Year: | 2023 |
Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
Shortconference: | Pac-12 |
Teams: | 9 |
Format: | See below |
Ballpark: | Scottsdale Stadium |
City: | Scottsdale, Arizona |
Champions: | Oregon |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Coach: | Mark Wasikowski |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Chase Davis |
Mvpteam: | Arizona |
Attendance: | 11,010 |
Television: | Pac-12 Network ESPN2 |
The 2023 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 27 at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was the second postseason championship event sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference since 1978.
Oregon won the tournament and the league's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2] [3]
This tournament featured 9 out of 11 teams in this conference (Colorado does not field a baseball team) . Matchups composed of three teams in each pool, with each team playing two games in pool play, with the three pool winners & one wild card team advancing to the single elimination finals. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined the tournament seedings. There are tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | |
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| Stanford | 23–7 | 37–14 | ||
| Oregon State | 18–12 | 39–16 | ||
| Washington | 17–12 | 33–16 | ||
| USC | 17–13 | 33–22–1 | ||
| Arizona State | 16–13 | 31–22 | ||
| Oregon | 16–14 | 33–20 | ||
| UCLA | 12–16–1 | 27–23–1 | ||
| Arizona | 12–18 | 30–23 | 3–0 Vs California | |
| California | 12–18 | 24–26 | 0–3 Vs Arizona |
There will be three teams in each pool, with each team playing two games in pool play. Teams selected for pool play will be based on final standings in the 2023 Pac-12 Regular Season. The Number 1, 6 & 9 seeds will be placed in pool A. The Number 2, 5 & 8 seeds will be placed in pool B. The Number 3, 4 & 7 seeds will be placed in pool C. The three pools will play a round-robin style tournament with the winners advancing to the Friday single-elimination semifinals along with one Wild Card team. The Wild Card will be determined by the best record of the non-advancing teams. Any tiebreaker will be awarded to the highest seeded team.
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2023 Bracket, home teams listed last.[4]
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance | ||
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Pool Play – Tuesday, May 23 | |||||||
1 | 10:00 a.m. | No. 8 Arizona vs No. 5 Arizona State (Pool B) | 12–3 | Pac-12 Network | 2,032 | ||
2 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 7 UCLA vs No. 4 USC (Pool C) | 4–6 | ||||
3 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 California vs No. 6 Oregon (Pool A) | 2–3 | ||||
Pool Play – Wednesday, May 24 | |||||||
4 | 10:00 a.m. | No. 2 Oregon State vs No. 8 Arizona (Pool B) | 12–13 | Pac-12 Network | 2,012 | ||
5 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 3 Washington vs No. 7 UCLA (Pool C) | 4–17 (7 inn.) | ||||
6 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 1 Stanford vs No. 9 California (Pool A) | 18–10 | ||||
Pool Play – Thursday, May 25 | |||||||
7 | 10:00 a.m. | No. 5 Arizona State vs No. 2 Oregon State (Pool B) | 14–10 | Pac-12 Network | 2,384 | ||
8 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 4 USC vs No. 3 Washington (Pool C) | 3–8 | ||||
9 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 6 Oregon vs No. 1 Stanford (Pool A) | 8–6(10 inn.) | ||||
Semifinals – Friday, May 26 | |||||||
10 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 6 Oregon vs No. 3 Washington | 12–7 | Pac-12 Network | 2,563 | ||
11 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 Arizona vs No. 1 Stanford | 14–4(7 inn.) | ||||
Championship – Saturday, May 27 | |||||||
12 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 Arizona vs No. 6 Oregon | 4–6 | ESPN2 | 4,051 | ||
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The following players were members of the 2023 Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.[5]
Position | Player | School | |
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C | Bennett Thompson | style= | Oregon |
1B | Carter Graham | style= | Stanford |
2B | Travis Bazzana | style= | Oregon State |
3B | Sabin Ceballos | style= | Oregon |
SS | Nik McClaughry | style= | Arizona |
DH | Tony Bullard | style= | Arizona |
OF | Chase Davis | style= | Arizona |
Alberto Rios | style= | Stanford | |
Colby Shade | style= | Oregon | |
P | Grayson Grinsell | style= | Oregon |
Bradon Zastrow | style= | Arizona |