The 1995 Big West Conference baseball tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1995 season. The four teams met in the double-elimination tournament from May 12 through 14 at Long Beach State's on campus facility, Blair Field. Cal State Fullerton won the tournament, earning the league's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, en route to winning the College World Series for the third time.[2]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Cal State Fullerton (1st title) |
Winning coach | Augie Garrido (1st title) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Cal State Fullerton †‡ | 18 | – | 3 | .857 | 57 | – | 9 | .864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Long Beach State | 16 | – | 5 | .762 | 38 | – | 25 | .603 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 12 | – | 9 | .571 | 35 | – | 18 | .660 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 11 | – | 10 | .524 | 32 | – | 21 | .604 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | 32 | – | 22 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 8 | – | 13 | .381 | 22 | – | 24 | .478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 5 | – | 16 | .238 | 26 | – | 26 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 5 | – | 16 | .238 | 21 | – | 33 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 30, 1995[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
This would be the second postseason conference championship event sponsored by the league, and the first with greater than two teams. The event would be held for the next four years before being discontinued.
Seeding and format
editThe top four teams at the end of the conference's round robin regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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Cal State Fullerton | 18 | 3 | .857 | – |
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Long Beach State | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2 |
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Nevada | 12 | 9 | .571 | 6 |
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UNLV | 11 | 10 | .524 | 7 |
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New Mexico State | 9 | 12 | .429 | 9 |
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UC Santa Barbara | 8 | 13 | .381 | 10 |
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Pacific | 5 | 16 | .238 | 14 |
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San Jose State | 5 | 16 | .238 | 14 |
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Bracket
editThe following bracket depicts the results of the tournament.[2][3][4][5]
Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Cal State Fullerton | 12 | |||||||||||
4 | UNLV | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | Cal State Fullerton | 6 | |||||||||||
3 | Nevada | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Long Beach State | 8 | |||||||||||
3 | Nevada | 13 | |||||||||||
1 | Cal State Fullerton | ||||||||||||
2 | Long Beach State | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
3 | Nevada | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | UNLV | 3 | 2 | Long Beach State | 2 | ||||||||
2 | Long Beach State | 5 | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1995". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Cal State Fullerton Titans Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton. p. 141. Retrieved January 1, 2013.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ 2010 Long Beach State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Long Beach State. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ Nevada Baseball Record Book (PDF). Nevada Wolf Pack. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ UNLV Baseball Guide (PDF). UNLV Rebels. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.