2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2008 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTCU (3rd title)
MVPClint Arnold, TCU
TelevisionMountiain/CBS Sports Network
2008 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 26 TCU  y 195 .792  4419 .698
New Mexico   168 .667  3425 .576
San Diego State   168 .667  3128 .525
Utah   1014 .417  2628 .481
BYU   1014 .417  2236 .379
UNLV   915 .375  2237 .373
Air Force   420 .167  1833 .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

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
TCU195.792
1
New Mexico168.667
3
2
San Diego State168.667
3
3
BYU1014.417
9
4
Utah1014.417
9
5
UNLV915.375
10
6
Air Force420.167
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

NamePOSTeam
Mike Brownstein2BNew Mexico
Stephen SmithPNew Mexico
Clint ArnoldOFTCU
Matt Carpenter3BTCU
Bryan KervinSSTCU
Matt Vern1BTCU
J. J. SferraOFUNLV
Dustin HennisOFUtah
John JamesPUtah
Cody GuymonDHUtah
Andrew CashnerRPTCU

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. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  3. "TCU Wins Third Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
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