2015 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

2015 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament

Format	two bracket Double-elimination tournament with championship game
Finals site	ONEOK Field Tulsa, OK
Champions	Texas (5th title)
Winning coach	Augie Garrido (5th title)
MVP	Zane Gurwitz (Texas)
Television	Bracket Play: FCS Central Championship: Fox Sports 1

2015 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 TCU ‍†‍‍^y	18	–	5		.783			51	–	15		.773
No. 19 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y	14	–	8		.636			38	–	20		.655
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			34	–	27		.557
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			31	–	24		.564
Texas ‍‍‡‍^y	11	–	13		.458			30	–	27		.526
Kansas State ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			27	–	30		.474
West Virginia ‍‍‍	9	–	13		.409			27	–	27		.500
Baylor ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			23	–	32		.418
Kansas ‍‍‍	8	–	15		.348			23	–	32		.418
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The 2015 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 24 at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament will earn the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4][5]

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 five, winning again in 2015. 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. Having joined in 2013, TCU won their first title in 2014 while West Virginia has yet to win the Tournament.

Format and seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight, and will then play a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game.[6]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference				Overall
			W	L	%	GB	W	L	%
1	1	TCU	18	5	.783	–	51	15	.773
2	2	Oklahoma State	14	8	.636	3.5	38	20	.655
3	3	Oklahoma	13	11	.542	5.5	34	27	.557
3	4	Texas Tech	13	11	.542	5.5	31	24	.564
5	5	Texas	11	13	.458	7.5	30	27	.526
6	6	Kansas State	10	14	.417	8.5	27	30	.474
7	7	West Virginia	9	13	.409	8.5	27	27	.500
8	8	Baylor	9	15	.375	9.5	23	32	.418
9	–	Kansas	8	15	.348	10	23	32	.418

Results

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

All-Tournament Team

Source:[7]

Position	Player	School
C	Tres Barrera	Texas
1B	Dustin Williams	Oklahoma State
2B	Brooks Marlow	Texas
SS	Donnie Walton	Oklahoma State
3B	Bret Boswell	Texas
OF	Kameron Esthay	Baylor
OF	Taylor Alspaugh	Oklahoma
OF	Zane Gurwitz	Texas
DH	Joe Baker	Texas
SP	Michael Freeman	Oklahoma State
SP	Parker French	Texas
SP	Connor Mayes	Texas
RP	Trey Cobb	Oklahoma State
MOP	Zane Gurwitz	Texas

References

1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
2. "2015 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". big12sports.com. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
3. Eric Bailey (September 26, 2013). "Big 12 baseball tournament coming to Tulsa in 2015". Tulsa World. Tulsa, OK. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
4. "Tulsa selected as 2015 Big 12 Baseball Championship site". Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. September 26, 2013. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
5. Anthony Slater (September 26, 2013). "College baseball: Big 12 Baseball Tournament will move to Tulsa in 2015". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, OK. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
6. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
7. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.