2005 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

2005 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions UNLV (3rd title)
MVP Matt Wagner UNLV
2005 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
UNLV  ‍†‍‡‍y 23–7–0 .767  35–29–0 .547
BYU  ‍‍‍ 21–9–0 .700  39–19–1 .669
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .567  26–35–0 .426
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .500  26–32–0 .448
Utah  ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .333  19–36–0 .345
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 4–26–0 .133  9–44–0 .170
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2005[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2005 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–27. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Utah's Franklin Covey Field. Top seeded UNLV won their third straight and third overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 7–4 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
UNLV237.767
–
1
BYU219.700
2
2
San Diego State1713.567
6
3
New Mexico1515.500
8
4
Utah1020.333
13
5
Air Force426.133
19
6

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 San Diego State 21     1 UNLV 5  
  6 Air Force 6     5 Utah 3    
      1 UNLV 2              
      2 BYU 7              
  4 New Mexico 0     2 BYU 4          
  5 Utah 2     3 San Diego State 3        
        2 BYU 5 4
Loser's Bracket       1 UNLV 9 7
  6 Air Force 9        
  4 New Mexico 11          
      3 San Diego State 7        
      4 New Mexico 5          
            5 Utah 3              
          3 San Diego State 10              
      1 UNLV 14    
    3 San Diego State 3  

All-Tournament Team

NameClassPOSTeam
Ryan ChambersSr.OFBYU
Dave HorlacherJr.PBYU
Chris CarlsonSo.OFNew Mexico
Quintin BerrySo.OFSan Diego State
Lance ZawadzkiSo.2BSan Diego State
Ryan BirdJr.OFUNLV
Chris BonnellSo.1BUNLV
Matt LucaJr.PUNLV
J. C. SibleySr.OFUNLV
Josh CooperJr.PUtah
Apana NakayamaJr.DHBYU

Most Valuable Player

Matt Wagner, a pitcher for the champion UNLV Rebels, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2005 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "UNLV Defeats BYU To Claim Third Straight Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship". themwc.com. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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