2008 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

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2008 Big 12 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo four-team round-robin groups
Finals site
Champions Texas  (3rd title)
Winning coach Augie Garrido  (3rd title)
MVP Brandon Belt (Texas)
Attendance81,331
2008 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 10 Texas A&M  y1980 .704  46190 .708
No. 18 Oklahoma State  y1890 .667  44180 .710
No. 22 Nebraska  y1791 .648  41161 .716
No. 21 Missouri  y16110 .593  39210 .650
No. 25 Texas  y15120 .556  37240 .607
Baylor  11160 .407  32260 .552
Kansas State  11160 .407  29290 .500
Oklahoma  y9171 .352  36261 .579
Kansas  9180 .333  30270 .526
Texas Tech  9180 .333  25300 .455
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2008 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 21 to May 25, 2008. This was the third year the conference uses the round robin tournament setup. The winners of each group at the end of the round robin face each other in a one-game match for the championship.

Contents

Regular Season Standings

Source: [2]

PlaceSeedTeamConferenceOverall
WLT %GBWLT %
11 Texas A&M 1980.70446190.708
22 Oklahoma State 1890.667144180.710
33 Nebraska 1791.6481.541161.716
44 Missouri 16110.593339210.650
55 Texas 15120.556439220.639
66 Baylor 11160.407832260.552
67 Kansas State 11160.407829290.500
88 Oklahoma 9171.3529.536261.579
9 Kansas 9180.3331030270.526
9 Texas Tech 9180.3331025300.455

Tournament

Division AA&MMizzouUTOUOverall
1 Texas A&M 6-29-151-41-2
4 Missouri 2-63-2*3-41-2
5 Texas 15-92-3*11-102-1
8 Oklahoma 4-14-310-112-1
Division BOSUNebBayKSUOverall
2 Oklahoma State 11-514-32-32-1
3 Nebraska 5-114-105-21-2
6 Baylor 3-1410-42-31-2
7 Kansas State 3-22-53-22-1
Finals
   
A Texas15
B Kansas State 7

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1B Brandon Belt Texas
2B Jake Opitz Nebraska
3B Nate Tenbrink Kansas State
SS Drew Biery Kansas State
CLuis FloresOklahoma State
OF Jacob Priday Missouri
OF Jordan Danks Texas
OF Russell Moldenhauer Texas
DH Rebel Ridling Oklahoma State
PDaniel EdwardsKansas State
PAndrew DoyleOklahoma
MOP Brandon Belt Texas

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