2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

2021 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams9
Formattwo bracket Double-elimination tournament
with championship game
Finals site
ChampionsTCU (3rd title)
Winning coachJim Schlossnagle (3rd title)
MVPPorter Brown (TCU)
TelevisionBracket Play: ESPN+, ESPNU
Championship: ESPN2
2021 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Texas ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 50 – 17 – 0   .746
No. 8 TCU ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 41 – 19 – 0   .683
No. 9 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 39 – 17 – 0   .696
No. 23 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 12 – 12 – 0   .500 36 – 19 – 1   .652
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 27 – 28 – 0   .491
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 31 – 20 – 0   .608
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 34 – 23 – 0   .596
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 25 – 27 – 0   .481
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 30 – 27 – 0   .526
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1baseball

The 2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament earned the league's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

Unlike the preceding and succeeding tournaments, all 9 teams made the 2021 tournament. There was a two-bracket double elimination tournament, leading to a winner-take-all championship game. The 8th and 9th placed teams played in a play-in game to determine who will compete in the bracket.

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L % GB W L T %
1 1 Texas 17 7 .708 – 40 13 0 .755
1 2 TCU 17 7 .708 – 37 16 0 .698
3 3 Texas Tech 14 10 .583 3 35 13 0 .729
4 4 Oklahoma State 12 12 .500 5 32 16 1 .663
5 5 Oklahoma 11 13 .458 6 27 26 0 .509
5 6 Baylor 11 13 .458 6 31 18 0 .633
7 7 Kansas State 10 14 .417 7 31 22 0 .585
8 8 West Virginia 8 16 .333 9 23 25 0 .479
8 9 Kansas 8 16 .333 9 30 26 0 .536

Results

Play-in May 25
   
8 West Virginia 8
9 Kansas 7
First round
May 26 		Second round
May 27–May 28 		Semifinals
May 29 		Finals
May 30
             
1 Texas 1
8 West Virginia 5
8 West Virginia 2
4 Oklahoma State 128
4 Oklahoma State 9
5 Oklahoma 5
 4  Oklahoma State  5  -
 1  Texas  4  -
1 Texas 4
5 Oklahoma 1
 1  Texas  3
 8  West Virginia  2
 4  Oklahoma State  7
 2  TCU   10
3 Texas Tech 11
6 Baylor 4
3 Texas Tech 2
2 TCU 7
2 TCU 7
7 Kansas State 6
 2   TCU 2  178
 7   Kansas State 5  7
6 Baylor 4
7 Kansas State 9
 7   Kansas State  7
 3   Texas Tech  2

Conference championship game

Big 12 Championship
(2) TCU Horned Frogs vs. (4) Oklahoma State Cowboys
May 30, 5 p.m. (CDT) at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oklahoma State 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 8 0
TCU 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 X 10 9 2
WP: G. Wright (3–1)   LP: C. Bowman (0–1)
Attendance: 7204

All-Tournament team

Position Player School
C Zach Humphreys TCU
1B Zach Zubia Texas
2B Gray Rodgers TCU
SS Maui Ahuna Kansas
3B Christian Encarnacion-Strand Oklahoma State
OF Zach Kokoska Kansas State
OF Caeden Trenkle Oklahoma State
OF Porter Brown TCU
DH Hunter Wolfe TCU
SP Justin Campbell Oklahoma State
SP Jackson Wolf West Virginia
RP Eric Torres Kansas State
MOP Porter Brown TCU

References

  1. ^ "2020–21 Baseball Standings". big12sports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 Big 12 Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2021.