Predicting the 2024 Big 12 college baseball conference tournament. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State take the top seeds, but can Texas or another team take them down?
The college baseball regular season is finally in the books. Now, it's showtime. The top 10 teams in the Big 12 secured berths in the Big 12 Baseball Tournament, which kicks off Tuesday. An automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament – and likely a seat as a regional host for some – is at stake, but plenty of other teams can play themselves into the national postseason with a few wins in Arlington.
This year's field may be the most wide-open we've seen in some time. Just three games separate No. 5 seed Cincinnati from No. 9 seed TCU and that gap only opened in the closing weeks of the season. Each year, we get choas in the conference tournament, but this year might top the charts.Big 12 Baseball Tournament Predictions: Round 1Kansas State took two of three from the rival Jayhawks in Manhattan just a couple weekends ago.
Conference tournaments are a war of attrition. Do you burn your top starter in earlier games to avoid falling behind? Do you risk throwing out starter No. 4 in the semifinal to preserve your ace on for the title game? Or will this be between two aces on just three days rest? With so many unknowns – and no way to know until it plays out – you have to look to pitching depth. Ultimately, Oklahoma State had to play one extra game after dropping their first to Texas. Oklahoma also had the easier route to the championship and likely could afford to pull top starters earlier. It's just luck of the draw and the bottom bracket was a much tougher test.
I believe No. 1 seed Oklahoma wins this year's Big 12 Tournament and secures a Norman Regional in the NCAA Tournament.Brett is an avid sports traveler and former Division-I football recruiter for Bowling Green and Texas State. He’s covered college sports for Fansided, Stadium Journey, and several independent outlets over the past five years. A graduate of BGSU, Brett currently works on-site at Google as a project lead for content curation products.
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