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The 2008 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 20 through 24 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Virginia. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the ninth time, and earned an invitation to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2008 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (9th title)
Winning coachGary Gilmore (6th title)
MVPTyler Bortnick (Coastal Carolina)
2008 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 16 Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 3 – 0   .850 50 – 14 – 0   .781
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667 35 – 26 – 1   .573
VMI  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667 29 – 26 – 0   .527
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571 27 – 33 – 0   .450
High Point  ‍‍‍ 3 – 18 – 0   .143 12 – 41 – 0   .226
Radford  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12 – 0   .400 26 – 30 – 0   .464
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 19 – 34 – 0   .358
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381 26 – 33 – 0   .441
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
  • High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player.
    As of June 30, 2008[1]
    Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

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All eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament.[2]

High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player. The standings template at right reflects the results after the forfeits, while the table below shows the results of games played in order to accurately reflect seeding.[2][3]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Coastal Carolina 17 3 .850 — 1
Liberty 14 7 .667 3.5 2
VMI 14 7 .667 4.5 3
Winthrop 11 10 .571 6.5 4
High Point 9 12 .429 8.5 5
Radford 6 14 .300 11 6
Charleston Southern 6 15 .286 11.5 7
UNC Asheville 6 15 .286 11.5 8

Bracket and results

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Play-in round

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Team R
7 Charleston Southern 1
6 Radford 6
Team R
8 UNC Asheville 3
5 High Point 2

Double-elimination rounds

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First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina20
8UNC Asheville41Coastal Carolina3
3VMI1
3VMI21Coastal Carolina8
4Winthrop74Winthrop6
4Winthrop131Coastal Carolina19
6Radford92Liberty132
2Liberty44Winthrop3
6Radford156Radford22Liberty15
8UNC Asheville12Liberty11
2Liberty10

All-Tournament Team

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Name School
Tommy Baldridge Coastal Carolina
Tyler Bortnick Coastal Carolina
Cody Brown Liberty
Dock Doyle Coastal Carolina
Steven Evans Liberty
Alex Gregory Radford
Joey Haug Coastal Carolina
Bryn Henderson Winthrop
Jeff Jefferson Liberty
Reggie Keen Radford
Ryan Mullins Winthrop
John Murrian Winthrop
David Sappelt Coastal Carolina
Dustin Umberger Liberty
Garrett Young Liberty

Most Valuable Player

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Tyler Bortnick was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bortnick was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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