2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2008. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. This was the twentieth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion, and first to be held at a neutral site. Second seed Eastern Michigan won their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2008 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsEastern Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coachJake Boss (1st title)
MVPJack Leonard, Eastern Michigan
2008 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Kent State  x 168 .667  3621 .632
Bowling Green   168 .667  3220 .615
Ohio   1413 .519  2930 .492
Akron   813 .381  2524 .510
Miami   819 .296  1836 .333
Buffalo   719 .269  1438 .269
West
Eastern Michigan  xy 158 .652  2532 .439
Northern Illinois   1610 .615  2826 .519
Ball State   1211 .522  2825 .528
Western Michigan   1212 .500  2923 .558
Central Michigan   1313 .500  2927 .518
Toledo   1013 .435  1831 .367
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next six finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winner of each bracket facing off in a single championship game. This was the first year of the eight team tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State168.667
1
Bowling Green168.667
3
Ohio1413.519
3.5
6
Akron813.381
6.5
Miami819.296
9.5
Buffalo719.269
10
West Division
Eastern Michigan158.652
2
Northern Illinois1610.615
1.5
4
Ball State1211.522
3
5
Western Michigan1212.500
3.5
7
Central Michigan1313.500
3.5
8
Toledo1013.435
5

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Kent State 4  
8 Central Michigan 2  
  1 Kent State 10  
  4 Northern Illinois 6  
4 Northern Illinois 13
5 Ball State 7  
  1 Kent State 10  
  4 Northern Illinois 3  
8 Central Michigan 5  
5 Ball State 7  
  4 Northern Illinois 6
  5 Ball State 5  
  1 Kent State 4
  2 Eastern Michigan 12
3 Bowling Green 5  
6 Ohio 4  
  3 Bowling Green 4
  2 Eastern Michigan 11  
2 Eastern Michigan 8
7 Western Michigan 5  
  2 Eastern Michigan 9
  6 Ohio 3  
6 Ohio 5  
7 Western Michigan 4  
  3 Bowling Green 3
  6 Ohio 7  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameSchool
Matt StoeklenBall State
Dave ReynoldsNorthern Illinois
Chris RigoOhio
Greg RohanKent State
Brad StillingsKent State
Doug SandersKent State
Josh IvanEastern Michigan
Steve BradshawEastern Michigan
Sean HoffmanEastern Michigan
Zack LeonardEastern Michigan

Most Valuable Player

Zack Leonard was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Leonard played for Eastern Michigan.[4]

References

  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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