2006 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
TCU  ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 5   .773 39 – 23   .629
BYU  ‍‍‍ 14 – 8   .636 33 – 28   .541
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 8   .636 23 – 36   .390
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 12 – 10   .545 20 – 30   .400
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 10 – 12   .455 30 – 29   .508
Utah  ‍‍‍ 9 – 13   .409 28 – 28   .500
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 1 – 21   .045 10 – 38   .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


The 2006 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 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]

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.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
TCU 17 5 .773
–
1
BYU 14 8 .636
3
2
San Diego State 14 8 .636
3
3
UNLV 12 10 .545
5
4
New Mexico 10 12 .455
7
5
Utah 9 13 .409
8
6
Air Force 1 21 .045
16
7

Results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 23 1 #6 Utah 8–5 #3 San Diego State
2 #2 BYU 7–5 #7 Air Force
3 #5 New Mexico 17–2 #4 UNLV
May 24 4 #3 San Diego State 26–1 #7 Air Force Air Force eliminated
5 #2 BYU 9–8 #6 Utah
6 #4 UNLV 8–5 #3 San Diego State San Diego State eliminated
7 #1 TCU 18–6 #5 New Mexico
May 25 8 #5 New Mexico 12–10 #6 Utah Utah eliminated
9 #1 TCU 13–6 #2 BYU
10 #4 UNLV 8–6 #5 New Mexico New Mexico eliminated
May 26 11 #2 BYU 10–4 #4 UNLV UNLV eliminated
May 27 12 #1 TCU 9–6 #2 BYU TCU wins tournament

All-Tournament Team

Name POS Team
Stetson Banks 2B BYU
Jeff Hiestand 1B BYU
Patrick Wells RHP BYU
Chris Carlson DH New Mexico
Danny Ray Herrera LHP New Mexico
Brad Furnish LHP TCU
Ryan Pack OF TCU
Andrew Walker C TCU
Ryan Khoury SS Utah
Steven Trout DH TCU
Jabe Beard RP UNLV

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. ^ a b "TCU Wins 2006 MWC Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.