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]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Kent State (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Danny Hall (2nd title) |
MVP | Ryan Beeney (Kent State) |
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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
editThe 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 |
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Kent State | 22 | 10 | .688 | – |
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Central Michigan | 22 | 10 | .688 | – |
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Western Michigan | 20 | 10 | .667 | 1 |
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Ball State | 17 | 13 | .567 | 4 |
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Ohio | 13 | 15 | .464 | 7 |
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Toledo | 13 | 17 | .433 | 8 |
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Eastern Michigan | 13 | 17 | .433 | 8 |
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Miami | 12 | 18 | .400 | 9 |
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Bowling Green | 11 | 17 | .393 | 9 |
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Akron | 7 | 23 | .233 | 14 |
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Results
editUpper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Kent State | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ball State | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ball State | 5 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Central Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ball State | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | Kent State | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
3 | Western Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kent State | 6 | 1 | Kent State | 5 | |||||||||
2 | Central Michigan | 0 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
Name | School |
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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
editRyan Beeney won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Beeney played for Kent State.[4]
References
edit- ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.