2003 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2003 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2003. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the fifteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed Eastern Michigan won their third tournament championship, and first since the event resumed in 1992, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2003 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsEastern Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coachRoger Coryell (1st title)
MVPBrian Bixler, Eastern Michigan
2003 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East
Kent State  x‍‍‍ 20–4–0 .833  38–18–0 .679
Miami  ‍‍‍ 19–9–0 .679  36–24–1 .598
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .577  35–23–0 .603
Akron  ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .444  22–30–0 .423
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 11–16–0 .407  22–31–1 .417
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 5–21–0 .192  16–37–0 .302
West
Ball State  x‍‍‍ 17–10–0 .630  36–21–0 .632
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 16–11–0 .593  33–28–0 .541
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .577  34–24–0 .586
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16–12–0 .571  25–26–0 .490
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .375  25–28–0 .472
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 9–18–0 .333  17–28–0 .378
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 8–19–0 .296  22–29–0 .431
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2003[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the sixth year of the six team tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State204.833
–
1
Miami199.679
3
3
Ohio1511.577
6
5
Akron1215.444
9.5
–
Marshall1116.407
10.5
–
Buffalo521.192
16
–
West Division
Ball State1710.630
–
2
Eastern Michigan1611.593
1
4
Northern Illinois1511.577
1.5
6
Western Michigan1612.571
1.5
–
Central Michigan915.375
6.5
–
Bowling Green918.333
8
–
Toledo819.296
9
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1 Kent State 3  
  6 Northern Illinois 4     6 Northern Illinois 4*  
    4 Eastern Michigan 6*    
      4 Eastern Michigan 7  
      1 Kent State 4    
  2 Ball State 2†          
  1 Kent State 3†        
  3 Miami 6         4 Eastern Michigan 3 6
  4 Eastern Michigan 4           3 Miami 2 5
      3 Miami 4        
      5 Ohio 3          
  2 Ball State 4           3 Miami 6    
  5 Ohio 14         5 Ohio 0  
  5 Ohio 9    
  6 Northern Illinois 8  

* - Indicates game required 12 innings. † - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameSchool
Matt LongMiami
Dale HayesEastern Michigan
John SloneMiami
Anthony GressickOhio
Joe TuckerKent State
Joe MazzucaNorthern Illinois
Brian BixlerEastern Michigan
Derrick PetersonEastern Michigan
Phil SabatiniOhio
David CookMiami

Most Valuable Player

Brian Bixler won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Bixler played for Eastern Michigan.[4]

References
  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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