2024 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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Teams6
Finals site
ChampionsWestern Michigan (2nd title)
2024 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWestern Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coachBilly Gernon (1st title)
MVPDylan Nevar (Western Michigan)
TelevisionESPN+
2024 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Bowling Green  2560 .80633200 .623
Western Michigan y 19110 .63332210 .604
Ball State   18120 .60035231 .602
Miami (OH)   17130 .56727270 .500
Kent State   16130 .55226270 .491
Toledo   16150 .51627320 .458
Northern Illinois   14160 .46721330 .389
Ohio   13170 .43318320 .360
Akron   10190 .34515380 .283
Eastern Michigan   9210 .30014380 .269
Central Michigan   8220 .26717380 .309
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Mid-American Conference for the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season, held from May 22–25 at Crushers Stadium in Avon, Ohio.[2] Western Michigan earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The top six teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament with the top two seeds each receiving a single bye. This style of seeding was last used in the 2019 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament.

Seed School Conference
record
Tiebreaker
1 Bowling Green 25–6
2 Western Michigan 19–11
3 Ball State 18–12
4 Miami (OH) 17–13
5 Kent State 16–13
6 Toledo 16–15

Results

MAC tournament teams
(1) Bowling Green Falcons (2) Western Michigan Broncos (3) Ball State Cardinals (4) Miami RedHawks (5) Kent State Golden Flashes (6) Toledo Rockets
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Bowling Green12
3Ball State54Miami (OH)4
6Toledo11Bowling Green0
2Western Michigan11
2Western Michigan8
4Miami (OH)53Ball State0
5Kent State2
2Western Michigan10
3Ball State3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Bowling Green5
3Ball State43Ball State10
4Miami (OH)46Toledo3
6Toledo86Toledo8
5Kent State2

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Wednesday, May 22
1 12:30 pm No. 3 Ball State vs. No. 6 Toledo 5–1 ESPN+ N/A[3]
2 6:00 pm No. 4 Miami (OH) vs. No. 5 Kent State 5–2 919[4]
Thursday, May 23
3 10:30 am No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 5 Kent State
Elimination Game
8–2 ESPN+ N/A[5]
4 2:30 pm No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 4 Miami (OH) 12–4 N/A[6]
5 6:30 pm No. 2 Western Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State 8–0 1,227[7]
Friday, May 24
6 10:00 am No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 4 Miami (OH)
Elimination Game
8–4 ESPN+ N/A[8]
7 2:00 pm No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 3 Ball State
Elimination Game
3–4 N/A[9]
8 6:00 pm No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 2 Western Michigan 0–11 1,248[10]
Saturday, May 25
9 12:30 pm No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 3 Ball State
Elimination Game
5–10 ESPN+ N/A[11]
10 6:00 pm No. 2 Western Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State 10–3 956[12]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

All-Tournament Team

References

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