2018 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

2018 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions San Diego State (5th title)
Winning coach Mark Martinez (3rd title)
MVP Casey Schmitt San Diego State
Attendance 2,837
Television MW Network
2018 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Nevada   2090 .690  29220 .569
San Diego State   18120 .600  36190 .655
San Jose State   16140 .533  26280 .481
UNLV   14160 .467  33220 .600
Fresno State   13170 .433  30240 .556
Air Force   12170 .414  24300 .444
New Mexico   11190 .367  19331 .368
As of May 20, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament will take place from May 24–27. The top four of the league's seven teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego, California. The winner of the tournament will earn the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Format and seeding

The conference's top four teams will be seeded based on winning percentage during the round robin regular season schedule. They will then play a double-elimination tournament with the top seed playing the fourth seeded team and the second seeded team playing the third seed.

TeamWLTPct.SeedTiebreaker
Nevada209.6901
San Diego State1812.6002
San Jose State1614.5333
UNLV1416.4674
Fresno State1317.433
Air Force1217.414
New Mexico1119.367

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 24
MWN
Semifinals
Friday, May 25
MWN
Championship
Saturday, May 26
MWN
                             
1 Nevada 8  
4 UNLV 13  
  4 UNLV 3  
  2 San Diego State 412  
2 San Diego State 2
3 San José State 1  
  2 San Diego State 14
  4 UNLV 5
1 Nevada 6  
3 San José State 13  
  4 UNLV 9
  3 San José State 2  

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Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 24
1 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 4 UNLV MW Network 826
2 6:00 p.m. No. 3 San José State at No. 2 San Diego State
Consolation – Friday, May 25
3 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 3 San José State MW Network 808
Semifinals – Friday, May 25
4 6:00 p.m. No. 4 UNLV at No. 2 San Diego State MW Network 808
Consolation – Saturday, May 26
5 1:30 p.m. No. 3 San José State vs. No. 4 UNLV MW Network 1,203
Championship – Saturday, May 26
6 6:00 p.m. No. 4 UNLV at No. 2 San Diego State MW Network 1,203
*Game times in PDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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References

  1. "Baseball Standings". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. "2017-18 MW Championships Schedule". themwc.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. "2018 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central". themwc.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "2018 Mountain West Baseball Championship Bracket Set". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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