1971 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1971 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Tulsa, OK (opening rounds) and St. Ann, MO (semis and finals). University of Tulsa defeated Bradley University for the title.

Participating Teams

School	Overall Record*	Head Coach
Bradley University	14-12	Leo Schrall
Drake University	9-14	Spike Potts
University of Louisville	19-21	Dale Orem
Memphis State University	11-29	Al Brown
New Mexico State University	23-24	Jim Kwasny
Saint Louis University	11-20	Joe Gegg
University of Tulsa	35-12	Gene Shell
West Texas State University	21-16	Bob Sloan

* Teams did not play a conference schedule. Records are final season records.

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
		Bradley	6
		Drake	5
							Bradley	10
							Louisville	4
		Louisville	5
		Saint Louis	1
												Bradley	2
												Tulsa	1
		Tulsa	10
		New Mexico State	2
							Tulsa	6
							West Texas State	1
		West Texas State	2
		Memphis State	1																			Bradley	0	0
																						Tulsa	7	3
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
							Louisville	2
		Drake	0				Saint Louis	5									Tulsa	5
		Saint Louis	5									Saint Louis	2				Memphis State	2
												Memphis State	4
							West Texas State	3
		Memphis State	7				Memphis State	7
		New Mexico State	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Tulsa	10-2	New Mexico State University
Game 2	West Texas State University	2-1	Memphis State University
Game 3	Bradley University	6-5	Drake University
Game 4	University of Louisville	5-1	Saint Louis University
Game 5	University of Tulsa	6-1	West Texas State University
Game 6	Bradley University	10-4	University of Louisville
Game 7	Saint Louis University	5-0	Drake University	Drake eliminated
Game 8	Memphis State University	7-3	New Mexico State University	New Mexico State eliminated
Game 9	Saint Louis University	5-2	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 10	Memphis State University	7-3	West Texas State University	West Texas State eliminated
Game 11	Bradley University	2-1	University of Tulsa
Game 12	Memphis State University	4-2	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis eliminated
Game 13	University of Tulsa	5-2	Memphis State University	Memphis State eliminated
Game 14	University of Tulsa	7-0	Bradley University
Game 15	University of Tulsa	3-0	Bradley University	Tulsa advances to NCAA tournament