2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2018 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Horner Ballpark; Dallas, Texas;
Champions	Missouri State (4th title)
Winning coach	Keith Guttin (4th title)
MVP	Ben Whetstone (Missouri State)
Television	ESPN+
	← 2017; baseball tournament; 2019 →;

2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 29 Missouri State ‍‍‍	18	–	3	.857	35	–	15	.700
Dallas Baptist ‍‍‍	16	–	5	.762	36	–	17	.679
Bradley ‍‍‍	11	–	10	.524	30	–	17	.638
Indiana State ‍‍‍	11	–	10	.524	29	–	22	.569
Southern Illinois ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	27	–	28	.491
Illinois State ‍‍‍	9	–	12	.429	22	–	28	.440
Valparaiso ‍‍‍	6	–	15	.286	18	–	32	.360
Evansville ‍‍‍	3	–	18	.143	12	–	37	.245

‡ – Tournament champion As of May 20, 2018^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament that was held at Dallas Baptist's Horner Ballpark in Dallas, Texas. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.

Results

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Missouri State	10

8	Evansville	0
			1	Missouri State	4

			4	Indiana State	2
4	Indiana State	9

5	Southern Illinois	7
						1	Missouri State	9	–

						4	Indiana State	6	–
5	Southern Illinois	5¹²

8	Evansville	4
			5	Southern Illinois	12

			4	Indiana State	14 ¹⁰



										1	Missouri State	7¹⁰

										2	Dallas Baptist	6
2	Dallas Baptist	10

7	Valparaiso	13
			7	Valparaiso	9

			3	Bradley	11
3	Bradley	14

6	Illinois State	2
						3	Bradley	7	1

						2	Dallas Baptist	14	11⁷
2	Dallas Baptist	10

6	Illinois State	6
			2	Dallas Baptist	7

			7	Valparaiso	5

References

^ "Conference standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
^ "2017-18 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

[1] "Conference standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[2] "2017-18 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

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v t e Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship
Playoffs	1949 1950 1951 1952 No postseason held from 1953–1957 1958 1959 Tournament held from 1960–1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 Tournament held from 1971–1980 1981
Tournament	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Playoff held from 1965–1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Playoff held 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
No playoff or tournament in the years marked in grey.

v t e 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournaments
Conference	America East American Atlantic 10 ACC Atlantic Sun Big Ten Big 12 Big East Big South Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American MEAC Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Summit Sun Belt WCC WAC
National	NCAA CWS