2018 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

2018 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament

Format	two bracket Double-elimination tournament with championship game
Finals site	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	Baylor  (1st title)
Television	Bracket Play: FCS Central Championship: FSN
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2018 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Texas  ‍†‍‍y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			42	–	23	–	0		.646
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			31	–	26	–	1		.543
No. 6 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			45	–	20	–	0		.692
No. 24 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			38	–	25	–	0		.603
Baylor  ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			37	–	21	–	0		.638
TCU  ‍‍‍	10	–	13	–	0		.435			33	–	23	–	0		.589
West Virginia  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			29	–	27	–	0		.518
Kansas  ‍‍‍	8	–	15	–	0		.348			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			23	–	31	–	0		.426
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The 2018 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 27 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament will earn the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ^{[2] [3]}

The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Texas won the most championships with five. Among original members, Baylor and Kansas State have never won the event. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. Having joined in 2013, TCU won their first title in 2014 while West Virginia has yet to win the Tournament.

Format and seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight, and played a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game. ^[4]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference					Overall
			W	L	T	%	GB	W	L	T	%
1	1	Texas	17	7	0	.708	–	42	23	0	.646
2	2	Oklahoma State	16	8	0	.667	1	31	26	1	.543
3	3	Texas Tech	15	9	0	.625	2	45	20	0	.692
4	4	Oklahoma	14	10	0	.583	3	38	25	0	.603
5	5	Baylor	13	11	0	.542	4	37	21	0	.638
6	6	TCU	10	13	0	.435	6.5	33	23	0	.589
7	7	West Virginia	9	15	0	.375	8	29	27	0	.518
8	8	Kansas	8	15	0	.348	8.5	27	30	0	.474
9	–	Kansas State	5	19	0	.208	12	23	31	0	.426

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Texas	2
	8	Kansas	3
						8	Kansas	5
						5	Baylor	10
	4	Oklahoma	0
	5	Baylor	4
											5	Baylor	10	–
											4	Oklahoma	3	–
	4	Oklahoma	3
	1	Texas	1
						8	Kansas	2
						4	Oklahoma	4
																	5	Baylor	6
																	6	TCU	511
	3	Texas Tech	2
	6	TCU	127
						6	TCU	8
						7	West Virginia	1
	2	Oklahoma State	5
	7	West Virginia	8
											6	TCU	7	–
											7	West Virginia	3	–
	2	Oklahoma State	2
	3	Texas Tech	6
						7	West Virginia	12
						3	Texas Tech	4

All-Tournament Team

Source: ^[5]

Position	Player	School
C	Shea Langeliers	Baylor
1B	Cameron Warren	Texas Tech
2B	Kyle Gray	West Virginia
SS	Nick Loftin	Baylor
3B	Davis Wendzel	Baylor
OF	A.J. Balta	TCU
OF	Darius Hill	West Virginia
OF	Johnny Rizer	TCU
DH	Richard Cunningham	Baylor
SP	Cody Bradford	Baylor
SP	Sean Wymer	TCU
RP	Jake Eissler	TCU
MOP	Shea Langeliers	Baylor

References

1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
2. "20117-18 Big 12 Postseason Championship Schedule". big12sports.com. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
3. "Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". Oklahoma City All Sports Association. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
4. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
5. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.