2006 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament| Teams | 8 |
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| Format | Two four-team round-robin groups |
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| Finals site | |
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| Champions | Kansas (1st title) |
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| Winning coach | Ritch Price (1st title) |
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| MVP | Matt Baty (Kansas) |
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| Attendance | 75,532 |
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The 2006 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 24 through 28. Kansas won their first tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the first year that the tournament adopted a round-robin format, with the winners of two 4-team pools facing off in a championship game.
Regular Season Standings
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| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall |
| W | L | T | % | GB | W | L | T | % |
| 1 | 1 | Texas | 19 | 7 | 0 | .731 | – | 41 | 21 | 0 | .661 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma State | 18 | 9 | 0 | .667 | 1.5 | 41 | 20 | 0 | .672 |
| 3 | 3 | Oklahoma | 17 | 10 | 0 | .630 | 2.5 | 45 | 22 | 0 | .672 |
| 3 | 4 | Nebraska | 17 | 10 | 0 | .630 | 2.5 | 42 | 17 | 0 | .712 |
| 5 | 5 | Baylor | 13 | 14 | 0 | .481 | 6.5 | 37 | 26 | 0 | .587 |
| 5 | 6 | Kansas | 13 | 14 | 0 | .481 | 6.5 | 43 | 25 | 0 | .632 |
| 7 | 7 | Missouri | 12 | 15 | 0 | .444 | 7.5 | 35 | 28 | 0 | .556 |
| 8 | 8 | Texas Tech | 9 | 16 | 1 | .365 | 9.5 | 31 | 26 | 1 | .543 |
| 9 | – | Kansas State | 8 | 17 | 2 | .333 | 10.5 | 31 | 20 | 2 | .604 |
| 10 | – | Texas A&M | 6 | 20 | 1 | .241 | 13 | 25 | 30 | 1 | .455 |
Tournament
| Finals | |
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| A | Nebraska | 7 | |
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| B | Kansas | 9 | |
All-Tournament team
| Position | Player | School |
| 1B | Patrick Smart | Texas Tech |
| 2B | Ryne Price | Kansas |
| 3B | Erik Morrison | Kansas |
| SS | Beamer Weems | Baylor |
| C | Jeff Christy | Nebraska |
| OF | Matt Baty | Kansas |
| OF | Seth Fortenberry | Baylor |
| OF | Drew Stubbs | Texas |
| DH | Hunter Harris | Texas |
| P | Max Scherzer | Missouri |
| P | Kenn Kasparek | Texas |
| P | Brett Jensen | Nebraska |
| MOP | Matt Baty | Kansas |
See also
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