2012 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

2012 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
	2012 Big 12 baseball tournament logo
Teams	8
Format	Two four team Double Elimination ; Brackets with one game championship
Finals site	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark; Oklahoma City, OK;
Champions	Missouri (1st title)
Winning coach	Tim Jamieson (1st title)
MVP	Eric Garcia (Missouri)
	← 2011; baseball tournament; 2013 →;

The 2012 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament will be held at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 23 to May 27, 2012. The tournament will continue the format reinstated with the 2011 tournament, consisting of two separate four-team double-elimination tournaments. The winners of each of those tournaments will face each other in a one-game match for the championship. Missouri defeated Oklahoma in the championship game, 8-7, to earn the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

2012 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Baylor ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	4	.833	49	–	17	.742
No. 19 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	.667	43	–	18	.705
Texas ‍‍‍	14	–	10	.583	30	–	22	.577
No. 13 Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y	13	–	10	.565	42	–	25	.627
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	32	–	25	.561
Missouri ‍‍‡‍^y	10	–	14	.417	33	–	28	.541
Kansas ‍‍‍	7	–	16	.304	24	–	34	.414
Kansas State ‍‍‍	7	–	17	.292	27	–	31	.466
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	7	–	17	.292	29	–	26	.527

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball ^[1]

It was Missouri's first, and only, Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament title, as they moved to the SEC on July 1, 2012.

Format and seeding

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.^[3]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference				Overall
Place	Seed	Team	W	L	%	GB	W	L	%
1	1	Baylor	20	4	.833	–	49	17	.742
2	2	Texas A&M	16	8	.667	4	43	18	.705
3	3	Texas	14	10	.583	6	30	22	.577
4	4	Oklahoma	13	10	.565	6.5	42	25	.627
5	5	Oklahoma State	13	11	.542	7	32	25	.561
6	6	Missouri	10	14	.417	10	33	28	.541
7	7	Kansas	7	16	.304	12.5	24	34	.414
8	8	Kansas State	7	17	.292	13	27	31	.466
8	–	Texas Tech	7	17	.292	13	29	26	.527

Bracket


First round			Second round			Semifinals				Final



5	Oklahoma State	0

4	Oklahoma	1
			4	Oklahoma	3

			1	Baylor	2
8	Kansas State	1

1	Baylor	11
						4	Oklahoma	7	-

						1	Baylor	2	-
5	Oklahoma State	5

8	Kansas State	11	8	Kansas State	2

			1	Baylor	11


										4	Oklahoma	7
6	Missouri	5
										6	Missouri	8
3	Texas	0
			2	Texas A&M	3

			6	Missouri	5
7	Kansas	4

2	Texas A&M	10
						6	Missouri	12	-

						7	Kansas	2	-
3	Texas	2

7	Kansas	4	7	Kansas	5

			2	Texas A&M	3

All-Tournament Team

Source:^[4]

Position	Player	School
C	Josh Ludy	Baylor
1B	Evan Mistich	Oklahoma
2B	Jack Mayfield	Oklahoma
SS	Eric Garcia	Missouri
3B	Matt Juengel	Texas A&M
OF	Dane Opel	Missouri
OF	Blake Brown	Missouri
OF	Tyler Naquin	Texas A&M
DH	Matt Oberste	Oklahoma
P	Dillon Overton	Oklahoma
P	Steven Okert	Oklahoma
P	Jeff Emens	Missouri
MOP	Eric Garcia	Missouri

References

^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ "2012 Big 12 Baseball Championship". big12sports.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

[1] "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

[2] "2012 Big 12 Baseball Championship". big12sports.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

[3] "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

[4] "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

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