2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Top seeded TCU won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–8 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2007 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTCU (2nd title)
MVPAustin Adams, TCU
TelevisionMountiain/CBS Sports Network
2007 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 28 TCU  y 203 .870  4814 .774
BYU   177 .708  3720 .649
San Diego State   1212 .500  2930 .492
New Mexico   1212 .500  2830 .483
Utah   1212 .500  2431 .436
UNLV   1014 .417  2336 .390
Air Force   023 .000  844 .154
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 8, 2007[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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
TCU203.870
1
BYU177.708
3.5
2
Utah1212.500
8.5
3
San Diego State1212.500
8.5
4
New Mexico1212.500
8.5
5
UNLV1014.417
10.5
6
Air Force023.000
20

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Utah 3     1 TCU 8  
  6 UNLV 6     6 UNLV 1    
      1 TCU 8              
      2 BYU 7              
  4 San Diego State 0     2 BYU 5          
  5 New Mexico 1     5 New Mexico 3        
        1 TCU 9 9
Loser's Bracket       2 BYU 10 8
  3 Utah 1        
  4 San Diego State 12          
      5 New Mexico 4        
      4 San Diego State 1          
            6 UNLV 8              
          5 New Mexico 3              
      2 BYU 10    
    6 UNLV 9  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

NamePOSTeam
Kasey Ko1BBYU
Steve Parker3BBYU
Stephen WellsOFBYU
Bobby LaFromboisePNew Mexico
Steven HirschfeldPSan Diego State
Efren Navarro, Jr.1BUNLV
Austin AdamsOFTCU
Clint ArnoldOFTCU
Keith ConlonOFTCU
Tyler LockwoodRPTCU
Apana NakayamaDHBYU

Most Valuable Player

Austin Adams, an outfielder 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. 3. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  2. "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  3. "TCU Battles Back to Win Second Straight MWC Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
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