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2006 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo four-team round-robin groups
Finals site
Champions Kansas (1st title)
Winning coach Ritch Price (1st title)
MVP Matt Baty (Kansas)
Attendance75,532
2006 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 17 Texas ‍†‍‍y 19 – 7 – 0   .731 41 – 21 – 0   .661
No. 23 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 18 – 9 – 0   .667 41 – 20 – 0   .672
No. 10 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 17 – 10 – 0   .630 45 – 22 – 0   .672
No. 22 Nebraska ‍‍‍y 17 – 10 – 0   .630 42 – 17 – 0   .712
No. 26 Baylor ‍‍‍y 13 – 14 – 0   .481 37 – 26 – 0   .587
Kansas ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 14 – 0   .481 43 – 25 – 0   .632
No. 16 Missouri ‍‍‍y 12 – 15 – 0   .444 35 – 28 – 0   .556
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 9 – 16 – 1   .365 31 – 26 – 1   .543
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 8 – 17 – 2   .333 31 – 20 – 2   .604
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 6 – 20 – 1   .241 25 – 30 – 1   .455
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]


The 2006 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 24 through 28. Kansas won their first tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the first year that the tournament adopted a round-robin format, with the winners of two 4-team pools facing off in a championship game.

Regular Season Standings

Source: [2]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T % GB W L T %
1 1 Texas 19 7 0 .731 – 41 21 0 .661
2 2 Oklahoma State 18 9 0 .667 1.5 41 20 0 .672
3 3 Oklahoma 17 10 0 .630 2.5 45 22 0 .672
3 4 Nebraska 17 10 0 .630 2.5 42 17 0 .712
5 5 Baylor 13 14 0 .481 6.5 37 26 0 .587
5 6 Kansas 13 14 0 .481 6.5 43 25 0 .632
7 7 Missouri 12 15 0 .444 7.5 35 28 0 .556
8 8 Texas Tech 9 16 1 .365 9.5 31 26 1 .543
9 – Kansas State 8 17 2 .333 10.5 31 20 2 .604
10 – Texas A&M 6 20 1 .241 13 25 30 1 .455

Tournament

Division A UT NU BU TTU Overall
1 Texas 5-6 16-8 4-0 2-1
4 Nebraska 6-5 3-2 6-4 3-0
5 Baylor 8-16 2-3 5-3 1-2
8 Texas Tech 0-4 4-6 3-5 0-3
Division B OSU OU KU MU Overall
2 Oklahoma State 6-21 6-11 5-9 0-3
3 Oklahoma 21-6 2-7 0-11 1-2
6 Kansas 11-6 7-2 4-3 3-0
7 Missouri 9-5 11-0 3-4 2-1
Finals
   
A Nebraska 7
B Kansas 9

All-Tournament team

Position Player School
1B Patrick Smart Texas Tech
2B Ryne Price Kansas
3B Erik Morrison Kansas
SS Beamer Weems Baylor
C Jeff Christy Nebraska
OF Matt Baty Kansas
OF Seth Fortenberry Baylor
OF Drew Stubbs Texas
DH Hunter Harris Texas
P Max Scherzer Missouri
P Kenn Kasparek Texas
P Brett Jensen Nebraska
MOP Matt Baty Kansas

See also

References

  1. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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