2013 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013
Format	2 Pool round robin single championship
Site	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	Oklahoma (2nd title)
Winning coach	Sunny Golloway (1st title)
MVP	Jonathan Gray (Oklahoma)
Attendance	56,859
Television	Bracket Play: FCS Central Championship: FSN
Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament «2012  2014»

2013 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#15 Kansas State †^y	16	–	8		.667			45	–	19		.703
#22 Oklahoma State ^y	13	–	10		.565			41	–	19		.683
#16 Oklahoma ‡^y	13	–	11		.542			43	–	21		.672
West Virginia	13	–	11		.542			33	–	26		.559
Baylor	12	–	11		.522			27	–	28		.491
Kansas	12	–	12		.500			34	–	25		.576
TCU	12	–	12		.500			29	–	28		.509
Texas Tech	9	–	15		.375			26	–	30		.464
Texas	7	–	17		.292			27	–	24		.529
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 22 through May 26 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the event earns the league's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2][3][4]

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 four. TCU and West Virginia, new members of the league, are eligible for their first tournaments. Only Baylor and Kansas State have never won the event. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. Last year's champion, Missouri and three time champion Texas A&M departed the conference for the Southeastern Conference after the 2012 season.

Fourth-seeded Oklahoma defeated sixth-seeded Kansas in the championship game to claim their second Big 12 Baseball Conference Tournament title.

Format and seeding

Due to the 2013 Moore tornado, just outside the Oklahoma City site of the Tournament, the Big 12 announced a delay in the start of the event and a change in format from the planned double-elimination tournament. Instead, the eight teams will be divided into two pools who will play a round-robin format. The winners of each pool will then play a single championship game.^[5]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Kansas State	16	8	.667	–	1
Oklahoma State	13	10	.565	2.5	2
West Virginia	13	11	.542	3	3
Oklahoma	13	11	.542	3	4
Baylor	12	11	.522	3.5	5
Kansas	12	12	.500	4	6
TCU	12	12	.500	4	7
Texas Tech	9	15	.375	7	8
Texas	7	17	.292	9	–

Results

Division A KSU OU BU TTU Overall 1 Kansas State L 6–7 W 13–9 W 4–3 2–1 4 Oklahoma W 7–6 W 2–0 W 8–0 3–0 5 Baylor L 9–13 L 0–2 L 2–8 0–3 8 Texas Tech L 3–4 L 0–8 W 8–2 1–2

Division B OSU WVU KU TCU Overall 2 Oklahoma State L 5-6 L 3–5 L 4–8 0–3 3 West Virginia W 6-5 L 2–7 W 10–3 2–1 6 Kansas W 5–3 W 7–2 W 4–0 3–0 7 TCU W 8–4 L 3–10 L 0–4 1–2

	Finals
	A	Oklahoma	7
	B	Kansas	2

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Matt Oberste	Oklahoma
2B	Hector Lorenzana	Oklahoma
3B	Garrett Carey	Oklahoma
SS	Kevin Kuntz	Kansas
C	Anthony Hermelyn	Oklahoma
OF	Michael Suiter	Kansas
OF	Max White	Oklahoma
OF	Jacob Rice	West Virginia
DH	Connor McKay	Kansas
RP	Jordan Piche'	Kansas
SP	Jon Gray	Oklahoma
RP	Trevor Seidenberger	TCU

Most Outstanding Player

• Jon Gray

References

1. "Baseball standings". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
2. "2012-13 Big 12 Postseason Championships Schedule". big12sports.com. June 1, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
3. "Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". Oklahoma City All Sports Association. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
4. "2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
5. "Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship Format Changed". Big 12 Conference. May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.