1997 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament

1997 Big West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1997
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Blair Field
Long Beach, CA
Champions Cal State Fullerton (2nd title)
Winning coach George Horton (1st title)
Big West Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1996  1998»
1997 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
Nevada x 20 – 10   .667     39 – 21   .650
Pacific 11 – 19   .367     29 – 29   .500
Sacramento State 8 – 22   .267     16 – 39   .291
New Mexico State 8 – 22   .267     21 – 33   .389
Southern
#24 Long Beach State x 22 – 8   .733     39 – 26   .600
#21 Cal State Fullerton 21 – 9   .700     39 – 24   .619
Cal Poly 15 – 15   .500     37 – 21   .638
UC Santa Barbara 15 – 15   .500     26 – 30   .464
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1997 season. The teams met at Long Beach State's on campus venue, Blair Field from May 15 through May 18.[2]

Seeding and format

The top team from each of the conference's two divisions after the regular season received the top two seeds, while the four teams with the highest conference winning percentage regardless of division were seeded three through six in the double-elimination tournament. Matchups were set to avoid inter-divisional games in the early rounds as much as possible.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
North Division
Nevada 20 10 .667
–
2
Pacific 11 19 .367
9
6
Sacramento State 8 22 .267
12
–
New Mexico State 8 22 .267
12
–
South Division
Long Beach State 22 8 .733
–
1
Cal State Fullerton 21 9 .700
1
3
Cal Poly 15 15 .500
7
4
UC Santa Barbara 15 15 .500
7
5

Bracket

The bracket below depicts the results of the tournament.[3][4][2][5][6][7]

  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  2  Nevada 10  
  4  Cal Poly 6     2  Nevada 10  
    3  Cal State Fullerton 11    
      3  Cal State Fullerton 8  
      4  Cal Poly 5    
  4  Cal Poly 11          
  5  UC Santa Barbara 10        
  3  Cal State Fullerton 4         3  Cal State Fullerton 7 15
  6  Pacific 6           1  Long Beach State 2 6
      6  Pacific 0        
      1  Long Beach State 4          
  1  Long Beach State 5           1  Long Beach State 7    
  5  UC Santa Barbara 1         6  Pacific 6  
  2  Nevada 5    
  6  Pacific 8  

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Cal State Fullerton Titans Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton. p. 142. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. ↑ 2010 Long Beach State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Long Beach State. p. 52. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  4. ↑ Nevada Baseball Record Book (PDF). Nevada Wolf Pack. p. 22. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  5. ↑ 2012 Pacific BasebalL Media Guide. Pacific Tigers. p. 77. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  6. ↑ Cal Poly Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Cal Poly Mustangs. p. 44. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  7. ↑ Summer Record Book (PDF). UCSB Gauchos. p. 14. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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