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

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	V.A. Memorial Stadium Chillicothe, OH
Champions	Eastern Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jake Boss (1st title)
MVP	Jack Leonard, Eastern Michigan

2008 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State  ^x‍‍‍	16	–	8		.667			36	–	21		.632
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	16	–	8		.667			32	–	20		.615
Ohio  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			29	–	30		.492
Akron  ‍‍‍	8	–	13		.381			25	–	24		.510
Miami  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			18	–	36		.333
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	7	–	19		.269			14	–	38		.269
West
Eastern Michigan  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	8		.652			25	–	32		.439
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	16	–	10		.615			28	–	26		.519
Ball State  ‍‍‍	12	–	11		.522			28	–	25		.528
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			29	–	23		.558
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	13		.500			29	–	27		.518
Toledo  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			18	–	31		.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.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Kent State	16	8	.667	–	1
Bowling Green	16	8	.667	–	3
Ohio	14	13	.519	3.5	6
Akron	8	13	.381	6.5	–
Miami	8	19	.296	9.5	–
Buffalo	7	19	.269	10	–
West Division
Eastern Michigan	15	8	.652	–	2
Northern Illinois	16	10	.615	1.5	4
Ball State	12	11	.522	3	5
Western Michigan	12	12	.500	3.5	7
Central Michigan	13	13	.500	3.5	8
Toledo	10	13	.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]

Name	School
Matt Stoeklen	Ball State
Dave Reynolds	Northern Illinois
Chris Rigo	Ohio
Greg Rohan	Kent State
Brad Stillings	Kent State
Doug Sanders	Kent State
Josh Ivan	Eastern Michigan
Steve Bradshaw	Eastern Michigan
Sean Hoffman	Eastern Michigan
Zack Leonard	Eastern 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.