2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament that was held at Dallas Baptist's Horner Ballpark in Dallas, Texas. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2018 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMissouri State (4th title)
Winning coachKeith Guttin (4th title)
MVPBen Whetstone (Missouri State)
TelevisionESPN+
2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 29 Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 18 3   .857 35 15   .700
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍ 16 5   .762 36 17   .679
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 30 17   .638
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 29 22   .569
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 27 28   .491
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 9 12   .429 22 28   .440
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 6 15   .286 18 32   .360
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 3 18   .143 12 37   .245
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 20, 2018[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

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The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.

Results

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First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Missouri State 10
8 Evansville 0
1 Missouri State 4
4 Indiana State 2
4 Indiana State 9
5 Southern Illinois 7
1 Missouri State 9
4 Indiana State 6
5 Southern Illinois 512
8 Evansville 4
5 Southern Illinois 12
4 Indiana State 14 10
1 Missouri State 710
2 Dallas Baptist 6
2 Dallas Baptist 10
7 Valparaiso 13
7 Valparaiso 9
3 Bradley 11
3 Bradley 14
6 Illinois State 2
3 Bradley 7 1
2 Dallas Baptist 14 117
2 Dallas Baptist 10
6 Illinois State 6
2 Dallas Baptist 7
7 Valparaiso 5

References

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  1. ^ "Conference standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "2017-18 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.