The 1997 Big 12 Baseball Tournament was the first in Big 12 history, and the only one to be held at All Sports Stadium

All Sports Stadium

All Sports Stadium was a stadium located at the State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It had a capacity of 12,000 people and opened in 1961....

 in Oklahoma City, OK from May 15th through May 18th. Oklahoma

Oklahoma Sooners baseball

Oklahoma Sooners baseball is the NCAA Division I collegiate baseball team of the University of Oklahoma based in Norman, Oklahoma.The Oklahoma Baseball tradition is long and storied, with two National Championships in 1951 and 1994, along with numerous All-Americans...

 won the inaugural tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held in 1997. Forty-eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament...

. The format followed that used by the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....

 at the time: a six-team, double-elimination tournament.

Regular Season Results

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Texas Tech	23	7	.767	--	1
Oklahoma State	21	9	.700	2	2
Texas A&M	19	11	.633	4	3
Oklahoma	18	11	.621	4.5	4
Baylor	18	12	.600	5	5
Missouri	15	14	.517	7.5	6
Texas	12	15	.444	9.5	--
Kansas	12	18	.400	11	--
Kansas State	10	20	.333	13	--
Nebraska	7	23	.233	16	--
Iowa State	6	21	.222	15.5	--

• Colorado
  Colorado Buffaloes
  The University of Colorado Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes . "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993...
  
   did not sponsor a baseball team.

Tournament

• Iowa State
  Iowa State Cyclones
  The Iowa State Cyclones are the athletic teams of Iowa State University. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams in 12 sports.*Men's sports...
  
  , Kansas
  Kansas Jayhawks
  The sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. They are one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference...
  
  , Kansas State
  Kansas State Wildcats baseball
  The Kansas State University Wildcats baseball team is a member of the NCAA and the Big 12 Conference, and is currently coached by Brad Hill. The program began in 1897...
  
  , Nebraska
  Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball
  The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team is a member of the Big Ten Conference in the NCAA, and is currently coached by Darin Erstad. The program started in 1889....
  
  , and Texas
  Texas Longhorns baseball
  The Texas Longhorns baseball team represents The University of Texas at Austin and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I.The Texas Longhorns are the winningest program in college baseball history in terms of win percentage with .740 and ranks second all-time in total wins to the...
  
   did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Joe Dillon Joe Dillon Joseph William Dillon is a Major League Baseball player who is currently in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He is a utility fielder...	Texas Tech
2B	Corey Hart Corey Hart (baseball player) Jon Corey Hart, nicknamed "The Wolfman" is an American baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers.- High school career :...	Oklahoma
3B	Sean Heaney	Texas A&M
SS	Derek Wathan Derek Wathan Derek Wathan was a professional baseball player who is currently retired. He was a switch hitting middle infielder. He is the son of former MLB player,and MLB manager John Wathan. He is also the brother of former MLB player and Phillies minor league manager Dusty Wathan...	Oklahoma
C	Javier Flores	Oklahoma
OF	Rusty McNamara	Oklahoma State
OF	Brian Shackelford Brian Shackelford Brian Wesley Shackelford is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He batted and threwn left-handed.-Career:...	Oklahoma
OF	Brandon Toro	Texas Tech
DH	Jason Landreth	Texas Tech
P	Matt Blank Matt Blank Clarence Matt Blank is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Montreal Expos. He batted and threw left-handed....	Texas A&M
P	Jason Gooding	Texas Tech
P	Jeff Andra Jeff Andra Jeffrey Louis Andra is a former professional baseball pitcher.Andra attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played for the Oklahoma Sooners baseball team. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft.Andra played in the Giants...	Oklahoma
MOP	Brian Shackelford Brian Shackelford Brian Wesley Shackelford is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He batted and threwn left-handed.-Career:...	Oklahoma

See also

• College World Series
  College World Series
  The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...
  
  
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
  The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....
  
  
• Big 12 Baseball Tournament
  Big 12 Baseball Tournament
  The Big 12 Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Big 12 Conference . It is a two-group round robin tournament with the winners of each group facing each other in a one-game match for the championship...