1998 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1998 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1998 season. The six teams met at Cal State Fullerton's on campus venue, Titan Field from May 14 through 17. This would be the last Big West Conference postseason championship event, as the tournament was discontinued after the 1998 season. It has not been revived, as of the 2013 season.[2]

1998 Big West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsLong Beach State (1st title)
Winning coachDave Snow (1st title)
MVP,
1998 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern
Nevada  x‍‍‍ 17–10 .630  31–22 .585
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 15–19 .441  23–25 .479
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 12–17 .414  25–22 .532
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 8–21 .276  23–29 .442
Southern
No. 11 Cal State Fullerton  x‍‍‍ 25–5 .833  47–17 .734
No. 4 Long Beach State  ‍‍‡‍ 23–7 .767  37–20 .649
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 11–18 .379  18–30 .375
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ 7–21 .250  16–42 .276
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 1985[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top team from each of the conference's two divisions after the regular season received the top two seeds, while the four teams with the highest conference winning percentage regardless of division were seeded three through six in the double-elimination tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
North Division
Nevada1710.630
–
2
Sacramento State1519.441
5.5
4
Pacific1217.414
6
5
New Mexico State821.276
10
–
South Division
Cal State Fullerton255.833
–
1
Long Beach State237.767
2
3
UC Santa Barbara1118.379
13.5
6
Cal Poly721.250
17
–

Bracket

The bracket below depicts the results of the tournament.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1 Cal State Fullerton 4  
  6 UC Santa Barbara 2     1 Cal State Fullerton 5  
    4 Sacramento State 6    
      4 Sacramento State 15  
      6 UC Santa Barbara 11    
  6 UC Santa Barbara 3          
  5 Pacific 2        
  3 Long Beach State 8         4 Sacramento State 10 —
  4 Sacramento State 7           3 Long Beach State 24 —
      3 Long Beach State 6        
      2 Nevada 5          
  2 Nevada 29           3 Long Beach State 12    
  5 Pacific 1         1 Cal State Fullerton 0  
  1 Cal State Fullerton 6    
  2 Nevada 3  


Tournament notes
  • Nevada's 29 runs are a tournament record

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  2. Cal State Fullerton Titans Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton. p. 142. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  3. Nevada Baseball Record Book (PDF). Nevada Wolf Pack. p. 22. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  4. 2010 Long Beach State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Long Beach State. p. 52. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  5. 2012 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). hornetsports.com. p. 48. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  6. 2012 Pacific Baseball Media Guide. Pacific Tigers. p. 77. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  7. Summer Record Book (PDF). UCSB Gauchos. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
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