1978 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1978 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Omaha, NE. Southern Illinois University defeated Wichita State University for the title.

Participating Teams

School	Overall Record*	Head Coach
Bradley University	17-22-1	Chuck Buescher
Creighton University	15-16	Jerry Bartee
Indiana State University	26-24-3	Bob Warn
New Mexico State University	28-23	Jim Kwasny
Southern Illinois University	37-14	Richard "Itch" Jones
University of Tulsa	35-21	Gene Shell
Wichita State University	43-30-1	Gene Stephenson

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

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
							Bradley	4
							Southern Illinois	10
		Southern Illinois	12
		New Mexico State	2
												Southern Illinois	8
												Tulsa	1
		Tulsa	9
		Wichita State	7
							Tulsa	17
							Indiana State	5
		Indiana State	5
		Creighton	2																			Southern Illinois	10	x
																						Wichita State	8	x
	Loser's Bracket
		New Mexico State	4
		Creighton	6				Indiana State	10
							Creighton	9
												Indiana State	8
												Wichita State	9				Tulsa	2
							Bradley	11									Wichita State	3
							Wichita State	12

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Southern Illinois University	12-2	New Mexico State University
Game 2	Indiana State University	5-2 (10)	Creighton University
Game 3	University of Tulsa	9-7	Wichita State University
Game 4	Southern Illinois University	10-4	Bradley University
Game 5	University of Tulsa	17-5	Indiana State University
Game 6	Creighton University	6-4	New Mexico State University	New Mexico state eliminated
Game 7	Wichita State University	14-11 (12)	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
Game 8	Indiana State University	10-9	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
Game 9	Southern Illinois University	8-1	University of Tulsa
Game 10	Wichita State University	9-8	Indiana State University	Indiana State eliminated
Game 11	Wichita State University	3-2	University of Tulsa	Tulsa eliminated
Game 12	Southern Illinois University	10-8	Wichita State University	Southern Illinois advances to NCAA tournament