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2006 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2006 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Ball State (1st title)
Winning coach Greg Beals (1st title)
MVP Kyle Dygert (Ball State)
2006 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Kent State x 19 7   .731     38 19   .667
Miami 17 10   .630     33 25   .569
Ohio 14 13   .519     22 25   .468
Bowling Green 11 16   .407     26 27   .491
Akron 8 18   .308     15 36   .294
Buffalo 6 21   .222     15 37   .288
West
Central Michigan x 17 9   .654     35 23   .603
Ball State y 16 9   .640     38 22   .633
Western Michigan 16 9   .640     30 22   .577
Eastern Michigan 14 12   .538     27 27   .500
Toledo 11 15   .423     26 27   .491
Northern Illinois 8 18   .308     24 31   .436
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2006; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2006 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2006. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the eighteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Third-seed Ball State won their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

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 ninth year of the six team tournament.

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

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

Kyle Dygert was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Dygert played for Ball State.


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