2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2008
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Lupton Stadium
Fort Worth, TX
Champions TCU (3rd title)
MVP Clint Arnold (TCU)
Television Mountiain/CBS Sports Network
Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2007  2009»
2008 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#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

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]

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
–
1
New Mexico 16 8 .667
3
2
San Diego State 16 8 .667
3
3
BYU 10 14 .417
9
4
Utah 10 14 .417
9
5
UNLV 9 15 .375
10
6
Air Force 4 20 .167
15
–

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  

[4]

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

  1. ↑ "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "TCU Wins Third Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
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