# 2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Creighton won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
| Indiana State | 14 | 7 | .667 | – | 1 |
| Missouri State | 13 | 7 | .650 | 1 | 2 |
| Wichita State | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2 | 3 |
| Illinois State | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3 | 4 |
| Evansville | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4 | 5 |
| Southern Illinois | 9 | 12 | .429 | 5 | 6 |
| Bradley | 8 | 13 | .381 | 6 | 7 |
| Creighton | 6 | 14 | .300 | 7.5 | 8 |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Evansville | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Illinois State | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Illinois State | 10 | 4 | Illinois State | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Creighton | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Creighton | 5 | 8 | Creighton | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Indiana State | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Indiana State | 0 | | | | 8 | Creighton | 10 | - | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Illinois State | 3 | - | | | |
| 1 | Indiana State | 5 | | | | 4 | Illinois State | 3 | - | | | |
| 5 | Evansville | 8 | 4 | Illinois State | 5* | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Evansville | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Creighton | 8 |
| 6 | Southern Illinois | 6 | | | | | | | | 8 | Creighton | 8 |
| 6 | Southern Illinois | 6 | | | | | | | | 6 | Southern Illinois | 6 |
| 3 | Wichita State | 3 | | | | | | | | 6 | Southern Illinois | 6 |
| 3 | Wichita State | 3 | 6 | Southern Illinois | 9* | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Bradley | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Bradley | 5 | 7 | Bradley | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Missouri State | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Missouri State | 3 | | | | 6 | Southern Illinois | 3* | - | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Missouri State | 2 | - | | | |
| 3 | Wichita State | 0 | | | | 2 | Missouri State | 2 | - | | | |
| 2 | Missouri State | 7 | 7 | Bradley | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Missouri State | 11* | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| POS | Name | School |
| 1B | Chris Serritella | Southern Illinois |
| 2B | Jake Peter | Creighton |
| SS | Eric Cheray | Missouri State |
| 3B | Chance Ross | Creighton |
| C | Brian Bajer | Southern Illinois |
| UT | Nick Judkins | Creighton |
| DH | Keenen Maddox | Missouri State |
| OF | Mike Gerber | Creighton |
| OF | Chad Hinshaw | Illinois State |
| OF | Brennan Murphy | Creighton |
| P | Todd Eaton | Southern Illinois |
| P | Cody Schumacher | Missouri State |

### Most Outstanding Player

Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton.