Conference Tournament Results Conference Championship Tournaments MSU was a member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association from when the MIAA added baseball in 1966 until MSU left the league in 1981. MIAA baseball was played in divisions from 1966 to 1970, and again starting in 1979, with MSU competing in the Southern Division. From 1971 to 1978, league teams played a round robin schedule to determine the conference champion. #MSU MIAA League Championship Series results against Northern Division winners: 1969: MSU beat Northwest Missouri State, two games to none, in Springfield; MSU champion 1970: MSU beat Central Missouri State, two games to none, in Warrensburg; MSU champion 1979: MSU beat Northwest Missouri State, two games to one, in Springfield; MSU champion 1980: Northwest Missouri State beat MSU, two games to none, in Maryville; Northwest Missouri State champion 1981: Central Missouri State beat MSU, two games to one, in Springfield; Central Missouri State champion The first Mid-Continent Conference championship was decided by a double elimination tourney in Chicago involving all seven league schools. MCC regular season baseball was played in divisions beginning in 1985, with the top two teams in each division advancing to a league tournament. The 1985 tourney was held in Charleston, Ill., and returned permanently to Chicago in 1986. The MCC champ did not get an automatic NCAA berth. +MSU results in MCC Championships: 1984: MSU lost to Eastern Illinois, beat Cleveland State, Illinois-Chicago, Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois and Northern Iowa twice; MSU champion 1985: MSU beat Valparaiso, beat Eastern Illinois twice; MSU champion 1986: MSU beat Illinois-Chicago, beat Western Illinois twice; MSU champion 1987: MSU beat Valparaiso, beat Eastern Illinois twice; MSU champion 1988: MSU beat Illinois-Chicago, beat Eastern Illinois, lost to Eastern Illinois, beat Eastern Illinois; MSU champion 1989: MSU beat Illinois-Chicago, beat Cleveland State, lost to Eastern Illinois, beat Eastern Illinois; MSU champion 1990: MSU beat Akron, lost to Illinois-Chicago, beat Eastern Illinois, lost to Illinois-Chicago; finished second; Illinois-Chicago champion MSU joined the Missouri Valley Conference in 1990 and first played in the MVC tournament in 1991. The MVC tourney is a double elimination event which has, in some years, involved all of the league’s baseball schools. Beginning in 1992 and lasting through 2009, only the top six teams in the final regular season standings advanced to the league meet. In 2010, the tournament expanded to include all eight league schools, as UNI departed following the 2009 season. The tourney champ receives the MVC’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Since the Bears joined the league, the tournament has been held in Wichita, Kan. (1991-1994 and 1996-1997, 1999-2003, 2005-06, 2008-10), Springfield, Mo. (2004, 2007), Springfield, Ill. (1995) and Evansville, Ind. (1998). MSU MVC tournament results: 1991: MSU lost to Bradley, lost to Indiana State, finished tied for fifth; Wichita State champion 1992: MSU lost to Indiana State, lost Wichita State, finished tied for fifth; Wichita State champion 1993: MSU lost to Creighton, lost to Illinois State, finished tied for fifth; Wichita State champion 1994: MSU lost to Southern Illinois, lost to Wichita State, finished tied for fifth; Illinois State champion 1995: MSU beat Evansville, beat Creighton twice, lost to Indiana State twice, finished second; Indiana State champion 1996: MSU beat Bradley, beat Evansville, beat Wichita State, lost to Bradley, beat Bradley; MSU champion 1997: MSU beat Illinois State, lost to Southern Illinois, beat Evansville, beat Southern Illinois, beat Wichita State; MSU champion 1998: MSU beat Illinois State, beat Indiana State, lost to Wichita State, lost to Evansville, finished third; Wichita State champion 1999: MSU lost to Illinois State, beat Bradley, lost to Creighton, finished fourth; Wichita State champion 2000: MSU beat Evansville, lost to Indiana State, lost to Wichita State, finished fourth; Wichita State champion 2001: MSU lost to Indiana State, beat Wichita State, lost to Evansville, finished fourth; Northern Iowa champion 2002: MSU beat Southern Illinois, beat Indiana State lost to Wichita State, beat Indiana State, beat Wichita State, lost to Wichita State; Wichita State champion 2003: MSU beat Creighton, beat Northern Iowa, lost to Southern Illinois, lost to Wichita State, finished third; Wichita State champion 2004: MSU lost to Southern Illinois, beat Evansville, lost to Wichita State, finished tied for fourth; Wichita State champion 2005: Did not qualify 2006: MSU beat Southern Illinois, beat Creighton, beat Bradley, lost to Evansville twice, finished second; Evansville champion 2007: MSU beat Wichita State, lost to Evansville, lost to Bradley, finished fifth; Creighton champion 2008: MSU beat Creighton, lost to Wichita State, beat Southern Illinois, lost to Wichita State, finished second; Wichita State champion 2009: MSU beat Illinois State, beat Southern Illinois, lost to Creighton, finished third; Wichita State champion 2010: MSU lost to Wichita State, beat Southern Illinois, lost to Evansville, finished fifth; Illinois State champion
MVC Records in NCAA Tournament
Team Records as MVC Schools
Team Records in MVC Tournament
(Complete through 1991-2010, current league schools)
(Complete through 2010, current league schools)
(Complete through 2010, current league schools)
School
School
Pct. Titles
School
.689 17 .563 6 .479 4 .478 2 .465 1 .454 2 .419 4 .326 1
Wichita State 27 77-54 Southern Illinois 14 39-30 Missouri State 7 13-15 Evansville 3 5-6 Creighton 7 12-16 Indiana State 7 8-14 Bradley 6 3-12 Illinois State 3 2-6
MVC Pct. Overall Pct.
Years Record
Wichita State 405-122 .769 994-372 .728 Missouri State 307-220 .583 659-479 .579 Creighton 295-228 .564 661-500 .569 * Evansville 209-238 .468 487-439 .526 Southern Ill. 232-292 .443 537-571 .485 Illinois State 228-303 .429 517-570 .476 Indiana State 221-298 .426 599-531 .530 Bradley 196-302 .394 574-565 .504
Wichita State Indiana State Southern Illinois Missouri State Evansville Creighton Bradley Illinois State
* Evansville joined Valley in 1995
Results listed in Percentage Order
Bears Baseball
35 93-42 25 58-45 28 46-50 19 32-35 12 20-23 28 44-53 36 44-61 18 14-29
Years Record Pct. CWS .588 .565 .464 .455 .429 .364 .200 .250
16-11 12-10 0-2 --2-2 0-2 2-4 ---
Results listed in Percentage Order
2011 Guide
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