2008 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2008 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Coastal Carolina  (9th title)
Winning coach Gary Gilmore  (6th title)
MVP Tyler Bortnick (Coastal Carolina)
2008 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 16 Coastal Carolina  y1730 .85050140 .781
Liberty  1470 .66735261 .573
VMI  1470 .66729260 .527
Winthrop  1290 .57127330 .450
High Point  3180 .14312410 .226
Radford  8120 .40026300 .464
Charleston Southern  7140 .33319340 .358
UNC Asheville  8130 .38126330 .441
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
  • High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player.
    As of June 30, 2008 [1]
    Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 20 through 24 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Virginia. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the ninth time, and earned an invitation to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

Format

All eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament. [2]

High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player. The standings template at right reflects the results after the forfeits, while the table below shows the results of games played in order to accurately reflect seeding. [2] [3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Coastal Carolina 173.8501
Liberty 147.6673.52
VMI 147.6674.53
Winthrop 1110.5716.54
High Point 912.4298.55
Radford 614.300116
Charleston Southern 615.28611.57
UNC Asheville 615.28611.58

Bracket and results

Play-in round

Team R
7 Charleston Southern 1
6 Radford 6
Team R
8 UNC Asheville 3
5 High Point 2

Double-elimination rounds

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1 Coastal Carolina 20
8UNC Asheville41Coastal Carolina3
3VMI1
3 VMI 21Coastal Carolina8
4 Winthrop 74Winthrop6
4Winthrop131Coastal Carolina19
6Radford92Liberty132
2 Liberty 44Winthrop3
6Radford156Radford22Liberty15
8UNC Asheville12Liberty11
2Liberty10

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Tommy BaldridgeCoastal Carolina
Tyler BortnickCoastal Carolina
Cody BrownLiberty
Dock DoyleCoastal Carolina
Steven EvansLiberty
Alex GregoryRadford
Joey HaugCoastal Carolina
Bryn HendersonWinthrop
Jeff JeffersonLiberty
Reggie KeenRadford
Ryan MullinsWinthrop
John MurrianWinthrop
David SappeltCoastal Carolina
Dustin UmbergerLiberty
Garrett YoungLiberty

Most Valuable Player

Tyler Bortnick was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bortnick was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina. [2]

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