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2007 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

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2007 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTCU (2nd title)
MVPAustin Adams (TCU)
TelevisionMountiain/CBS Sports Network
2007 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 28 TCU  ‍y 20 3   .870 48 14   .774
BYU  ‍‍‍ 17 7   .708 37 20   .649
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 29 30   .492
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 28 30   .483
Utah  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 24 31   .436
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 23 36   .390
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 0 23   .000 8 44   .154
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 8, 2007[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2007 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Top seeded TCU won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–8 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

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The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Only six teams participate, so Air Force was not in the field.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
TCU 20 3 .870
1
BYU 17 7 .708
3.5
2
Utah 12 12 .500
8.5
3
San Diego State 12 12 .500
8.5
4
New Mexico 12 12 .500
8.5
5
UNLV 10 14 .417
10.5
6
Air Force 0 23 .000
20

Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1TCU8
3Utah36UNLV1
6UNLV61TCU8
2BYU7
2BYU5
4San Diego State05New Mexico3
5New Mexico1
1TCU99
2BYU108
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2BYU10
6UNLV86UNLV9
5New Mexico45New Mexico3
3Utah14San Diego State1
4San Diego State12

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All-Tournament Team

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Name POS Team
Kasey Ko 1B BYU
Steve Parker 3B BYU
Stephen Wells OF BYU
Bobby LaFromboise P New Mexico
Steven Hirschfeld P San Diego State
Efren Navarro, Jr. 1B UNLV
Austin Adams OF TCU
Clint Arnold OF TCU
Keith Conlon OF TCU
Tyler Lockwood RP TCU
Apana Nakayama DH BYU

Most Valuable Player

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Austin Adams, an outfielder for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 3. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  2. ^ "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "TCU Battles Back to Win Second Straight MWC Baseball Tournament Title". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. ^ "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.