2008 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 26 TCU  ‍y 19 5   .792 44 19   .698
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 34 25   .576
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 31 28   .525
Utah  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 26 28   .481
BYU  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 22 36   .379
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 22 37   .373
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 18 33   .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


The 2008 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 20 through 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]

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.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
TCU 19 5 .792
1
New Mexico 16 8 .667
3
2
San Diego State 16 8 .667
3
3
BYU 10 14 .417
9
4
Utah 10 14 .417
9
5
UNLV 9 15 .375
10
6
Air Force 4 20 .167
15

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1TCU9
3San Diego State26UNLV3
6UNLV61TCU2
2New Mexico3
2New Mexico8
4BYU35Utah2
5Utah9
2New Mexico22
1TCU915
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1TCU6
6UNLV45Utah3
5Utah15Utah7
3San Diego State13San Diego State0
4BYU0

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All-Tournament Team

Name POS Team
Mike Brownstein 2B New Mexico
Stephen Smith P New Mexico
Clint Arnold OF TCU
Matt Carpenter 3B TCU
Bryan Kervin SS TCU
Matt Vern 1B TCU
J. J. Sferra OF UNLV
Dustin Hennis OF Utah
John James P Utah
Cody Guymon DH Utah
Andrew Cashner RP TCU

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. ^ a b "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.[permanent dead link]