1997 Big West Conference baseball tournament

College baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

1997 Big West Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 6

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Format| Double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* Blair Field
* Long Beach, CA

Champions| Cal State Fullerton (2nd title)
Winning coach| George Horton (1st title)

* ← 1996
* baseball tournament
* 1998 →

1997 Big West Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | PCT
Northern
Nevada  x‍‍‍ | 20 | – | 10 |   | .667 |  |  | 39 | – | 21 |   | .650
Pacific  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 19 |   | .367 |  |  | 29 | – | 29 |   | .500
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 22 |   | .267 |  |  | 16 | – | 39 |   | .291
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ | 8 | – | 22 |   | .267 |  |  | 21 | – | 33 |   | .389
Southern
No. 24 Long Beach State  x‍‍‍ | 22 | – | 8 |   | .733 |  |  | 39 | – | 26 |   | .600
No. 21 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍ | 21 | – | 9 |   | .700 |  |  | 39 | – | 24 |   | .619
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ | 15 | – | 15 |   | .500 |  |  | 37 | – | 21 |   | .638
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ | 15 | – | 15 |   | .500 |  |  | 26 | – | 30 |   | .464
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Big West Conference baseball tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1997 season. The teams met at Long Beach State's on campus venue, Blair Field from May 15 through 18.[2]

## Seeding and format

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The top team from each of the conference's two divisions after the regular season received the top two seeds, while the four teams with the highest conference winning percentage regardless of division were seeded three through six in the double-elimination tournament. Matchups were set to avoid inter-divisional games in the early rounds as much as possible.

Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed

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North Division

Nevada | 20 | 10 | .667 |

Pacific | 11 | 19 | .367 |

Sacramento State | 8 | 22 | .267 |

New Mexico State | 8 | 22 | .267 |

South Division

Long Beach State | 22 | 8 | .733 |

Cal State Fullerton | 21 | 9 | .700 |

Cal Poly | 15 | 15 | .500 |

UC Santa Barbara | 15 | 15 | .500 |

## Bracket

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The bracket below depicts the results of the tournament.[3][4][2][5][6][7]

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Third round| | | Final
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| 2| Nevada| 10
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| | | 3| Cal State Fullerton| 11| |
| 2| Nevada| 10| | | | | 3| Cal State Fullerton| 8
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| 4| Cal Poly| 6| | | | | 4| Cal Poly| 5| |
| | | 4| Cal Poly| 11| | | |
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| 5| UC Santa Barbara| 10| |
| 3| Cal State Fullerton| 4| | | 3| Cal State Fullerton| 7| 15
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| 6| Pacific| 6| | | | | 1| Long Beach State| 2| 6
| | | 6| Pacific| 0| | | | |
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| | | 1| Long Beach State| 4| |
| 1| Long Beach State| 5| | | | | 1| Long Beach State| 7
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| 5| UC Santa Barbara| 1| | | | | 6| Pacific| 6| |
| | | 2| Nevada| 5| | | |
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| 6| Pacific| 8| |
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## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
2. ^ a b Cal State Fullerton Titans Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton. p. 142\. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
3. ^ 2010 Long Beach State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Long Beach State. p. 52\. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
4. ^ Nevada Baseball Record Book (PDF). Nevada Wolf Pack. p. 22\. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
5. ^ 2012 Pacific Baseball Media Guide. Pacific Tigers. p. 77. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
6. ^ Cal Poly Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Cal Poly Mustangs. p. 44\. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
7. ^ Summer Record Book (PDF). UCSB Gauchos. p. 14\. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2014.

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