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1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament

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Teams4
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ChampionsDetroit (1st title)
1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsDetroit (1st title)
Winning coachBob Miller (1st title)
MVPDusty Beam (Detroit)
  • ← 1996
  • MWCC baseball tournament
  • 1998 →
1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wright State ‍‍‍ 16–8 .66731–28 .525
Detroit ‍‍‡‍y 15–9 .62527–24 .529
Milwaukee ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54228–30 .483
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50022–29 .431
Cleveland State ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50022–28 .440
Butler ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33318–32 .360
UIC ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33318–32 .360
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place in May of 1997, near the close of the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top four finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Wright Stadium on the campus of Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. Second seeded Detroit won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

The league's teams are seeded one through four based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The top seed plays the fourth seed while the second seed plays the third seed in the opening round. Northern Illinois claimed the fourth seed by tiebreaker over Cleveland State.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Wright State168.667—1
Detroit159.62512
Milwaukee1311.54233
Northern Illinois1212.50044
Cleveland State1212.5004—
Butler816.3338—
UIC816.3338—

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