1997 Big 12 Conference Tournament

The 1997 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at All-Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK. #4 University of Oklahoma defeated #1 Texas Tech University for the title. Outfielder Brian Shackelford was named tournament Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Texas Tech University	23-7	Larry Hays
2	Oklahoma State University	21-9	Tom Holliday
3	Texas A&M University	19-11	Mark Johnson
4	University of Oklahoma	18-11	Larry Cochell
5	Baylor University	18-12	Steve Smith
6	University of Missouri	15-16	Tim Jamieson

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second Round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Texas Tech	6
	6	Missouri	2			1	Texas Tech	3
						4	Oklahoma	5
											4	Oklahoma	16
											6	Missouri	7			4	Oklahoma	10
						6	Missouri	9								2	Oklahoma State	5
						5	Baylor	8
	2	Oklahoma State	11																		4	Oklahoma	19
	5	Baylor	8																		1	Texas Tech	17
						2	Oklahoma State	16
						3	Texas A&M	10
	3	Texas A&M	4								2	Oklahoma State	6
	4	Oklahoma	3								1	Texas Tech	7
						3	Texas A&M	6
						1	Texas Tech	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 15
Game 1	Texas Tech University	6-2	University of Missouri
Game 2	Oklahoma State University	11-8	Baylor University
Game 3	Texas A&M University	4-3	University of Oklahoma
May 16
Game 4	University of Missouri	9-8	Baylor University	Baylor eliminated
Game 5	University of Oklahoma	5-3	Texas Tech University
Game 6	Oklahoma State University	16-10	Texas A&M University
May 17
Game 7	Texas Tech University	9-6	Texas A&M University	Texas A&M eliminated
Game 8	University of Oklahoma	16-7	University of Missouri	Missouri eliminated
Game 9	Texas Tech University	7-6	Oklahoma State University
May 18
Game 10	University of Oklahoma	10-5	Oklahoma State University	Oklahoma State eliminated
Game 11	University of Oklahoma	19-17	Texas Tech University	Oklahoma advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Javier Flores, Oklahoma
• 1B Joe Dillon, Texas Tech
• 2B Corey Hart, Oklahoma
• SS Derek Wathan, Oklahoma
• 3B Sean Heaney, Texas A&M
• OF Rusty McNamara, Oklahoma State
• OF Brian Shackelford, Oklahoma
• OF Brandon Toro, Texas Tech
• DH Jason Landreth, Texas Tech
• P Matt Blank, Texas A&M
• P Jason Gooding, Texas Tech
• P Jeff Andra, Oklahoma