1977 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1977 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 18-22 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