2005 Big 12 Conference Tournament

The 2005 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at SBC Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK. #1 University of Nebraska defeated #2 Baylor University for the title. #3 University of Texas lost in the finals of their half of the tournament, but went on to win the 2005 College World Series. 1st Baseman Curtis Ledbetter of Nebraska was named tournament Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Nebraska	19-8	Mike Anderson
2	Baylor University	19-8	Steve Smith
3	University of Texas	16-10	Augie Garrido
4	University of Missouri	16-11	Tim Jamieson
5	University of Oklahoma	14-13	Sunny Golloway
6	Oklahoma State University	12-15	Frank Anderson
7	University of Kansas	11-15	Ritch Price
8	Texas Tech University	9-16	Larry Hays

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Nebraska	3
	8	Texas Tech	5
						8	Texas Tech	1
						4	Missouri	10
	4	Missouri	8
	5	Oklahoma	7
											4	Missouri	4	9
										1	Nebraska	5	17
	1	Nebraska	6
	5	Oklahoma	3
						8	Texas Tech	1
						1	Nebraska	2
																1	Nebraska	1	x	x
																2	Baylor	0	x	x
	2	Baylor	2
	7	Kansas	1
						2	Baylor	8
						6	Oklahoma State	3
	3	Texas	4
	6	Oklahoma State	10
											2	Baylor	9	x
										3	Texas	8	x
	7	Kansas	0
	3	Texas	9
						6	Oklahoma State	1
						3	Texas	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Oklahoma State University	10-4	University of Texas
Game 2	Baylor University	2-1 (10)	University of Kansas
Game 3	University of Missouri	8-7	University of Oklahoma
Game 4	Texas Tech University	5-3	University of Nebraska
May 26
Game 5	University of Texas	9-0	University of Kansas	Kansas eliminated
Game 6	University of Nebraska	6-3	University of Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
Game 7	Baylor University	8-3	Oklahoma State University
Game 8	University of Missouri	10-1	Texas Tech University
May 27
Game 9	University of Texas	6-1	Oklahoma State University	Oklahoma State eliminated
Game 10	University of Nebraska	2-1	Texas Tech University	Texas Tech eliminated
May 28
Game 11	Baylor University	9-8	University of Texas	Texas eliminated
Game 12	University of Nebraska	5-4	University of Missouri
Game 13	University of Nebraska	17-9	University of Missouri	Missouri eliminated
May 29
Game 14	University of Nebraska	1-0	Baylor University	Nebraska advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Jacob Priday, Missouri
• 1B Curtis Ledbetter, Nebraska
• 2B Michael Griffin, Baylor
• 3B Alex Gordon, Nebraska
• SS Seth Johnston, Texas
• OF Nick Peoples, Texas
• OF James Boone, Missouri
• OF Andy Gorch, Nebraska
• DH Zane Taylor, Missouri
• SP Randy Boone, Texas
• SP Brian Duesing, Nebraska
• RP Ryan LaMotta, Baylor
• UT Joe Simokaitis, Nebraska