The Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Missouri Valley Conference. Eight teams participate in the double-elimination tournament. The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball tournament was held in Evansville, Indiana at German American Bank Field.[1] The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
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| Sport | Baseball |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current stadium | Charles H. Braun Stadium |
| Current location | Evansville, Indiana |
| Played | 1962–1964 1970–1980 1982–present |
| Last contest | 2024 |
| Current champion | Evansville (2nd title) |
| Most championships | Wichita State (18 titles) |
| Official website | mvc-sports.org baseball |
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Champions
edit- Legend
- ^ The 1957 series was rained out and no champion was crowned. The series was scheduled to be Bradley vs. Oklahoma A&M.
- ^ The 1960 series was originally scheduled to be a best-of-three format, but due to the May 20 doubleheader being rained out, they played a single game on May 21 for the championship.
- ^ In 1988, the MVC made a controversial decision by awarding Wichita State the championship after the title game against Creighton was suspended due to rain. The title game was set to be resumed the following Monday, with a second game if Creighton won, but the NCAA informed the MVC that it would only receive one bid to the NCAA tournament.
- L Indicates the team that won the conference championship series was from the loser's bracket.
By school
editIn the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by winning percentage, and finally by year of first appearance. In the "Season(s)" column, bold years indicate winning appearances.
| Team | Apps | W–L | Pct. | Season(s) |
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| Cincinnati | 7 | 7–9 | .438 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970 |
| Bradley | 6 | 8–6 | .571 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1968 |
| Houston | 5 | 5–6 | .455 | 1951, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1960 |
| Saint Louis | 4 | 7–2 | .778 | 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967 |
| Tulsa | 4 | 4–5 | .444 | 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| Oklahoma A&M | 3 | 3–4 | .429 | 1949, 1950, 1956 |
| Wichita State | 2 | 1–4 | .200 | 1966, 1981 |
| Southern Illinois | 1 | 2–1 | .667 | 1981 |
Champions
editBy year
editThe following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year.[2]
*Indicates declared champion, tournament final canceled due to inclement weather.
By school
editThe following is a list of tournament championships listed by school.
| Program | No. of titles | Title years |
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| Wichita State | 18 | 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013 |
| Indiana State | 8 | 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 2019, 2023 |
| Tulsa | 7 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 |
| Bradley | 6 | 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1968 |
| Oklahoma A&M | 5 | 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955 |
| Saint Louis | 5 | 1952, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 |
| Missouri State | 5 | 1996, 1997, 2015, 2018, 2022 |
| Dallas Baptist | 4 | 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021 |
| Southern Illinois | 4 | 1977, 1978, 1981, 1990 |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 1958, 1961, 1967 |
| Creighton | 3 | 2007, 2011, 2012 |
| Houston | 3 | 1951, 1953, 1960 |
| Evansville | 2 | 2006, 2024 |
| Illinois State | 2 | 1994, 2010 |
| Northern Iowa | 1 | 2001 |
- Italics indicate that the program no longer fields a baseball team in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "MSU to Host 2022 MVC Baseball Championship".
- ^ "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2012.