The 2008 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 20 through 25, near the close of the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Eastwood Field in Niles, Ohio. Top seeded won their fourth Horizon League Championship, and second in a row, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's seven teams are seeded one through seven based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The bottom two seeds play a single elimination opening round, with the winner advancing to the double-elimination rounds. The top two seeds receive a single bye. Team W L PCT GB Seed 17 6 — 1 16 6 0.5 2 13 12 5 3 10 13 7 4 11 15 7.5 5 8 13 8 6 7 17 10.5 7
Results Opening round
Double-elimination rounds
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. POS Name School P Peter Ifft UIC Ben McClarey Milwaukee C Kevin Coddington UIC 1B Brett Schaefer UIC 2B Jesse Hart Milwaukee 3B Josh Wallace Valparaiso SS Brett Bivens Valparaiso OF Dan DeBruin Valparaiso Troy Vesling Milwaukee Steve McGuiggan UIC DH Shawn Wozniak Milwaukee
Most Valuable Player Brett Schaefer was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Schaefer was a first baseman for UIC who finished 11 for 15 with 7 RBI for the tournament, including 5 for 5 in the final.
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