2017 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

The 2017 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 28 at Santa Ana Star Field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, home field of the conference's regular-season champion New Mexico. The conference's top four teams from the regular season met in a double-elimination tournament. The winner of the tournament, San Diego State, earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2]

2017 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSan Diego State (4th title)
Winning coachMark Martinez (2nd title)
MVPAndrew Martinez (San Diego State)
2017 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 19 9 1   .672 30 27 1   .526
San Diego St  ‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 42 21 0   .667
Fresno State  ‍‍‍ 18 12 0   .600 35 25 0   .583
Nevada  ‍‍‍ 13 16 0   .448 19 36 0   .345
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 12 17 0   .414 27 26 0   .509
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 10 18 1   .362 19 35 1   .355
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 10 20 0   .333 20 36 0   .357
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The conference's top four teams were seeded based on winning percentage during the round-robin regular season schedule. The tournament opened with the top seed playing the lowest seeded team, and the second-seeded team playing the third seed, followed by double-elimination play until the champion was determined.

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1New Mexico7
4Nevada2
1New Mexico8
2San Diego State9
2San Diego State18
3Fresno State10
2San Diego State
3Fresno State
Lower round 1Lower final
3Fresno State11
4Nevada51New Mexico5
3Fresno State 157

References

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  1. ^ "San Diego State Captures 2017 Mountain West Baseball Title" (Press release). Mountain West Conference. May 28, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.