MVC Baseball Tournament 2012: Missouri State, Wichita State Compete For Title

Missouri State University will be the host of the 2012 State Farm MVC Baseball Championship beginning on Tuesday. The college baseball tournament will be held from May 22-26 at Hammons Field in Springfield, MO.

The Indiana St. Sycamores claimed the regular-season crown in the Missouri Valley Conference and will try to add the tournament championship to their trophy case over the next week. Missouri State will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament and Wichita State will hold down the No. 3 seed.

Wichita has far and away the most all-time championships in the MVC tournament, having won 17 titles dating back to 1980, but Indiana could move into a tie for second place all-time if they capture their seventh title this year.

Here is the first-round bracket for the tournament. All times are local. Coverage can be found on ESPN3.

Game 1: No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 5 Evansville - Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.

Game 2: No. 1 Indiana State vs. No. 8 Creighton - Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.

Game 3: No. 3 Wichita State vs. No. 6 Southern Illinois - Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.

Game 4: No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Bradley - Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Game 5: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 - Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.

Game 6: Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 - Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.

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