2005 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

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2005 Big 12 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
Format Double elimination
Finals site
Champions Nebraska  (4th title)
Winning coach Mike Anderson  (1st title)
MVP Curtis Ledbetter (Nebraska)
Attendance74,439
2005 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 6 Nebraska  y1980 .70457150 .792
No. 4 Baylor  y1980 .70446240 .657
No. 1 Texas  y16100 .61556160 .778
Missouri  y16110 .59340230 .635
Oklahoma  y14130 .51935260 .574
Oklahoma State  12150 .44434250 .576
Kansas  11150 .42336280 .563
Texas Tech  9160 .36034250 .576
Texas A&M  9180 .33330251 .545
Kansas State  8190 .29630250 .545
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The 2005 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 25 through May 29. Nebraska won their fourth tournament in seven years and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the last year that the tournament mirrored the format of the College World Series, with two 4-team double-elimination brackets and a final championship game.

Contents

Regular Season Standings

Source: [2]

PlaceSeedTeamConferenceOverall
WLT %GBWLT %
11 Nebraska 1980.70457150.792
12 Baylor 1980.70446240.657
33 Texas 16100.6152.556160.778
44 Missouri 16110.593340230.635
55 Oklahoma 14130.519535260.574
66 Oklahoma State 12150.444734250.576
77 Kansas 11150.4237.536280.563
88 Texas Tech 9160.360934250.576
9 Texas A&M 9180.3331030251.545
10 Kansas State 8190.2961130250.545

Tournament

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
6 Oklahoma State 10
3 Texas 4
6 Oklahoma State 3
2 Baylor8
2 Baylor 2*
7 Kansas 1*
2 Baylor9-
3 Texas 8 -
3 Texas9
7 Kansas 0
3 Texas6
6 Oklahoma State 1
2 Baylor 0
1 Nebraska1
4 Missouri 8
5 Oklahoma 7
4 Missouri10
8 Texas Tech 1
8 Texas Tech 5
1 Nebraska 3
4 Missouri 4 9
1 Nebraska517
5 Oklahoma 3
1 Nebraska6
1 Nebraska2
8 Texas Tech 1

All-Tournament team

PositionPlayerSchool
1B Curtis Ledbetter Nebraska
2B Michael Griffin Baylor
3B Alex Gordon Nebraska
SS Seth Johnston Texas
C Jacob Priday Missouri
OF Nick Peoples Texas
OF James Boone Missouri
OF Andy Gerch Nebraska
DH Zane Taylor Missouri
SP Randy Boone Texas
SP Brian Duensing Nebraska
RP Ryan LaMotta Baylor
UT Joe Simokaitis Nebraska
MOP Curtis Ledbetter Nebraska

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References

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