1993 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament


The 1993 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1993. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the fifth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Top seeded Kent State won their second consecutive and second overall tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

1993 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (2nd title)
Winning coachDanny Hall (2nd title)
MVPRyan Beeney (Kent State)
1993 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 27 Kent State  ‍y 22 10 0   .688 41 15 0   .732
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 22 10 0   .688 39 19 0   .672
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 20 10 0   .667 35 21 0   .625
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 32 24 0   .571
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 13 15 0   .464 21 26 0   .447
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 24 31 0   .436
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 30 24 0   .556
Miami  ‍‍‍ 12 18 0   .400 26 27 0   .491
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 11 17 0   .393 19 27 1   .415
Akron  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 22 33 0   .400
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

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The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Kent State 22 10 .688
1
Central Michigan 22 10 .688
2
Western Michigan 20 10 .667
1
3
Ball State 17 13 .567
4
4
Ohio 13 15 .464
7
Toledo 13 17 .433
8
Eastern Michigan 13 17 .433
8
Miami 12 18 .400
9
Bowling Green 11 17 .393
9
Akron 7 23 .233
14

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Kent State0
4Ball State1
4Ball State5
3Western Michigan1
2Central Michigan4
3Western Michigan6
4Ball State11
1Kent State83
Lower round 1Lower final
3Western Michigan4
1Kent State61Kent State5
2Central Michigan0

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Curt Conley Ball State
Travis Miller Kent State
Scott Stricklin Kent State
Ryan Beeney Kent State
Sean Freeman Kent State
Michael Thompson Ball State
Kevin Zellers Kent State
Corey Montry Western Michigan
Matt Terrell Western Michigan
Todd Stein Kent State

Most Valuable Player

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Ryan Beeney won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Beeney played for Kent State.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.