2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 20–24. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Texas Christian University's Lupton Stadium. Top seeded TCU won their third straight and third overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 15–2 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | TCU (3rd title) |
| MVP | Clint Arnold, TCU |
| Television | Mountiain/CBS Sports Network |
| 2008 Mountain West Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 26 TCU †‡y | 19 | – | 5 | .792 | 44 | – | 19 | .698 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 34 | – | 25 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 31 | – | 28 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 26 | – | 28 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 22 | – | 36 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 22 | – | 37 | .373 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 4 | – | 20 | .167 | 18 | – | 33 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 8, 2008[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Only six teams participate, so Air Force was not in the field. New Mexico claimed the second seed over San Diego State by winning the season series. BYU claimed the fourth seed by winning the season series over Utah.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 19 | 5 | .792 | ||
| New Mexico | 16 | 8 | .667 | ||
| San Diego State | 16 | 8 | .667 | ||
| BYU | 10 | 14 | .417 | ||
| Utah | 10 | 14 | .417 | ||
| UNLV | 9 | 15 | .375 | ||
| Air Force | 4 | 20 | .167 |
Results
| First round | Second round | Third Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Winner's Bracket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Diego State | 2 | 1 | TCU | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UNLV | 6 | 6 | UNLV | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | BYU | 3 | 2 | New Mexico | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Utah | 9 | 5 | Utah | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Loser's Bracket | 1 | TCU | 9 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Diego State | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | BYU | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Utah | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | San Diego State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UNLV | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Utah | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | TCU | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Utah | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
| Name | POS | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Brownstein | 2B | New Mexico |
| Stephen Smith | P | New Mexico |
| Clint Arnold | OF | TCU |
| Matt Carpenter | 3B | TCU |
| Bryan Kervin | SS | TCU |
| Matt Vern | 1B | TCU |
| J. J. Sferra | OF | UNLV |
| Dustin Hennis | OF | Utah |
| John James | P | Utah |
| Cody Guymon | DH | Utah |
| Andrew Cashner | RP | TCU |
Most Valuable Player
Clint Arnold, an outfielder for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]
References
- "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- "TCU Wins Third Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.