1977 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1977 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Omaha, NE. Southern Illinois University defeated Bradley University for the title. Southern Illinois' George Vukovich was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Overall Record*	Head Coach
Bradley University	16-29	Chuck Buescher
Creighton University	22-27-1	Dave Baker
Indiana State University	34-21	Bob Warn
New Mexico State University	19-30	Jim Kwasny
Southern Illinois University	41-12	Richard "Itch" Jones
University of Tulsa	38-22	Gene Shell

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

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Finals
		Tulsa	7
		Creighton	3				Tulsa	0
							Bradley	2
												Bradley	9
												New Mexico State	0
							Creighton	2
							New Mexico State	4
		Southern Illinois	4														Bradley	1	x
		Bradley	3														Southern Illinois	5	x
							Southern Illinois	4
							Indiana State	1
		Indiana State	14									Southern Illinois	6
		New Mexico State	2									Tulsa	0
							Indiana State	1
							Tulsa	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 18
Game 1	Indiana State University	14-2	New Mexico State University
Game 2	Southern Illinois University	4-3	Bradley University
Game 3	University of Tulsa	7-3	Creighton University
May 19
Game 4	New Mexico State University	4-2	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
May 20
Game 5	Bradley University	2-0	University of Tulsa
Game 6	Southern Illinois University	4-1	Indiana State University
May 21
Game 7	University of Tulsa	3-1	Indiana State University	Indiana State eliminated
Game 8	Bradley University	9-0	New Mexico State University	New Mexico State eliminated
May 22
Game 9	Southern Illinois University	6-0	University of Tulsa	Tulsa eliminated
Game 10	Southern Illinois University	5-1	Bradley University	Southern Illinois advances to NCAA tournament