1998 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament
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| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Butler (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Steve Farley (1st title) |
| MVP | Eric Storey (Butler) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler ‡y | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 33 | – | 21 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 33 | – | 15 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 21 | .488 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 20 | – | 34 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 8 | – | 11 | .421 | 21 | – | 32 | .396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 3 | – | 16 | .158 | 11 | – | 25 | .306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1998[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1998 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place in May of 1998, near the close of the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Les Miller Field on the campus of UIC in Chicago. Top seeded Butler won their second Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
The league's teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The top two seeds received a single bye, meeting first round winners while first round losers played elimination games. This was the first year of the 6 team format, and the only year including first round byes for the top two seeds.[3]
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | 1 |
| Milwaukee | 14 | 6 | .700 | 1 | 2 |
| Detroit | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | 3 |
| Wright State | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5 | 4 |
| Cleveland State | 8 | 11 | .421 | 5.5 | 5 |
| UIC | 3 | 16 | .158 | 10.5 | 6 |