2016 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 25 through May 29 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The TCU Horned Frogs won the Tournament Championship, and as the winner of the tournament, TCU earned the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2016 Big 12 Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Two bracket, double-elimination tournament with single championship game
Finals site	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	TCU (second title)
Winning coach	Jim Schlossnagle (second title)
MVP	Luken Baker, TCU
Television	Bracket Play: FCS Central Championship: FSN

2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 5 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	5	–	0		.792			47	–	20	–	0		.701
No. 4 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			43	–	22	–	0		.662
No. 3 TCU ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			49	–	18	–	0		.731
West Virginia ‍‍‍	12	–	11	–	0		.522			36	–	22	–	0		.621
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			30	–	27	–	1		.526
Baylor ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Texas ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Kansas State ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			26	–	31	–	0		.456
Kansas ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	0		.261			20	–	35	–	1		.366
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Texas has won the most championships with five. Among original members, Baylor and Kansas State have never won the event. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. Having joined in 2013, TCU won their first title in 2014 while West Virginia has yet to win the Tournament.

The newest conference members, TCU and West Virginia, faced each other in the Championship game. Earlier in the season, TCU swept the regular season series over West Virginia. The Frogs won the 2014 Big 12 Tournament championship, and the Mountaineers' appearance in the tournament finale marked the first time since 1996 that WVU had played for a conference tournament championship. TCU won the championship game 11–10 in 10 innings.

Format and seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight, and will then play a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game.[4]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference					Overall
			W	L	T	%	GB	W	L	T	%
1	1	Texas Tech	19	5	0	.792	–	47	20	0	.701
2	2	Oklahoma State	16	8	0	.667	3	43	22	0	.662
3	3	TCU	15	9	0	.625	4	49	18	0	.731
4	4	West Virginia	12	11	0	.522	6.5	36	22	0	.621
5	5	Oklahoma	11	13	0	.458	8	30	27	1	.526
6	6	Baylor	10	14	0	.417	9	24	29	0	.453
6	7	Texas	10	14	0	.417	9	25	32	0	.439
8	8	Kansas State	8	16	0	.333	11	26	31	0	.456
9	–	Kansas	6	17	0	.261	12.5	20	35	1	.366

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Texas Tech	8
	8	Kansas State	5
						1	Texas Tech	4
						4	West Virginia	9
	4	West Virginia	6
	5	Oklahoma	0
											4	West Virginia	11
										5	Oklahoma	1
	8	Kansas State	7
	5	Oklahoma	13
						5	Oklahoma	17
						1	Texas Tech	4
																4	West Virginia	10
																3	TCU	11
	3	TCU	12
	6	Baylor	5
						3	TCU	13
						2	Oklahoma State	5
	2	Oklahoma State	10
	7	Texas	4
											3	TCU	1	8
										7	Texas	2	2
	6	Baylor	3
	7	Texas	15
						7	Texas	12
						2	Oklahoma State	8

All-Tournament Team

Source:[5]

Position	Player	School
C	Evan Skoug	TCU
1B	Kacy Clemens	Texas
2B	Cam Warner	TCU
SS	Bret Boswell	Texas
3B	Elliott Barzilli	TCU
OF	Tyler Neslony	Texas Tech
OF	Josh Watson	TCU
OF	KC Huth	West Virginia
DH	Luken Baker	TCU
DH	Kyle Davis	West Virginia
SP	Conner Dotson	West Virginia
SP	Brian Howard	TCU
RP	Ross Vance	West Virginia
CO-MOP	Luken Baker	TCU
CO-MOP	KC Huth	West Virginia

References

1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
2. "2015 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". big12sports.com. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
3. Tim Griffin (May 21, 2015). "City won't bid for Big 12 baseball tournament at the Alamodome". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
4. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
5. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.