2023 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament explained

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]

Seeds

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.

SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
  1. 1
Stanford23–737–14
  1. 2
Oregon State18–1239–16
  1. 3
Washington17–1233–16
  1. 4
USC17–1333–22–1
  1. 5
Arizona State16–1331–22
  1. 6
Oregon16–1433–20
  1. 7
UCLA12–16–127–23–1
  1. 8
Arizona12–1830–233–0 Vs California
  1. 9
California12–1824–260–3 Vs Arizona

Pools composition

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.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Finals

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Schedule

2023 Bracket, home teams listed last.[4]

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
Pool Play – Tuesday, May 23
110:00 a.m.No. 8 Arizona vs No. 5 Arizona State (Pool B)12–3Pac-12 Network2,032
22:30 p.m.No. 7 UCLA vs No. 4 USC (Pool C)4–6
37:00 p.m.No. 9 California vs No. 6 Oregon (Pool A)2–3
Pool Play – Wednesday, May 24
410:00 a.m.No. 2 Oregon State vs No. 8 Arizona (Pool B)12–13Pac-12 Network2,012
52:30 p.m.No. 3 Washington vs No. 7 UCLA (Pool C)4–17 (7 inn.)
67:00 p.m.No. 1 Stanford vs No. 9 California (Pool A)18–10
Pool Play – Thursday, May 25
710:00 a.m.No. 5 Arizona State vs No. 2 Oregon State (Pool B)14–10Pac-12 Network2,384
82:30 p.m.No. 4 USC vs No. 3 Washington (Pool C)3–8
97:00 p.m.No. 6 Oregon vs No. 1 Stanford (Pool A)8–6(10 inn.)
Semifinals – Friday, May 26
102:30 p.m.No. 6 Oregon vs No. 3 Washington12–7Pac-12 Network2,563
117:00 p.m.No. 8 Arizona vs No. 1 Stanford14–4(7 inn.)
Championship – Saturday, May 27
127:00 p.m.No. 8 Arizona vs No. 6 Oregon4–6ESPN24,051
  • Game times in MST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament Team

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
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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pac-12 announces creation of Pac-12 Baseball Tournament in partnership with the City of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220129/https://pac-12.com/article/2021/08/25/pac-12-announces-creation-pac-12-baseball-tournament-partnership-city-scottsdale . 2022-01-29 . dead. Pac-12 Conference. August 25, 2021. January 29, 2022.
  2. Web site: Pac-12 baseball tournament created with city of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission. NCAA. August 25, 2021. January 29, 2022.
  3. Web site: Pac-12 announces change to Pac-12 Baseball Tournament format .
  4. Web site: 2023 PAC-12 Baseball Tournament . https://web.archive.org/web/20230410213006/https://xs.pac-12.com/2023-04/2023%20Baseball%20Tournament%20Bracket_Horizontal%20(1).pdf. dead. April 10, 2023.
  5. Web site: Oregon claims 2023 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament title, Arizona's Chase Davis Named Most Outstanding Player. https://web.archive.org/web/20230529190330/https://pac-12.com/article/2023/05/27/oregon-claims-2023-pac-12-baseball-tournament-title-arizonas-chase-davis-named. dead. May 29, 2023.