1971 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  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[edit]

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