2016 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 25 through May 29 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The TCU Horned Frogs won the Tournament Championship, and as the winner of the tournament, TCU earned the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2016 Big 12 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo bracket, double-elimination tournament
with single championship game
Finals site
ChampionsTCU (second title)
Winning coachJim Schlossnagle (second title)
MVPLuken Baker, TCU
TelevisionBracket Play: FCS Central
Championship: FSN
2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 5 Texas Tech y 1950 .792  47200 .701
No. 4 Oklahoma State y 1680 .667  43220 .662
No. 3 TCU y 1590 .625  49180 .731
West Virginia  12110 .522  36220 .621
Oklahoma  11130 .458  30271 .526
Baylor  10140 .417  24290 .453
Texas  10140 .417  25320 .439
Kansas State  8160 .333  26310 .456
Kansas  6170 .261  20351 .366
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Texas has won the most championships with five. Among original members, Baylor and Kansas State have never won the event. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. Having joined in 2013, TCU won their first title in 2014 while West Virginia has yet to win the Tournament.

The newest conference members, TCU and West Virginia, faced each other in the Championship game. Earlier in the season, TCU swept the regular season series over West Virginia. The Frogs won the 2014 Big 12 Tournament championship, and the Mountaineers' appearance in the tournament finale marked the first time since 1996 that WVU had played for a conference tournament championship. TCU won the championship game 11–10 in 10 innings.

Format and seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight, and will then play a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game.[4]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T % GB W L T %
1 1 Texas Tech 19 5 0 .792 47 20 0 .701
2 2 Oklahoma State 16 8 0 .667 3 43 22 0 .662
3 3 TCU 15 9 0 .625 4 49 18 0 .731
4 4 West Virginia 12 11 0 .522 6.5 36 22 0 .621
5 5 Oklahoma 11 13 0 .458 8 30 27 1 .526
6 6 Baylor 10 14 0 .417 9 24 29 0 .453
6 7 Texas 10 14 0 .417 9 25 32 0 .439
8 8 Kansas State 8 16 0 .333 11 26 31 0 .456
9 Kansas 6 17 0 .261 12.5 20 35 1 .366

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Texas Tech 8  
8 Kansas State 5  
  1 Texas Tech 4  
  4 West Virginia 9  
4 West Virginia 6
5 Oklahoma 0  
  4 West Virginia 11  
  5 Oklahoma 1  
8 Kansas State 7  
5 Oklahoma 13  
  5 Oklahoma 17
  1 Texas Tech 4  
  4 West Virginia 10
  3 TCU 11
3 TCU 12  
6 Baylor 5  
  3 TCU 13
  2 Oklahoma State 5  
2 Oklahoma State 10
7 Texas 4  
  3 TCU 1 8
  7 Texas 2 2  
6 Baylor 3  
7 Texas 15  
  7 Texas 12
  2 Oklahoma State 8  

All-Tournament Team

Source:[5]

Position Player School
C Evan Skoug TCU
1B Kacy Clemens Texas
2B Cam Warner TCU
SS Bret Boswell Texas
3B Elliott Barzilli TCU
OF Tyler Neslony Texas Tech
OF Josh Watson TCU
OF KC Huth West Virginia
DH Luken Baker TCU
DH Kyle Davis West Virginia
SP Conner Dotson West Virginia
SP Brian Howard TCU
RP Ross Vance West Virginia
CO-MOP Luken Baker TCU
CO-MOP KC Huth West Virginia

References

  1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "2015 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". big12sports.com. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  3. Tim Griffin (May 21, 2015). "City won't bid for Big 12 baseball tournament at the Alamodome". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  4. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  5. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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