2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Southland Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern
Lamar	20	–	10	–	0	.667	35	–	23	–	0	.603
Northwestern State	17	–	12	–	0	.586	28	–	28	–	0	.500
Southeastern Louisiana	15	–	15	–	0	.500	32	–	27	–	0	.542
Central Arkansas	13	–	16	–	1	.450	27	–	27	–	1	.500
McNeese State	7	–	23	–	0	.233	13	–	42	–	0	.236
Nicholls State	5	–	25	–	0	.167	10	–	44	–	0	.185
Western
Texas–San Antonio	22	–	8	–	0	.733	39	–	19	–	0	.672
Texas State †	19	–	11	–	0	.633	30	–	27	–	0	.526
Sam Houston State ‡^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	37	–	25	–	0	.597
Texas–Arlington	16	–	14	–	0	.533	26	–	31	–	0	.456
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	14	–	15	–	1	.483	24	–	33	–	1	.422
Stephen F. Austin	12	–	17	–	0	.414	25	–	29	–	0	.463

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 24, 2008^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–24. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Sam Houston State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2]

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Team	W	L	T	Pct	Seed
Texas–San Antonio	22	8	0	.733	1
Lamar	20	10	0	.667	2
Texas State	19	11	0	.633	3
Sam Houston State	18	12	0	.600	4
Northwestern State	17	12	0	.586	5
Texas–Arlington	16	14	0	.533	6
Southeastern Louisiana	15	15	0	.500	7
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	14	15	1	.483	8
Central Arkansas	13	16	1	.450	–
Stephen F. Austin	12	17	0	.414	–
McNeese State	7	23	0	.233	–
Nicholls State	5	25	0	.167	–

Results

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Texas–San Antonio	5
8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	7
			8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2

			4	Sam Houston State	13
4	Sam Houston State	7

5	Northwestern State	1
						8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	5

						4	Sam Houston State	7
1	Texas–San Antonio	9

5	Northwestern State	7
			1	Texas–San Antonio	10

			8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	12



										4	Sam Houston State	15

										2	Lamar	7
3	Texas State	22

6	Texas–Arlington	2
			3	Texas State	7

			2	Lamar	11
2	Lamar	8

7	Southeastern Louisiana	7
						2	Lamar	1	4

						7	Southeastern Louisiana	17	2
6	Texas–Arlington	3

7	Southeastern Louisiana	7
			3	Texas State	7

			7	Southeastern Louisiana	11

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[2]

Pos	Name	Team
C	Ben Theriot	Texas State
1B	Trent Lockwood	Texas–San Antonio
2B	Brian Taylor	Lamar
3B	Seth Hammock	Sam Houston State
SS	Ryan Weber	Sam Houston State
OF	Keith Stein	Sam Houston State
OF	Chase Williams	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
OF	David Moore	Lamar
DH	Bobby Verbick	Sam Houston State (MVP)
P	Brian Sisk	Lamar
P	Dallas Gallant	Sam Houston State

References

↑ "2015 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 16. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
1 2 "Southland Conference 2015 Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 29. Retrieved March 27, 2015.

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