1998 Big 12 Conference Tournament

The 1998 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at SBC Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK. #3 Texas Tech University defeated #1 Texas A&M University for the title. Catcher Josh Bard of Texas Tech was named tournament Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Texas A&M University	21-9	Mark Johnson
2	Baylor University	18-10	Steve Smith
3	Texas Tech University	18-11	Larry Hays
4	University of Oklahoma	17-11	Larry Cochell
5	University of Missouri	17-12	Tim Jamieson
6	Oklahoma State University	15-12	Tom Holliday

Bracket=

	First round					Second Round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Texas A&M	4
	6	Oklahoma State	3			1	Texas A&M	4
						4	Oklahoma	10
											4	Oklahoma	9
											6	Oklahoma State	4			4	Oklahoma	3
						6	Oklahoma State	11								3	Texas Tech	4
						5	Missouri	8
	2	Baylor	7																		3	Texas Tech	14
	5	Missouri	3																		1	Texas A&M	7
						2	Baylor	4
						3	Texas Tech	11
	3	Texas Tech	5								3	Texas Tech	7
	4	Oklahoma	1								1	Texas A&M	11
						2	Baylor	5
						1	Texas A&M	8

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 14
Game 1	Texas A&M University	4-3	Oklahoma State University
Game 2	Baylor University	7-3	University of Missouri
Game 3	Texas Tech University	5-1	University of Oklahoma
May 15
Game 4	Oklahoma State University	11-8	University of Missouri	Missouri eliminated
Game 5	University of Oklahoma	10-4	Texas A&M University
Game 6	Texas Tech University	11-4	Baylor University
May 16
Game 7	Texas A&M University	8-5	Baylor University	Baylor eliminated
Game 8	University of Oklahoma	9-4	Oklahoma State University	Oklahoma State eliminated
Game 9	Texas A&M University	11-7	Texas Tech University
May 17
Game 10	Texas Tech University	4-3	University of Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
Game 11	Texas Tech University	14-7	Texas A&M University	Texas Tech advances to NCAA tournament

==All-Tournament Team

• C Josh Bard, Texas Tech
• 1B Charley Carter, Baylor
• 2B Keith Ginter, Texas Tech
• 3B Craig Kuzmic, Texas A&M
• SS Steve Scarborough, Texas A&M
• OF Jason Tyner, Texas A&M
• OF Jason Landreth, Texas Tech
• OF Daylan Holt, Texas A&M
• DH Brennan Burns, Texas Tech
• DH Richard Park, Oklahoma
• P Ryan Rupe, Texas A&M
• P Chris Scarcella, Texas A&M
• P Shane Wright, Texas Tech