2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2024
Conference:Pac-12 Conference
Shortconference:Pac-12
Teams:9
Format:See below
Ballpark:Scottsdale Stadium
City:Scottsdale, Arizona
Champions:Arizona
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Chip Hale
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Mason White
Mvpteam:Arizona
Attendance:12,438
Television:Pac-12 Network
ESPN2

The 2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25 at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was the third and final postseason championship event sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference since 1978. It was also the final Pac-12 Conference event.

The Arizona Wildcats won the tournament and will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2] [3]

Seeds

This tournament will feature 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
Arizona20–1032–20
  1. 2
Oregon State19–1041–13
  1. 3
Oregon19–1137–16
  1. 4
USC17–1228–27
  1. 5
Arizona State17–1331–243–0 Vs California
  1. 6
California17–1334–180–3 Vs Arizona State
  1. 7
Utah16–1432–21
  1. 8
Stanford11–1920–32
  1. 9
Washington10–2019–29–1

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 2024 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

2024 Bracket, home teams listed last.[4]

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
Pool Play – Tuesday, May 21
110:00 a.m.No. 8 Stanford vs No. 5 Arizona State (Pool B)8–7Pac-12 Network1,738
22:30 p.m.No. 7 Utah vs No. 4 USC (Pool C)6–7
37:00 p.m.No. 9 Washington vs No. 6 California (Pool A)0–12(7 inn.)
Pool Play – Wednesday, May 22
410:00 a.m.No. 2 Oregon State vs No. 8 Stanford (Pool B)1–2Pac-12 Network2,246
52:30 p.m.No. 3 Oregon vs No. 7 Utah (Pool C)2–4
67:00 p.m.No. 1 Arizona vs No. 9 Washington (Pool A)6–5
Pool Play – Thursday, May 23
710:00 a.m.No. 5 Arizona State vs No. 2 Oregon State (Pool B)2–3Pac-12 Network2,544
82:30 p.m.No. 4 USC vs No. 3 Oregon (Pool C)4–2
97:00 p.m.No. 6 California vs No. 1 Arizona (Pool A)7–5
Semifinals – Friday, May 24
102:30 p.m.No. 6 California vs No. 4 USC4–7Pac-12 Network2,097
117:00 p.m.No. 8 Stanford vs No. 1 Arizona3–6
Championship – Saturday, May 25
127:00 p.m.No. 4 USC vs No. 1 Arizona3–4ESPN23,813
  • Game times in MST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the 2024 Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.[5]

Position Player School
C Malcolm Moore style=Stanford
1B Peyton Schulze style=California
2B Ryan Jackson style=USC
3B Max Handron style=California
SS Mason White (MVP) style=Arizona
DH Kevin Takeuchi style=USC
OF Brayden Dowd style=USC
Brendan Summerhill style=Arizona
Rodney Greene Jr. style=California
P Caden Aoki style=USC
Clark Candiotti 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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221020200727/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/10/18/pac-12-announces-change-pac-12-baseball-tournament-format. dead. October 20, 2022.
  4. Web site: 2024 PAC-12 Baseball Tournament . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515015827/https://xs.pac-12.com/2024-05/2024%20Baseball%20Tournament%20Bracket_Horizontal.pdf. dead. May 15, 2024.
  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.