# 2008 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2008 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2008. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. This was the twentieth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion, and the first to be held at a neutral site. Second seed Eastern Michigan won their fourth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next six finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played a two-bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winner of each bracket facing off in a single championship game. This was the first year of the eight-team tournament.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
| East Division ||||||
| Kent State | 16 | 8 | .667 | – | 1 |
| Bowling Green | 16 | 8 | .667 | – | 3 |
| Ohio | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Akron | 8 | 13 | .381 | 6.5 | – |
| Miami | 8 | 19 | .296 | 9.5 | – |
| Buffalo | 7 | 19 | .269 | 10 | – |
| West Division ||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 15 | 8 | .652 | – | 2 |
| Northern Illinois | 16 | 10 | .615 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Ball State | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3 | 5 |
| Western Michigan | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.5 | 7 |
| Central Michigan | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.5 | 8 |
| Toledo | 10 | 13 | .435 | 5 | – |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | Kent State | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Northern Illinois | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 4 | Northern Illinois | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ball State | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ball State | 7 | | | | 1 | Kent State | 10 | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Northern Illinois | 3 | — | | | |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 5 | | | | 4 | Northern Illinois | 3 | — | | | |
| 5 | Ball State | 7 | 4 | Northern Illinois | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Ball State | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Kent State | 4 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 5 | | | | | | | | 1 | Kent State | 4 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 5 | | | | | | | | 2 | Eastern Michigan | 12 |
| 6 | Ohio | 4 | | | | | | | | 2 | Eastern Michigan | 12 |
| 6 | Ohio | 4 | 3 | Bowling Green | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 2 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 5 | | | | 2 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Ohio | 3 | — | | | |
| 6 | Ohio | 5 | | | | 6 | Ohio | 3 | — | | | |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 4 | 3 | Bowling Green | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Ohio | 7 | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School |
| Matt Stoeklen | Ball State |
| Dave Reynolds | Northern Illinois |
| Chris Rigo | Ohio |
| Greg Rohan | Kent State |
| Brad Stillings | Kent State |
| Doug Sanders | Kent State |
| Josh Ivan | Eastern Michigan |
| Steve Bradshaw | Eastern Michigan |
| Sean Hoffman | Eastern Michigan |
| Zack Leonard | Eastern Michigan |

### Most Valuable Player

Zack Leonard was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Leonard played for Eastern Michigan.