2006 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2006 Mountain West Conference 6 Double-elimination Earl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NV TCU 1st Chad Huffman TCU Mountiain/CBS Sports Network The 2006 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 27. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. In their first year in the league, top seeded TCU won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–6 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://www.themwc.com/champ/basebl-champ-2006.html 2006 Mountain West Conference Baseball Conference Championship Central themwc.com December 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111226031452/http://www.themwc.com/champ/basebl-champ-2006.html December 26, 2011 dead mdy-allhttp://www.themwc.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052706aae.html TCU Wins 2006 MWC Baseball Tournament Title themwc.com December 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120722161309/http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052706aae.html July 22, 2012 dead Seeding The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. BYU claimed the second seed over San Diego State by winning the season series between the two teams. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 2006 TCU Horned Frogs TCU 17 5 .773 – 1 2006 BYU Cougars BYU 14 8 .636 3 2 2006 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 14 8 .636 3 3 2006 UNLV Rebels UNLV 12 10 .545 5 4 2006 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 10 12 .455 7 5 2006 Utah Utes Utah 9 13 .409 8 6 2006 Air Force Falcons Air Force 1 21 .045 16 7 Results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes May 23 1 #6 2006 Utah Utes Utah 8–5 #3 2006 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 2 #2 2006 BYU Cougars BYU 7–5 #7 2006 Air Force Falcons Air Force 3 #5 2006 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 17–2 #4 2006 UNLV Rebels UNLV May 24 4 #3 San Diego State 26–1 #7 Air Force Air Force eliminated 5 #2 BYU 9–8 #6 Utah 6 #4 UNLV 8–5 #3 San Diego State San Diego State eliminated 7 #1 2006 TCU Horned Frogs TCU 18–6 #5 New Mexico May 25 8 #5 New Mexico 12–10 #6 Utah Utah eliminated 9 #1 TCU 13–6 #2 BYU 10 #4 UNLV 8–6 #5 New Mexico New Mexico eliminated May 26 11 #2 BYU 10–4 #4 UNLV UNLV eliminated May 27 12 #1 TCU 9–6 #2 BYU TCU wins tournament All-Tournament Team Name POS Team Stetson Banks 2B BYU Jeff Hiestand 1B BYU Patrick Wells RHP BYU Chris Carlson DH New Mexico Danny Ray Herrera LHP New Mexico Brad Furnish LHP TCU Ryan Pack OF TCU Andrew Walker C TCU Ryan Khoury SS Utah Steven Trout DH TCU Jabe Beard RP UNLV Most Valuable Player Chad Huffman, a first baseman for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. References Tournament Category:Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in the Las Vegas Valley