2005 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2005 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 25 through May 29. Nebraska won their fourth tournament in seven years and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the last year that the tournament mirrored the format of the College World Series, with two 4-team double-elimination brackets and a final championship game.

2005 Big 12 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNebraska (4th title)
Winning coachMike Anderson (1st title)
MVPCurtis Ledbetter, Nebraska
Attendance74,439
2005 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 6 Nebraska ‍†‍‡‍y 19–8–0 .704  57–15–0 .792
No. 4 Baylor ‍†‍‍y 19–8–0 .704  46–24–0 .657
No. 1 Texas ‍‍‍y 16–10–0 .615  56–16–0 .778
Missouri ‍‍‍y 16–11–0 .593  40–23–0 .635
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14–13–0 .519  35–26–0 .574
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .444  34–25–0 .576
Kansas ‍‍‍ 11–15–0 .423  36–28–0 .563
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 9–16–0 .360  34–25–0 .576
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 9–18–0 .333  30–25–1 .545
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 8–19–0 .296  30–25–0 .545
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

Regular Season Standings

Source:[2]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T % GB W L T %
1 1 Nebraska 19 8 0 .704 – 57 15 0 .792
1 2 Baylor 19 8 0 .704 – 46 24 0 .657
3 3 Texas 16 10 0 .615 2.5 56 16 0 .778
4 4 Missouri 16 11 0 .593 3 40 23 0 .635
5 5 Oklahoma 14 13 0 .519 5 35 26 0 .574
6 6 Oklahoma State 12 15 0 .444 7 34 25 0 .576
7 7 Kansas 11 15 0 .423 7.5 36 28 0 .563
8 8 Texas Tech 9 16 0 .360 9 34 25 0 .576
9 – Texas A&M 9 18 0 .333 10 30 25 1 .545
10 – Kansas State 8 19 0 .296 11 30 25 0 .545

Tournament
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
6 Oklahoma State 10  
3 Texas 4  
  6 Oklahoma State 3  
  2 Baylor 8  
2 Baylor 2*
7 Kansas 1*  
  2 Baylor 9 -  
  3 Texas 8 -  
3 Texas 9  
7 Kansas 0  
  3 Texas 6
  6 Oklahoma State 1  
  2 Baylor 0
  1 Nebraska 1
4 Missouri 8  
5 Oklahoma 7  
  4 Missouri 10
  8 Texas Tech 1  
8 Texas Tech 5
1 Nebraska 3  
  4 Missouri 4 9
  1 Nebraska 5 17  
5 Oklahoma 3  
1 Nebraska 6  
  1 Nebraska 2
  8 Texas Tech 1  

All-Tournament team
Position Player School
1B Curtis Ledbetter Nebraska
2B Michael Griffin Baylor
3B Alex Gordon Nebraska
SS Seth Johnston Texas
C Jacob Priday Missouri
OF Nick Peoples Texas
OF James Boone Missouri
OF Andy Gerch Nebraska
DH Zane Taylor Missouri
SP Randy Boone Texas
SP Brian Duensing Nebraska
RP Ryan LaMotta Baylor
UT Joe Simokaitis Nebraska
MOP Curtis Ledbetter Nebraska

See also

References
  1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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