2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Shortconference:Big 12
Teams:9
Format:two bracket Double-elimination tournament
with championship game
Ballpark:Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
City:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions:TCU
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Jim Schlossnagle
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Porter Brown
Mvpteam:TCU
Television:Bracket Play: ESPN+, ESPNU
Championship: ESPN2

The 2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament earned the league's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

Format and seeding

Unlike the preceding and succeeding tournaments, all 9 teams made the 2021 tournament. There was a two-bracket double elimination tournament, leading to a winner-take-all championship game. The 8th and 9th placed teams played in a play-in game to determine who will compete in the bracket.

PlaceSeedTeamConferenceOverall
WL%GBWLT%
11Texas17740130
12TCU17737160
33Texas Tech1410335130
44Oklahoma State1212532161
551113627260
56Baylor1113631180
77Kansas State1014731220
88816923250
89816930260

All-Tournament team

PositionPlayerSchool
CZach HumphreysTCU
1BZach ZubiaTexas
2BGray RodgersTCU
SSMaui AhunaKansas
3BChristian Encarnacion-StrandOklahoma State
OFZach KokoskaKansas State
OFCaeden TrenkleOklahoma State
OFPorter BrownTCU
DHHunter WolfeTCU
SPJustin CampbellOklahoma State
SPJackson WolfWest Virginia
RPEric TorresKansas State
MOPPorter BrownTCU

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Big 12 Baseball Championship Bracket. big12sports.com. May 25, 2021.