2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

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2018 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Missouri State  (4th title)
Winning coach Keith Guttin  (4th title)
MVP Ben Whetstone (Missouri State)
Television ESPN+
2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 29 Missouri State  183 .8573515 .700
Dallas Baptist  165 .7623617 .679
Bradley  1110 .5243017 .638
Indiana State  1110 .5242922 .569
Southern Illinois  1011 .4762728 .491
Illinois State  912 .4292228 .440
Valparaiso  615 .2861832 .360
Evansville  318 .1431237 .245
Tournament champion
As of May 20, 2018 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament that was held at Dallas Baptist's Horner Ballpark in Dallas, Texas. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.

Results

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Missouri State10
8 Evansville 0
1 Missouri State4
4 Indiana State 2
4 Indiana State9
5 Southern Illinois7
1 Missouri State9
4 Indiana State6
5 Southern Illinois512
8 Evansville 4
5 Southern Illinois12
4 Indiana State1410
1 Missouri State710
2 Dallas Baptist 6
2 Dallas Baptist 10
7 Valparaiso13
7 Valparaiso 9
3 Bradley11
3 Bradley14
6 Illinois State 2
3 Bradley 7 1
2 Dallas Baptist14117
2 Dallas Baptist10
6 Illinois State 6
2 Dallas Baptist7
7 Valparaiso 5

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References

  1. "Conference standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. "2017-18 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.