The 1998 Big 12 Baseball Tournament was the second played in Big 12 history, and the first to be held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark

AT&T Bricktown Ballpark

RedHawks Field at Bricktown opened in 1998 in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown district, replacing All Sports Stadium. It is the home of the Oklahoma City RedHawks, the AAA affiliate of the Houston Astros major league baseball team. The park seats 13,066 fans.The stadium frequently hosts the Big...

 in Oklahoma City, OK from May 14 through May 17. Texas Tech

Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University . The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields teams in 15 varsity sports and 30 club sports...

 won the 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 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from May 21 through June 6, 1998. 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 A&M	21	9	.700	--	1
Baylor	18	10	.643	2	2
Texas Tech	18	11	.621	2.5	3
Oklahoma	17	11	.607	3	4
Missouri	17	12	.586	3.5	5
Oklahoma State	15	12	.556	4.5	6
Nebraska	10	13	.435	7.5	--
Texas	11	18	.379	9.5	--
Iowa State	10	18	.357	10	--
Kansas State	9	19	.321	11	--
Kansas	7	20	.259	12.5	--

• 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	Charley Carter	Baylor
2B	Keith Ginter Keith Ginter Milwaukee Brewers 2011Keith Michael Ginter is a former American Major League Baseball infielder now playing for the Orange County Flyers in the independent Golden Baseball League. Ginter is a graduate of Fullerton High School in Fullerton, California...	Texas Tech
3B	Craig Kuzmic	Texas A&M
SS	Steve Scarborough	Texas A&M
C	Josh Bard Josh Bard Joshua David Bard is an American professional baseball catcher and designated hitter who is a free agent. Bard is a switch-hitter who throws right-handed....	Texas Tech
OF	Jason Landreth	Texas Tech
OF	Jason Tyner Jason Tyner Jason Renyt Tyner is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Tyner stands at 6'1" tall and weighs 175 pounds...	Texas A&M
OF	Daylan Holt	Texas A&M
DH	Brennan Burns	Texas Tech
DH	Richard Park	Oklahoma
P	Ryan Rupe Ryan Rupe Ryan Kittman Rupe is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Rupe played in the majors for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Boston Red Sox. In , Rupe was 5-10 with a 5.60 ERA in 15 games with the Devil Rays....	Texas A&M
P	Chris Scarcella	Texas A&M
P	Shane Wright	Texas Tech
MOP	Josh Bard Josh Bard Joshua David Bard is an American professional baseball catcher and designated hitter who is a free agent. Bard is a switch-hitter who throws right-handed....	Texas Tech

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...