2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

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]

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+
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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

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

1. "Conference standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
2. "2017-18 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.