2006 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament| Teams | 8 |
|---|
| Format | Two four-team round-robin groups |
|---|
| Finals site | |
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| Champions | Kansas (1st title) |
|---|
| Winning coach | Ritch Price (1st title) |
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| MVP | Matt Baty (Kansas) |
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| Attendance | 75,532 |
|---|
|
The 2006 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 24 through 28. Kansas won their first tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the first year that the tournament adopted a round-robin format, with the winners of two 4-team pools facing off in a championship game.
Regular Season Standings
Source:[2]
| Place
|
Seed
|
Team
|
Conference
|
Overall
|
| W
|
L
|
T
|
%
|
GB
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
%
|
| 1
|
1
|
Texas
|
19
|
7
|
0
|
.731
|
–
|
41
|
21
|
0
|
.661
|
| 2
|
2
|
Oklahoma State
|
18
|
9
|
0
|
.667
|
1.5
|
41
|
20
|
0
|
.672
|
| 3
|
3
|
Oklahoma
|
17
|
10
|
0
|
.630
|
2.5
|
45
|
22
|
0
|
.672
|
| 3
|
4
|
Nebraska
|
17
|
10
|
0
|
.630
|
2.5
|
42
|
17
|
0
|
.712
|
| 5
|
5
|
Baylor
|
13
|
14
|
0
|
.481
|
6.5
|
37
|
26
|
0
|
.587
|
| 5
|
6
|
Kansas
|
13
|
14
|
0
|
.481
|
6.5
|
43
|
25
|
0
|
.632
|
| 7
|
7
|
Missouri
|
12
|
15
|
0
|
.444
|
7.5
|
35
|
28
|
0
|
.556
|
| 8
|
8
|
Texas Tech
|
9
|
16
|
1
|
.365
|
9.5
|
31
|
26
|
1
|
.543
|
| 9
|
–
|
Kansas State
|
8
|
17
|
2
|
.333
|
10.5
|
31
|
20
|
2
|
.604
|
| 10
|
–
|
Texas A&M
|
6
|
20
|
1
|
.241
|
13
|
25
|
30
|
1
|
.455
|
Tournament
| Finals
| |
| | | | |
| A
| Nebraska
| 7
| |
|
| B
| Kansas
| 9
| |
All-Tournament team
| Position
|
Player
|
School
|
| 1B
|
Patrick Smart
|
Texas Tech
|
| 2B
|
Ryne Price
|
Kansas
|
| 3B
|
Erik Morrison
|
Kansas
|
| SS
|
Beamer Weems
|
Baylor
|
| C
|
Jeff Christy
|
Nebraska
|
| OF
|
Matt Baty
|
Kansas
|
| OF
|
Seth Fortenberry
|
Baylor
|
| OF
|
Drew Stubbs
|
Texas
|
| DH
|
Hunter Harris
|
Texas
|
| P
|
Max Scherzer
|
Missouri
|
| P
|
Kenn Kasparek
|
Texas
|
| P
|
Brett Jensen
|
Nebraska
|
| MOP
|
Matt Baty
|
Kansas
|
See also
References