2005 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament


The 2005 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 25 through 29. Nebraska won their fourth tournament in seven years and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the last year that the tournament mirrored the format of the College World Series, with two 4-team double-elimination brackets and a final championship game.

2005 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNebraska (4th title)
Winning coachMike Anderson (1st title)
MVPCurtis Ledbetter (Nebraska)
Attendance74,439
2005 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 6 Nebraska ‍y 19 8 0   .704 57 15 0   .792
No. 4 Baylor ‍‍‍y 19 8 0   .704 46 24 0   .657
No. 1 Texas ‍‍‍y 16 10 0   .615 56 16 0   .778
Missouri ‍‍‍y 16 11 0   .593 40 23 0   .635
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14 13 0   .519 35 26 0   .574
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 12 15 0   .444 34 25 0   .576
Kansas ‍‍‍ 11 15 0   .423 36 28 0   .563
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 9 16 0   .360 34 25 0   .576
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 9 18 0   .333 30 25 1   .545
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 8 19 0   .296 30 25 0   .545
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

Regular Season Standings

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Source:[2]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T % GB W L T %
1 1 Nebraska 19 8 0 .704 57 15 0 .792
1 2 Baylor 19 8 0 .704 46 24 0 .657
3 3 Texas 16 10 0 .615 2.5 56 16 0 .778
4 4 Missouri 16 11 0 .593 3 40 23 0 .635
5 5 Oklahoma 14 13 0 .519 5 35 26 0 .574
6 6 Oklahoma State 12 15 0 .444 7 34 25 0 .576
7 7 Kansas 11 15 0 .423 7.5 36 28 0 .563
8 8 Texas Tech 9 16 0 .360 9 34 25 0 .576
9 Texas A&M 9 18 0 .333 10 30 25 1 .545
10 Kansas State 8 19 0 .296 11 30 25 0 .545

Tournament

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First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinals
6Oklahoma State10
3Texas4
6Oklahoma State3
2Baylor8
2Baylor2*
7Kansas1*
2Baylor9-
3Texas8-
3Texas9
7Kansas03Texas6
6Oklahoma State1
2Baylor0
4Missouri8
1Nebraska1
5Oklahoma7
4Missouri10
8Texas Tech1
8Texas Tech5
1Nebraska3
4Missouri49
1Nebraska517
5Oklahoma3
1Nebraska61Nebraska2
8Texas Tech1

All-Tournament team

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Position Player School
1B Curtis Ledbetter Nebraska
2B Michael Griffin Baylor
3B Alex Gordon Nebraska
SS Seth Johnston Texas
C Jacob Priday Missouri
OF Nick Peoples Texas
OF James Boone Missouri
OF Andy Gerch Nebraska
DH Zane Taylor Missouri
SP Randy Boone Texas
SP Brian Duensing Nebraska
RP Ryan LaMotta Baylor
UT Joe Simokaitis Nebraska
MOP Curtis Ledbetter Nebraska

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.