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2012 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Kent State (10th title)
Winning coach Scott Stricklin (5th title)
MVP David Starn (Kent State)
2012 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East Division
Kent State xy 24 3   .889     47 20   .701
Ohio 16 11   .593     28 29   .491
Miami 12 15   .444     30 29   .508
Buffalo 10 16   .385     20 36   .357
Akron 10 17   .370     17 38   .309
Bowling Green 9 18   .333     20 33   .377
West Division
Toledo x 19 8   .704     30 27   .526
Central Michigan 17 10   .630     34 29   .540
Western Michigan 14 12   .538     26 29   .473
Eastern Michigan 14 13   .519     25 31   .446
Ball State 9 18   .333     14 36   .280
Northern Illinois 7 20   .259     15 40   .273
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of May 30, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–26. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams, regardless of division, met in the double-elimination tournament held at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon, OH. Kent State won their fourth consecutive tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The winners of each division claim the top two seeds, with the next six teams, based on conference winning percentage claim the third through eight seeds. The teams then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a final matching the winners of each bracket.

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

David Starn won his second consecutive Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Starn was a pitcher for Kent State.


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