2018 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:	2018
Conference:	Mountain West Conference
Teams:	4
Format:	Double-elimination
Ballpark:	Tony Gwynn Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Champions:	San Diego State
Titlecount:	5th
Coach:	Mark Martinez
Coachcount:	3rd
Mvp:	Casey Schmitt
Mvpteam:	San Diego State
Attendance:	2,837
Television:	MW Network

The 2018 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 27. Nevada, San Diego State, San José State, and UNLV met in the double-elimination tournament held at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego, California. San Diego State earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^{[1] [2]}

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.

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	Seed	Tiebreaker
	20	9		.690	1
	18	12		.600	2
	16	14		.533	3
	14	16		.467	4
	13	17		.433
	12	17		.414
	11	19		.367

Bracket

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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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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-18 MW Championships Schedule. themwc.com. May 12, 2018.
2. Web site: 2018 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central. themwc.com. May 12, 2018.
3. Web site: 2018 Mountain West Baseball Championship Bracket Set. Mountain West Conference. 19 May 2018.