Bowling Green 21100.688
1E
Miami 20120.625
1.5
2E
Kent State 19120.613
2
3E
Ohio 17130.567
3.5
Akron 10220.313
11.5
Marshall 4261.141
16
West Division
Ball State 2560.806
1W
Toledo 2390.719
2.5
2W
Western Michigan 20120.625
5.5
3W
Central Michigan 15150.500
9.5
Eastern Michigan 12191.387
13
Northern Illinois 1310.031
25.5

Results

First roundSecond roundThird roundFinal
1WBall State2
2EMiami4
1W Ball State 42EMiami9
3E Kent State 13EKent State7
3EKent State7
3WWestern Michigan5
2W Toledo 32EMiami124*
2E Miami 01EBowling Green25*
2WToledo2
1EBowling Green15
1E Bowling Green 61EBowling Green8
3W Western Michigan 11WBall State7
1WBall State10
2WToledo1

* - Indicates game was suspended after 8 innings due to weather.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]

NameSchool
Jeremy GriffithsToledo
Jason KelleyBowling Green
Matt MarcumBowling Green
Bob NiemetBowling Green
Mark ThewesMiami
Jeremy IsonMiami
Sean RyanBowling Green
Aric ChristmanBowling Green
D.J. EckhartMiami
Clark MaceMiami

Most Valuable Player

Sean Ryan won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Ryan played for Bowling Green. [4]

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