| Year: | 2006 |
| Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Earl Wilson Stadium |
| City: | Paradise, NV |
| Champions: | TCU |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Chad Huffman |
| Mvpteam: | TCU |
| Television: | Mountiain/CBS Sports Network |
The 2006 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 27. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. In their first year in the league, top seeded TCU won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–6 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]
The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. BYU claimed the second seed over San Diego State by winning the season series between the two teams.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 5 | .773 | ||||
| 14 | 8 | .636 | ||||
| 14 | 8 | .636 | ||||
| 12 | 10 | .545 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | .455 | ||||
| 9 | 13 | .409 | ||||
| 1 | 21 | .045 |
| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23 | 1 |
| 8–5 |
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| 2 |
| 7–5 |
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| 3 |
| 17–2 |
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| May 24 | 4 |
| 26–1 |
| Air Force eliminated | |
| 5 |
| 9–8 |
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| 6 |
| 8–5 |
| San Diego State eliminated | ||
| 7 |
| 18–6 |
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| May 25 | 8 |
| 12–10 |
| Utah eliminated | |
| 9 |
| 13–6 |
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| 10 |
| 8–6 |
| New Mexico eliminated | ||
| May 26 | 11 |
| 10–4 |
| UNLV eliminated | |
| May 27 | 12 |
| 9–6 |
| TCU wins tournament |
| Name | POS | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stetson Banks | 2B | BYU | |
| Jeff Hiestand | 1B | BYU | |
| Patrick Wells | RHP | BYU | |
| Chris Carlson | DH | New Mexico | |
| LHP | New Mexico | ||
| Brad Furnish | LHP | TCU | |
| Ryan Pack | OF | TCU | |
| Andrew Walker | C | TCU | |
| Ryan Khoury | SS | Utah | |
| Steven Trout | DH | TCU | |
| Jabe Beard | RP | UNLV |
Chad Huffman, a first baseman for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.