2006 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2006 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–27. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. In their first year in the league, top seeded TCU won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–6 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2006 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTCU (1st title)
MVPChad Huffman, TCU
TelevisionMountiain/CBS Sports Network
2006 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
TCU  y 175 .773  3923 .629
BYU   148 .636  3328 .541
San Diego State   148 .636  2336 .390
UNLV   1210 .545  2030 .400
New Mexico   1012 .455  3029 .508
Utah   913 .409  2828 .500
Air Force   121 .045  1038 .208
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2006[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. BYU claimed the second seed over San Diego State by winning the season series between the two teams.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
TCU175.773
1
BYU148.636
3
2
San Diego State148.636
3
3
UNLV1210.545
5
4
New Mexico1012.455
7
5
Utah913.409
8
6
Air Force121.045
16
7

Results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
May 231#6 Utah8–5#3 San Diego State
2#2 BYU7–5#7 Air Force
3#5 New Mexico17–2#4 UNLV
May 244#3 San Diego State26–1#7 Air ForceAir Force eliminated
5#2 BYU9–8#6 Utah
6#4 UNLV8–5#3 San Diego StateSan Diego State eliminated
7#1 TCU18–6#5 New Mexico
May 258#5 New Mexico12–10#6 UtahUtah eliminated
9#1 TCU13–6#2 BYU
10#4 UNLV8–6#5 New MexicoNew Mexico eliminated
May 2611#2 BYU10–4#4 UNLVUNLV eliminated
May 2712#1 TCU9–6#2 BYUTCU wins tournament

All-Tournament Team

NamePOSTeam
Stetson Banks2BBYU
Jeff Hiestand1BBYU
Patrick WellsRHPBYU
Chris CarlsonDHNew Mexico
Danny Ray HerreraLHPNew Mexico
Brad FurnishLHPTCU
Ryan PackOFTCU
Andrew WalkerCTCU
Ryan KhourySSUtah
Steven TroutDHTCU
Jabe BeardRPUNLV

Most Valuable Player

Chad Huffman, a first baseman for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

  1. Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  2. "2006 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  3. "TCU Wins 2006 MWC Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
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