2008_Big_South_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

2008 Big South Conference baseball tournament

2008 Big South Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament


The 2008 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 20 through 24 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Virginia. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the ninth time, and earned an invitation to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

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Format

All eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament.[2]

High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player. The standings template at right reflects the results after the forfeits, while the table below shows the results of games played in order to accurately reflect seeding.[2][3]

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Bracket and results

Play-in round

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Double-elimination rounds

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina20
8UNC Asheville41Coastal Carolina3
3VMI1
3VMI21Coastal Carolina8
4Winthrop74Winthrop6
4Winthrop131Coastal Carolina19
6Radford92Liberty132
2Liberty44Winthrop3
6Radford156Radford22Liberty15
8UNC Asheville12Liberty11
2Liberty10

All-Tournament Team

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Most Valuable Player

Tyler Bortnick was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bortnick was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina.[2]


References

  1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 4, 2020.

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