2019 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 26 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 winner of the tournament, Oklahoma State, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2019 Big 12 Conference
Baseball Tournament

Format	two bracket Double-elimination tournament with championship game
Finals site	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	Oklahoma State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Josh Holliday (2nd title)
MVP	Colin Simpson, Oklahoma State
Television	Bracket Play: FCS Central Championship: FSN

2019 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍^y	16	–	8		.667			46	–	20		.697
No. 23 Baylor ‍‍‍^y	14	–	8		.636			35	–	19		.648
No. 11 Oklahoma State ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	9		.609			40	–	21		.656
No. 27 West Virginia ‍‍‍^y	13	–	11		.542			38	–	22		.633
Kansas ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			32	–	26		.552
TCU ‍‍‍^y	11	–	13		.458			34	–	28		.548
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			33	–	23		.589
Kansas State ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			25	–	33		.431
Texas ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			27	–	27		.500
† – 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, Kansas State has never won the event. Baylor won their first championship in 2018. 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.

Format and seeding

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

Place	Seed	Team	Conference				Overall
			W	L	%	GB	W	L	%
1	1	Texas Tech	16	8	.667	–	46	20	.697
2	2	Baylor	14	8	.636	1	35	19	.648
3	3	Oklahoma State	14	9	.609	1.5	40	21	.656
4	4	West Virginia	13	11	.542	3	38	22	.633
5	5	Kansas	12	12	.500	4	32	26	.552
6	6	TCU	11	13	.458	5	34	28	.548
6	7	Oklahoma	11	13	.458	5	33	23	.589
8	8	Kansas State	8	16	.333	8	25	33	.431
9	–	Texas	7	16	.304	8.5	27	27	.500

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Texas Tech	7
	8	Kansas State	4
						1	Texas Tech	1
						4	West Virginia	5
	4	West Virginia	12
	5	Kansas	8
											4	West Virginia	3	2
										1	Texas Tech	10	0
	8	Kansas State	14^11
	5	Kansas	15
						5	Kansas	5
						1	Texas Tech	7
																4	West Virginia	2
																3	Oklahoma State	5
	3	Oklahoma State	5
	6	TCU	2
						3	Oklahoma State	5
						2	Baylor	0
	2	Baylor	8
	7	Oklahoma	2
											3	Oklahoma State	6	7
										6	TCU	13	6^10
	6	TCU	15
	7	Oklahoma	3
						6	TCU	5
						2	Baylor	2

Conference championship

Big 12 Championship
(4) West Virginia Mountaineers	vs.	(3) Oklahoma State Cowboys

May 26, 2019, 1:15 p.m. (CDT) at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(4) West Virginia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	2
(3) Oklahoma State	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	X	5	6	0
WP: Brett Standlee (3–1)   LP: Madison Jeffrey (0–1)   Sv: Peyton Battenfield (3)

All-Tournament Team

Source:[5]

Position	Player	School
C	Zach Humphreys	TCU
1B	Cameron Warren	Texas Tech
2B	Tyler Doanes	West Virginia
SS	Andrew Navigato	Oklahoma State
3B	Skyler Messinger	Kansas
OF	Cade Cabbinees	Oklahoma State
OF	Josh Watson	TCU
OF	Brandon White	West Virginia
DH	Colin Simpson	Oklahoma State
SP	Ryan Bergert	West Virginia
SP	Jensen Elliott	Oklahoma State
SP	Alek Manoah	West Virginia
RP	Dane Haveman	Texas Tech
MOP	Colin Simpson	Oklahoma State

References

1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
2. "2018-19 Big 12 Postseason Championship Schedule". big12sports.com. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
3. "Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". Oklahoma City All Sports Association. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
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.