2006 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2006 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 24-27 in Wichita, KS. #1 University of Evansville defeated #2 Missouri State University for the title. Evansville's Kasey Wahl was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Evansville	16-8	Dave Schrage
2	Missouri State University	15-8	Keith Guttin
3	Wichita State University	15-9	Gene Stephenson
4	Creighton University	13-11	Ed Servais
5	Southern Illinois University	12-12	Dan Callahan
6	Bradley University	11-12	Dewey Kalmer

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Evansville	3
	6	Bradley	6			6	Bradley	5
						3	Wichita State	8
											3	Wichita State	3
											1	Evansville	14
						1	Evansville	10
						5	Southern Illinois	0
	2	Missouri State	7													1	Evansville	8	2
	5	Southern Illinois	5													2	Missouri State	4	1
						2	Missouri State	3
						4	Creighton	1
	3	Wichita State	8								2	Missouri State	8
	4	Creighton	11								6	Bradley	3
						4	Creighton	0
						6	Bradley	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	Bradley University	6-3	University of Evansville
Game 2	Missouri State University	7-5	Southern Illinois University
Game 3	Creighton University	11-8	Wichita State University
May 25
Game 4	University of Evansville	10-0	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
Game 5	Wichita State University	8-5	Bradley University
Game 6	Missouri State University	3-1	Creighton University
May 26
Game 7	Bradley University	1-0	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
Game 8	University of Evansville	14-3	Wichita State University	Wichita State eliminated
Game 9	Missouri State University	8-3	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
May 27
Game 10	University of Evansville	8-4	Missouri State University
Game 11	University of Evansville	2-1	Missouri State University	Evansville advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Clay Coulter, Missouri St.
• 1B Kasey Wahl, Evansville
• 2B Kyle Smith, Evansville
• SS Robbie Minor, Evansville
• 3B Kirk Bascu, Evansville
• UT Tim Rafferty, Missouri St.
• DH Matt Weglarz, Missouri St.
• OF Kern Watts, Evansville
• OF Blake Hurlbutt, Wichita St.
• OF Nolan Keane, Missouri St.
• P Ross Detwiler, Missouri St.
• P Matt Brinkmann, Evansville