1972 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1972 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 15-18 in Memphis, TN. #1 University of Tulsa defeated #7 Bradley University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Overall Record*	Head Coach
1	University of Tulsa	44-6	Gene Shell
2	West Texas State University	28-14	Bob Sloan
3	New Mexico State University	32-18	Jim Kwasny
4	Memphis State University	19-14	Bobby Kilpatrick
5	Drake University	8-8	Spike Potts
6	Saint Louis University	11-18	Joe Gegg
7	Bradley University	9-15	Leo Schrall
8	University of Louisville	10-26	Dale Orem

* Teams did not play a conference schedule. Records are final season records.

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	Tulsa	11
	8	Louisville	1
						1	Tulsa	12
						6	Saint Louis	10
	3	New Mexico State	3
	6	Saint Louis	4
											1	Tulsa	10
											4	Memphis State	1
	2	West Texas State	4
	7	Bradley	0
						2	West Texas State	2
						4	Memphis State	3
	4	Memphis State	11
	5	Drake	0																		1	Tulsa	4
																					7	Bradley	0
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						2	West Texas State	7
	8	Louisville	0			3	New Mexico State	2								4	Memphis State	3
	3	New Mexico State	1								2	West Texas State	0			7	Bradley	4
											7	Bradley	4
						6	Saint Louis	4
	7	Bradley	6			7	Bradley	10
	5	Drake	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 15
Game 1	University of Tulsa	11-1	University of Louisville
Game 2	Saint Louis University	4-3 (14)	New Mexico State University
Game 3	West Texas State University	4-0	Bradley University
Game 4	Memphis State University	11-0	Drake University
May 16
Game 5	University of Tulsa	12-10	Saint Louis University
Game 6	Memphis State University	3-2 (10)	West Texas State University
Game 7	New Mexico State University	1-0	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 8	Bradley University	6-2	Drake University	Drake eliminated
May 17
Game 9	Bradley University	10-4	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis eliminated
Game 10	West Texas State University	7-2	New Mexico State University	New Mexico State eliminated
Game 11	University of Tulsa	10-1	Memphis State University
Game 12	Bradley University	4-0	West Texas State University	West Texas State eliminated
May 18
Game 13	Bradley University	4-3	Memphis State University	Memphis State eliminated
Game 14	University of Tulsa	4-0	Bradley University	Tulsa advances to NCAA tournament