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Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament Conference Baseball Championship Mountain West Conference Logo Sport Baseball Conference Mountain West Conference Number of teams 6 Format Double-elimination tournament Current stadium Lupton Stadium Current location Fort Worth, Texas Played 2000-present Current champion Utah Utes Most championships (tie) TCU & UNLV (3) TV partner(s) the mtn., CBS College Sports Official website TheMWC.CSTV.com Baseball The Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Mountain West Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
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Tournament
The Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament is a six team double-elimination tournament held annually at various location in the Mountain West Conference region. The six teams with the best conference record at the end of the regular season earn berths in the tournament. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The other teams have to hope for an at-large bid.
History
The Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament began in 2000 as a six team double elimination tournament. It maintained that format through 2005. In 2006 the tournament expanded to include seven teams. However, in 2007 it returned to being a six team tournament and remains that way today.
Champions
By Year
Year School Site MVP 2000 San Diego State Earl Wilson Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Chad Redfern, San Diego State 2001 BYU Tony Gwynn Stadium, San Diego, CA Nate Fernley, BYU 2002 BYU Larry H. Miller Field, Provo, UT Doug Jackson, BYU 2003 UNLV Isotopes Park, Albuquerque, NM Patrick Dobson, UNLV 2004 UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Matt Luca, UNLV 2005 UNLV Franklin Covey Field, Salt Lake City, UT Matt Wagner, UNLV 2006 TCU Earl Wilson Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Chad Huffman, TCU 2007 TCU Earl Wilson Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Austin Adams, TCU 2008 TCU Lupton Stadium, Fort Worth, TX Clint Arnold, TCU 2009 Utah Lupton Stadium, Fort Worth, TX Tyler Yagi, Utah 2010 TCU Tony Gwynn Stadium, San Diego, CA Taylor Featherston, TCU By School
School Tourney Titles Title Years TCU 4 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 UNLV 3 2003, 2004, 2005 BYU 2 2001, 2002 San Diego State 1 2000 Utah 1 2009 External links
References
NCAA Division I baseball conference tournaments Categories:- Mountain West Conference baseball
- NCAA Division I baseball conference tournaments
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