2008_Mountain_West_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

2008 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

2008 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

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The 2008 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 20 through 24. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Texas Christian University's Lupton Stadium. Top seeded TCU won their third straight and third overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 15–2 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

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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. New Mexico claimed the second seed over San Diego State by winning the season series. BYU claimed the fourth seed by winning the season series over Utah.

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Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1TCU9
3San Diego State26UNLV3
6UNLV61TCU2
2New Mexico3
2New Mexico8
4BYU35Utah2
5Utah9
2New Mexico22
1TCU915
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1TCU6
6UNLV45Utah3
5Utah15Utah7
3San Diego State13San Diego State0
4BYU0

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All-Tournament Team

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Most Valuable Player

Clint Arnold, an outfielder for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mountain West Conference Baseball Final Standings". themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  3. [3]
    "TCU Wins Third Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "2008 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). themwc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.[permanent dead link]
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