2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–24. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Sam Houston State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2008 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Don Sanders Stadium Huntsville, Texas
Champions	Sam Houston State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (2nd title)
MVP	Bobby Verbick, Sam Houston State

2008 Southland Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
Lamar ‍‍‍	20	–	10	–	0		.667			35	–	23	–	0		.603
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	17	–	12	–	0		.586			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	27	–	0		.542
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	1		.450			27	–	27	–	1		.500
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			13	–	42	–	0		.236
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	5	–	25	–	0		.167			10	–	44	–	0		.185
Western
Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍	22	–	8	–	0		.733			39	–	19	–	0		.672
Texas State ‍†‍‍	19	–	11	–	0		.633			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Sam Houston State ‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			37	–	25	–	0		.597
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			26	–	31	–	0		.456
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	14	–	15	–	1		.483			24	–	33	–	1		.422
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	12	–	17	–	0		.414			25	–	29	–	0		.463
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 24, 2008[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Team	W	L	T	Pct	Seed
Texas–San Antonio	22	8	0	.733	1
Lamar	20	10	0	.667	2
Texas State	19	11	0	.633	3
Sam Houston State	18	12	0	.600	4
Northwestern State	17	12	0	.586	5
Texas–Arlington	16	14	0	.533	6
Southeastern Louisiana	15	15	0	.500	7
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	14	15	1	.483	8
Central Arkansas	13	16	1	.450	–
Stephen F. Austin	12	17	0	.414	–
McNeese State	7	23	0	.233	–
Nicholls State	5	25	0	.167	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Texas–San Antonio	5
	8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	7
						8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2
						4	Sam Houston State	13
	4	Sam Houston State	7
	5	Northwestern State	1
											8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	5
										4	Sam Houston State	7
	1	Texas–San Antonio	9
	5	Northwestern State	7
						1	Texas–San Antonio	10
						8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	12
																4	Sam Houston State	15
																2	Lamar	7
	3	Texas State	22
	6	Texas–Arlington	2
						3	Texas State	7
						2	Lamar	11
	2	Lamar	8
	7	Southeastern Louisiana	7
											2	Lamar	1	4
										7	Southeastern Louisiana	17	2
	6	Texas–Arlington	3
	7	Southeastern Louisiana	7
						3	Texas State	7
						7	Southeastern Louisiana	11

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

Pos	Name	Team
C	Ben Theriot	Texas State
1B	Trent Lockwood	Texas–San Antonio
2B	Brian Taylor	Lamar
3B	Seth Hammock	Sam Houston State
SS	Ryan Weber	Sam Houston State
OF	Keith Stein	Sam Houston State
OF	Chase Williams	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
OF	David Moore	Lamar
DH	Bobby Verbick	Sam Houston State (MVP)
P	Brian Sisk	Lamar
P	Dallas Gallant	Sam Houston State

References

1. "2015 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 16. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
2. "Southland Conference 2015 Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 29. Retrieved March 27, 2015.