2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2008. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. This was the twentieth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion, and first to be held at a neutral site. Second seed Eastern Michigan won their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2008 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsEastern Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coachJake Boss (1st title)
MVPJack Leonard, Eastern Michigan
2008 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Kent State  x‍‍‍ 16–8 .667  36–21 .632
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 16–8 .667  32–20 .615
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  29–30 .492
Akron  ‍‍‍ 8–13 .381  25–24 .510
Miami  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .296  18–36 .333
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 7–19 .269  14–38 .269
West
Eastern Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y 15–8 .652  25–32 .439
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16–10 .615  28–26 .519
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 12–11 .522  28–25 .528
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .500  29–23 .558
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13–13 .500  29–27 .518
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 10–13 .435  18–31 .367
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next six finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winner of each bracket facing off in a single championship game. This was the first year of the eight team tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State168.667
–
1
Bowling Green168.667
–
3
Ohio1413.519
3.5
6
Akron813.381
6.5
–
Miami819.296
9.5
–
Buffalo719.269
10
–
West Division
Eastern Michigan158.652
–
2
Northern Illinois1610.615
1.5
4
Ball State1211.522
3
5
Western Michigan1212.500
3.5
7
Central Michigan1313.500
3.5
8
Toledo1013.435
5
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Results
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Kent State 4  
8 Central Michigan 2  
  1 Kent State 10  
  4 Northern Illinois 6  
4 Northern Illinois 13
5 Ball State 7  
  1 Kent State 10 —  
  4 Northern Illinois 3 —  
8 Central Michigan 5  
5 Ball State 7  
  4 Northern Illinois 6
  5 Ball State 5  
  1 Kent State 4
  2 Eastern Michigan 12
3 Bowling Green 5  
6 Ohio 4  
  3 Bowling Green 4
  2 Eastern Michigan 11  
2 Eastern Michigan 8
7 Western Michigan 5  
  2 Eastern Michigan 9 —
  6 Ohio 3 —  
6 Ohio 5  
7 Western Michigan 4  
  3 Bowling Green 3
  6 Ohio 7  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameSchool
Matt StoeklenBall State
Dave ReynoldsNorthern Illinois
Chris RigoOhio
Greg RohanKent State
Brad StillingsKent State
Doug SandersKent State
Josh IvanEastern Michigan
Steve BradshawEastern Michigan
Sean HoffmanEastern Michigan
Zack LeonardEastern Michigan

Most Valuable Player

Zack Leonard was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Leonard played for Eastern Michigan.[4]

References
  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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