2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Kent State ^x	16	–	8	.667	36	–	21	.632
Bowling Green	16	–	8	.667	32	–	20	.615
Ohio	14	–	13	.519	29	–	30	.492
Akron	8	–	13	.381	25	–	24	.510
Miami	8	–	19	.296	18	–	36	.333
Buffalo	7	–	19	.269	14	–	38	.269
West
Eastern Michigan ^x‡^y	15	–	8	.652	25	–	32	.439
Northern Illinois	16	–	10	.615	28	–	26	.519
Ball State	12	–	11	.522	28	–	25	.528
Western Michigan	12	–	12	.500	29	–	23	.558
Central Michigan	13	–	13	.500	29	–	27	.518
Toledo	10	–	13	.435	18	–	31	.367

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2008^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2008. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. This was the twentieth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion, and first to be held at a neutral site. Second seed Eastern Michigan won their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2]^[3]

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next six finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winner of each bracket facing off in a single championship game. This was the first year of the eight team tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Kent State	16	8	.667	–	1
Bowling Green	16	8	.667	–	3
Ohio	14	13	.519	3.5	6
Akron	8	13	.381	6.5	–
Miami	8	19	.296	9.5	–
Buffalo	7	19	.269	10	–
West Division
Eastern Michigan	15	8	.652	–	2
Northern Illinois	16	10	.615	1.5	4
Ball State	12	11	.522	3	5
Western Michigan	12	12	.500	3.5	7
Central Michigan	13	13	.500	3.5	8
Toledo	10	13	.435	5	–

Results

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Kent State	4
8	Central Michigan	2
			1	Kent State	10

			4	Northern Illinois	6
4	Northern Illinois	13

5	Ball State	7
						1	Kent State	10	—

						4	Northern Illinois	3	—
8	Central Michigan	5

5	Ball State	7
			4	Northern Illinois	6

			5	Ball State	5



										1	Kent State	4

										2	Eastern Michigan	12
3	Bowling Green	5

6	Ohio	4
			3	Bowling Green	4

			2	Eastern Michigan	11
2	Eastern Michigan	8

7	Western Michigan	5
						2	Eastern Michigan	9	—

						6	Ohio	3	—
6	Ohio	5

7	Western Michigan	4
			3	Bowling Green	3

			6	Ohio	7

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

Name	School
Matt Stoeklen	Ball State
Dave Reynolds	Northern Illinois
Chris Rigo	Ohio
Greg Rohan	Kent State
Brad Stillings	Kent State
Doug Sanders	Kent State
Josh Ivan	Eastern Michigan
Steve Bradshaw	Eastern Michigan
Sean Hoffman	Eastern Michigan
Zack Leonard	Eastern Michigan

Most Valuable Player

Zack Leonard was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Leonard played for Eastern Michigan.^[4]

References

↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 6, 2013.

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