1998 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

The 1998 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was the second played in Big 12 history, and the first to be held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 14 through 17. Texas Tech won the tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The format followed that used by the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship at the time: a six-team, double-elimination tournament.

1998 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Texas Tech (1st title)
Winning coach	Larry Hays (1st title)
MVP	Josh Bard (Texas Tech)
Attendance	113,108

1998 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			46	–	20	–	0		.697
No. 28 Baylor  ‍‍‍y	18	–	10	–	0		.643			41	–	20	–	1		.669
No. 29 Texas Tech  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	11	–	0		.621			44	–	20	–	0		.688
No. 22 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y	17	–	11	–	0		.607			42	–	20	–	0		.677
Missouri  ‍‍‍	17	–	12	–	0		.586			36	–	18	–	0		.667
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y	15	–	12	–	0		.556			40	–	21	–	0		.656
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	10	–	13	–	0		.435			24	–	20	–	0		.545
Texas  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	0		.379			23	–	32	–	1		.420
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	10	–	18	–	0		.357			20	–	27	–	0		.426
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	9	–	19	–	0		.321			20	–	32	–	0		.385
Kansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	20	–	0		.259			22	–	29	–	0		.431
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1998 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season standings

Source:

Place	Seed	Team	Conference					Overall
			W	L	T	%	GB	W	L	T	%
1	1	Texas A&M	21	9	0	.700	–	46	20	0	.697
2	2	Baylor	18	10	0	.643	2	41	20	1	.669
3	3	Texas Tech	18	11	0	.621	2.5	44	20	0	.688
4	4	Oklahoma	17	11	0	.607	3	42	20	0	.677
5	5	Missouri	17	12	0	.586	3.5	36	18	0	.667
6	6	Oklahoma State	15	12	0	.556	4.5	40	21	0	.656
7	–	Nebraska	10	13	0	.435	7.5	24	20	0	.545
8	–	Texas	11	18	0	.379	9.5	23	32	1	.420
9	–	Iowa State	10	18	0	.357	10	20	27	0	.426
10	–	Kansas State	9	19	0	.321	11	20	32	0	.385
11	–	Kansas	7	20	0	.259	12.5	22	29	0	.431

• Colorado did not sponsor a baseball team.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
						1	Texas A&M	4
						4	Oklahoma	10
	1	Texas A&M	4								4	Oklahoma	9
	6	Oklahoma State	3								6	Oklahoma State	4			4	Oklahoma	3
						6	Oklahoma State	11
																3	Texas Tech	4
						5	Missouri	8
	2	Baylor	7
																					3	Texas Tech	14
	5	Missouri	3
						2	Baylor	4													1	Texas A&M	7
						3	Texas Tech	11
	3	Texas Tech	5								3	Texas Tech	7
	4	Oklahoma	1								1	Texas A&M	11
						1	Texas A&M	8
						2	Baylor	5

• Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, and Texas did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament team

Position	Player	School
1B	Charley Carter	Baylor
2B	Keith Ginter	Texas Tech
3B	Craig Kuzmic	Texas A&M
SS	Steve Scarborough	Texas A&M
C	Josh Bard	Texas Tech
OF	Jason Landreth	Texas Tech
OF	Jason Tyner	Texas A&M
OF	Daylan Holt	Texas A&M
DH	Brennan Burns	Texas Tech
DH	Richard Park	Oklahoma
P	Ryan Rupe	Texas A&M
P	Chris Scarcella	Texas A&M
P	Shane Wright	Texas Tech
MOP	Josh Bard	Texas Tech

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

References

• Big 12 Tourney media guide Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Boydsworld 1998 Standings