2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
Big 12 baseball Championships
Classification	Division I
Season	2014
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	TCU (1st title)
Winning coach	Jim Schlossnagle (1st title)
MVP	Jerrick Suiter (TCU)
Television	Bracket Play: FCS Central/FSSW+ Championship: FS1
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2014 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#10 Oklahoma State †^y	18	–	6		.750			48	–	18		.727
#2 TCU ‡^y	17	–	7		.708			48	–	18		.727
Kansas ^y	15	–	9		.625			35	–	26		.574
#7 Texas Tech ^y	14	–	10		.583			45	–	21		.682
#6 Texas ^y	13	–	11		.542			46	–	21		.687
West Virginia	9	–	14		.391			28	–	26		.519
Baylor	8	–	15		.348			26	–	31		.456
Oklahoma	8	–	16		.333			29	–	29		.500
Kansas State	5	–	19		.208			25	–	30		.455
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 21, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21 through May 25 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. TCU won the tournament for the first time, earning the league's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2][3][4]

The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Texas has won the most championships with four. Among original members, Baylor and Kansas State have never won the event. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. West Virginia, a new member of the league in 2013, had also have yet to win the Tournament, as of 2014.

Format and seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight, and then played a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game.^[5]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Oklahoma State	18	6	.750	–	1
TCU	17	7	.708	1	2
Kansas	15	9	.625	3	3
Texas Tech	14	10	.583	4	4
Texas	12	11	.522	5.5	5
West Virginia	9	14	.391	8.5	6
Baylor	8	15	.348	9.5	7
Oklahoma	8	16	.333	10	8
Kansas State	5	18	.217	12.5	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Oklahoma State	13
	8	Oklahoma	4
						1	Oklahoma State	0
						5	Texas	3
	4	Texas Tech	3
	5	Texas	8
											5	Texas	1	4
										1	Oklahoma State	3	6
	8	Oklahoma	9
	4	Texas Tech	8
						1	Oklahoma State	11
						8	Oklahoma	8
																1	Oklahoma State	1
																2	TCU	7
	3	Kansas	9
	6	West Virginia	10
						6	West Virginia	2
						2	TCU	6
	2	TCU	8
	7	Baylor	5
											2	TCU	4	–
										7	Baylor	1	–
	3	Kansas	3
	7	Baylor	4
						6	West Virginia	4
						7	Baylor	9

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Pos	Name	School
C	Bryan Case	Oklahoma State
1B	Tanner Krietemeier	Oklahoma State
2B	Garret Crain	TCU
SS	Donnie Walton	Oklahoma State
3B	Sheldon Neuse	Oklahoma
OF	Craig Aikin	Oklahoma
OF	Cody Jones	TCU
OF	Mark Payton	Texas
DH	Jerrick Suiter	TCU
P	Tyler Alexander	TCU
P	Jordan Kipper	TCU
P	Preston Morrison	TCU

Most Outstanding Player

TCU designated hitter Jerrick Suiter, one of the Horned Frogs' six all-tournament selections, was named Most Outstanding Player.

References

1. "Baseball standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
2. "2014 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
3. "Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". Travel Oklahoma. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
4. "Oklahoma City Hosts 2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". Oklahoma City All Sports Association. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
5. "2014 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship Opening Day Matchups Determined". Big 12 Conference. May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.