Teams | 8 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Creighton (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Ed Servais (3rd title) |
MVP | Mike Gerber (Creighton) |
Television | ESPN3 |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State †y | 14 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .667 | 41 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .707 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State y | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .650 | 39 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .661 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 12 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .571 | 35 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 10 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .526 | 33 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .635 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 10 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .476 | 32 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 9 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .429 | 31 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 8 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .381 | 27 | – | 27 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton ‡y | 6 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .300 | 26 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of May 31, 2012 [1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll |
The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Creighton won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]
The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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Indiana State | 14 | 7 | .667 | – | 1 |
Missouri State | 13 | 7 | .650 | 1 | 2 |
Wichita State | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2 | 3 |
Illinois State | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3 | 4 |
Evansville | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4 | 5 |
Southern Illinois | 9 | 12 | .429 | 5 | 6 |
Bradley | 8 | 13 | .381 | 6 | 7 |
Creighton | 6 | 14 | .300 | 7.5 | 8 |
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Evansville | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Illinois State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Illinois State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Creighton | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Creighton | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Indiana State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Creighton | 10 | - | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Illinois State | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Indiana State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Evansville | 8 | 4 | Illinois State | 5* | ||||||||||||||
5 | Evansville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Creighton | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Southern Illinois | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Southern Illinois | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Wichita State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Southern Illinois | 9* | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Bradley | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Bradley | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Missouri State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Southern Illinois | 3* | - | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Missouri State | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Wichita State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Missouri State | 7 | 7 | Bradley | 8 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Missouri State | 11* | |||||||||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]
POS | Name | School |
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1B | Chris Serritella | Southern Illinois |
2B | Jake Peter | Creighton |
SS | Eric Cheray | Missouri State |
3B | Chance Ross | Creighton |
C | Brian Bajer | Southern Illinois |
UT | Nick Judkins | Creighton |
DH | Keenen Maddox | Missouri State |
OF | Mike Gerber | Creighton |
OF | Chad Hinshaw | Illinois State |
OF | Brennan Murphy | Creighton |
P | Todd Eaton | Southern Illinois |
P | Cody Schumacher | Missouri State |
Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton. [4]
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