2008 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

The 2008 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 21 - 24 in Lafayette, LA. #5 Western Kentucky University defeated #2 University of New Orleans for the title. 1st Baseman Jake Wells of Western Kentucky was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Louisiana at Monroe	20-10	Jeff Schexnaider
2	University of New Orleans	18-11	Tom Walter
3	Troy University	18-12	Bobby Pierce
4	Florida Atlantic University	15-12-1	Kevin Cooney
5	Western Kentucky University	16-14	Chris Finwood
6	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	16-14	Tony Robichaux
7	University of South Alabama	15-15	Steve Kittrell
8	Middle Tennessee State University	13-16	Steve Peterson

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Louisiana-Monroe	8
	8	Middle Tenn. St.	7
						1	Louisiana-Monroe	4
						5	Western Kentucky	10
	4	Florida Atlantic	0
	5	Western Kentucky	9
											5	Western Kentucky	5	5
										4	Florida Atlantic	6	4
	8	Middle Tenn. St.	7
	4	Florida Atlantic	12
						1	Louisiana-Monroe	2
						4	Florida Atlantic	4
																5	Western Kentucky	17
																2	New Orleans	5
	2	New Orleans	2
	7	South Alabama	14
						7	South Alabama	1
						6	Louisiana-Lafayette	8
	3	Troy	1
	6	Louisiana-Lafayette	6
											6	Louisiana-Lafayette	0	5
										2	New Orleans	10	6
	2	New Orleans	7
	3	Troy	6
						7	South Alabama	4
						2	New Orleans	14

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	Western Kentucky University	9-0	Florida Atlantic University
Game 2	University of South Alabama	14-2 (7)	University of New Orleans
Game 3	University of Louisiana at Monroe	8-7	Middle Tennessee State University
Game 4	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	6-1	Troy University
May 22
Game 5	Florida Atlantic University	12-7	Middle Tennessee State University	Middle Tennessee State eliminated
May 23
Game 6	University of New Orleans	7-6 (10)	Troy University	Troy eliminated
Game 7	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	8-1	University of South Alabama
Game 8	Western Kentucky University	10-4	University of Louisiana at Monroe
Game 9	University of New Orleans	14-4 (7)	University of South Alabama	South Alabama eliminated
Game 10	Florida Atlantic University	4-2	University of Louisiana at Monroe	Louisiana Monroe eliminated
May 24
Game 11	University of New Orleans	10-0 (7)	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Game 12	Florida Atlantic University	6-5	Western Kentucky University
Game 13	University of New Orleans	6-5	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Louisiana Lafayette eliminated
Game 14	Western Kentucky University	5-4	Florida Atlantic University	Florida Atlantic eliminated
May 25
Game 15	Western Kentucky University	17-5	University of New Orleans	Western Kentucky advances to NCAA tournament