1973 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1973 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 19-21 in Memphis, TN. University of Tulsa defeated Memphis State University for the title.

Participating Teams

School	Overall Record*	Head Coach
Bradley University	12-13	Chuck Buescher
Drake University	15-15	Spike Potts
University of Louisville	18-30	Dale Orem
Memphis State University	26-15	Bobby Kilpatrick
New Mexico State University	14-41	Jim Kwasny
Saint Louis University	14-17	Joe Gegg
University of Tulsa	43-12	Gene Shell

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

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
							Louisville	7
							New Mexico State	1
		New Mexico State	5
		Drake	0
												Louisville	4
												Tulsa	14
		Tulsa	12
		Saint Louis	7
							Tulsa	4
							Bradley	2
		Bradley	12
		Memphis State	5																			Tulsa	8	x
																						Memphis State	7	x
	Loser's Bracket
		Saint Louis	6
		Memphis State	7				New Mexico State	4
							Memphis State	9
												Memphis State	5
												Bradley	4				Louisville	7
							Bradley	11									Memphis State	8
							Drake	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 19
Game 1	University of Tulsa	12-7	Saint Louis University
Game 2	Bradley University	12-5	Memphis State University
Game 3	New Mexico State University	5-0	Drake University
Game 4	University of Tulsa	4-2	Bradley University
Game 5	University of Louisville	7-1	New Mexico State University
Game 6	Memphis State University	7-6	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis eliminated
May 20
Game 7	Bradley University	11-4	Drake University	Drake eliminated
Game 8	Memphis State University	9-4	New Mexico State University	New Mexico State eliminated
Game 9	University of Tulsa	14-4	University of Louisville
Game 10	Memphis State University	5-4	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
May 21
Game 11	Memphis State University	8-7	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 12	University of Tulsa	8-7	Memphis State University	Tulsa advances to NCAA tournament