1979 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1979 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Wichita, KS. Indiana State University defeated University of Tulsa for the title.

Participating Teams

School	Overall Record*	Head Coach
Bradley University	19-23	Chuck Buescher
Creighton University	17-27-1	Jerry Bartee
Indiana State University	41-11	Bob Warn
New Mexico State University	26-27	Jim Kwasny
Southern Illinois University	37-10	Richard "Itch" Jones
University of Tulsa	29-25	Gene Shell
Wichita State University	65-15	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
							Wichita State	4
							Tulsa	7
		Tulsa	14
		New Mexico State	9
												Tulsa	16
												Indiana State	6
		Indiana State	20
		Bradley	6
							Indiana State	10
							Southern Illinois	8
		Southern Illinois	9
		Creighton	2																			Tulsa	1	8
																						Indiana State	10	9
	Loser's Bracket
		Bradley	9
		Creighton	3				Wichita State	20
							Bradley	6
												Wichita State	3
												Southern Illinois	18				Indiana State	4
							Southern Illinois	11									Southern Illinois	3
							New Mexico State	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Indiana State University	20-6	Bradley University
Game 2	Southern Illinois University	9-2	Creighton University
Game 3	University of Tulsa	14-9	New Mexico State University
Game 4	Indiana State University	10-8	Southern Illinois University
Game 5	University of Tulsa	7-4	Wichita State University
Game 6	Bradley University	9-3	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
Game 7	Southern Illinois University	11-4	New Mexico State University	New Mexico State eliminated
Game 8	Wichita State University	20-6	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
Game 9	University of Tulsa	16-6	Indiana State University
Game 10	Southern Illinois University	18-3	Wichita State University	Wichita State eliminated
Game 11	Indiana State University	4-3	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
Game 12	Indiana State University	10-1	University of Tulsa
Game 13	Indiana State University	9-8	University of Tulsa	Indiana State advances to NCAA tournament