2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Indiana State †^y	14	–	7	–	0	.667	41	–	17	–	0	.707
Missouri State ^y	13	–	7	–	0	.650	39	–	20	–	0	.661
Wichita State	12	–	9	–	0	.571	35	–	25	–	0	.583
Illinois State	10	–	9	–	0	.526	33	–	19	–	0	.635
Evansville	10	–	11	–	0	.476	32	–	27	–	0	.542
Southern Illinois	9	–	12	–	0	.429	31	–	28	–	0	.525
Bradley	8	–	13	–	0	.381	27	–	27	–	1	.500
Creighton ‡^y	6	–	14	–	0	.300	26	–	28	–	0	.481

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of May 31, 2012^[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Creighton won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2]^[3]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Indiana State	14	7	.667	–	1
Missouri State	13	7	.650	1	2
Wichita State	12	9	.571	2	3
Illinois State	10	9	.526	3	4
Evansville	10	11	.476	4	5
Southern Illinois	9	12	.429	5	6
Bradley	8	13	.381	6	7
Creighton	6	14	.300	7.5	8

Results

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

5	Evansville	3
4	Illinois State	10
			4	Illinois State	5

			8	Creighton	11
8	Creighton	5

1	Indiana State	0
						8	Creighton	10	-

						4	Illinois State	3	-
1	Indiana State	5

5	Evansville	8
			4	Illinois State	5*

			5	Evansville	4



										8	Creighton	8

										6	Southern Illinois	6
6	Southern Illinois	6

3	Wichita State	3
			6	Southern Illinois	9*

			7	Bradley	8
7	Bradley	5

2	Missouri State	3
						6	Southern Illinois	3*	-

						2	Missouri State	2	-
3	Wichita State	0

2	Missouri State	7
			7	Bradley	8

			2	Missouri State	11*

All-Tournament Team

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

POS	Name	School
1B	Chris Serritella	Southern Illinois
2B	Jake Peter	Creighton
SS	Eric Cheray	Missouri State
3B	Chance Ross	Creighton
C	Brian Bajer	Southern Illinois
UT	Nick Judkins	Creighton
DH	Keenen Maddox	Missouri State
OF	Mike Gerber	Creighton
OF	Chad Hinshaw	Illinois State
OF	Brennan Murphy	Creighton
P	Todd Eaton	Southern Illinois
P	Cody Schumacher	Missouri State

Most Outstanding Player

Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton.^[4]

References

↑ "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". mvc.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
↑ "2012 State Farm MVC Baseball Championship". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
↑ "Baseball Championship: Creighton 8, Southern Illinois 6". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
1 2 "2012 Baseball All-Tournament Team". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.

Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship

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2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournaments

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National	NCAA CWS

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