1998 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

1998 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTexas Tech (1st title)
Winning coachLarry Hays (1st title)
MVPJosh Bard (Texas Tech)
Attendance113,108
1998 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 46 20 0   .697
No. 28 Baylor  ‍‍‍y 18 10 0   .643 41 20 1   .669
No. 29 Texas Tech  ‍‍y 18 11 0   .621 44 20 0   .688
No. 22 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 17 11 0   .607 42 20 0   .677
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 17 12 0   .586 36 18 0   .667
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y 15 12 0   .556 40 21 0   .656
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 13 0   .435 24 20 0   .545
Texas  ‍‍‍ 11 18 0   .379 23 32 1   .420
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 10 18 0   .357 20 27 0   .426
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 9 19 0   .321 20 32 0   .385
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 7 20 0   .259 22 29 0   .431
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1998 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was the second played in Big 12 history, and the first to be held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 14 through 17. Texas Tech won the tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The format followed that used by the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship at the time: a six-team, double-elimination tournament.