1997 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament

1997 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	Blair Field Long Beach, CA
Champions	Cal State Fullerton (2nd title)
Winning coach	George Horton (1st title)
Big West Conference Baseball Tournament «1996  1998»

1997 Big West Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
Nevada ^x	20	–	10		.667			39	–	21		.650
Pacific	11	–	19		.367			29	–	29		.500
Sacramento State	8	–	22		.267			16	–	39		.291
New Mexico State	8	–	22		.267			21	–	33		.389
Southern
#24 Long Beach State ^x	22	–	8		.733			39	–	26		.600
#21 Cal State Fullerton	21	–	9		.700			39	–	24		.619
Cal Poly	15	–	15		.500			37	–	21		.638
UC Santa Barbara	15	–	15		.500			26	–	30		.464
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 1997[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1997 season. The teams met at Long Beach State's on campus venue, Blair Field from May 15 through May 18.^[2]

Seeding and format

The top team from each of the conference's two divisions after the regular season received the top two seeds, while the four teams with the highest conference winning percentage regardless of division were seeded three through six in the double-elimination tournament. Matchups were set to avoid inter-divisional games in the early rounds as much as possible.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
North Division
Nevada	20	10	.667	–	2
Pacific	11	19	.367	9	6
Sacramento State	8	22	.267	12	–
New Mexico State	8	22	.267	12	–
South Division
Long Beach State	22	8	.733	–	1
Cal State Fullerton	21	9	.700	1	3
Cal Poly	15	15	.500	7	4
UC Santa Barbara	15	15	.500	7	5

Bracket

The bracket below depicts the results of the tournament.^{[3][4][2][5][6][7]}

	First round					Semifinals					Semi-					Finals
	2	Nevada	10
	4	Cal Poly	6			2	Nevada	10
						3	Cal State Fullerton	11
											3	Cal State Fullerton	8
											4	Cal Poly	5
						4	Cal Poly	11
						5	UC Santa Barbara	10
	3	Cal State Fullerton	4													3	Cal State Fullerton	7	15
	6	Pacific	6													1	Long Beach State	2	6
						6	Pacific	0
						1	Long Beach State	4
	1	Long Beach State	5								1	Long Beach State	7
	5	UC Santa Barbara	1								6	Pacific	6
						2	Nevada	5
						6	Pacific	8

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
2. Cal State Fullerton Titans Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton. p. 142. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
3. 2010 Long Beach State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Long Beach State. p. 52. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
4. Nevada Baseball Record Book (PDF). Nevada Wolf Pack. p. 22. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
5. 2012 Pacific BasebalL Media Guide. Pacific Tigers. p. 77. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
6. Cal Poly Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Cal Poly Mustangs. p. 44. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
7. Summer Record Book (PDF). UCSB Gauchos. p. 14. Retrieved 2014-01-07.