LUBBOCK, Texas – The West Virginia University baseball team has earned the No. 4 seed at the 2016 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship and will face fifth-seeded Oklahoma in the opening round on Wednesday, May 25, at 10 a.m. ET/9 a.m. CT.
The annual event returns to Oklahoma City and Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark from May 25-29. Each game will be broadcast on FOX College Sports, with the exception of Sunday’s championship game, which will air on FOX Sports Networks. All games will also be available on FOX Sports GO to subscribers.
The Mountaineers’ No. 4 seed is their second-highest at the Big 12 Championship. WVU was seeded third in 2013, its first season in the Big 12, No. 6 in 2014 No. 7 a year ago. West Virginia is 3-5 all-time at the Big 12 Championship, going 2-1 in 2013, 1-2 in 2014 and 0-2 last year.
WVU was voted to finish sixth the conference in the preseason poll, as voted on by the league’s coaches.
West Virginia enters the postseason with a 33-21 record and a 12-11 mark in Big 12 play. Oklahoma is 28-25-1 and 11-13 in the Big 12. OU took the season series against WVU, 2-1, in Norman, Oklahoma.
The winner of the WVU-OU contest will play the winner between No. 1 Texas Tech and No. 8 Kansas State on Thursday, May 26, at 5 p.m. ET. In the double-elimination tournament, the losers of the two games on Wednesday will face off on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET.
On the other side of the bracket, second-seeded Oklahoma State will play No. 7 Texas, while No. 3 TCU opens against No. 6 Baylor.
The complete bracket can be found
here, while additional details about the championship, including information about tickets, Oklahoma City and Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark can be found at
Big12Sports.com.
Beginning at noon ET, on Sunday, May 22, a single-session presale will be available by calling the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball call center. The presale features a unique four-pack offer of four tickets and $5 in concessions vouchers per ticket for just $69.99 and is exclusively available to those who call 405.218.2180. With a limited number of seats available for this offer, fans are encouraged to call Sunday to secure the best seat locations.
All-session tickets for the event start as low as $69 and total 15 games, including the if necessary games on Saturday. The championship will feature a total of eight sessions, all of which include two games except for Sunday’s championship finale at 1 p.m. CT.
Additionally, group tickets for parties of 10 or more start at just $10 per ticket and include an in-game scoreboard message on the centerfield video board and the opportunity for each member of the group to enter an exclusive group raffle in order to win autographed Big 12 merchandise.
Fans can purchase tickets by visiting
Big12Sports.com/BuyTickets, okcdodgers.com or through Ticketmaster. Tickets are also available by visiting the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark box office or calling 405.218.2180.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25
Session One
Game 1: No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 5 Oklahoma (FCS) - 9:00 a.m. (CT)
Game 2: No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 8 K-State (FCS) - 12:30 p.m.
Session Two
Game 3: No. 3 TCU vs. No. 6 Baylor (FCS) - 4:00 p.m.
Game 4: No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 7 Texas (FCS) - 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY MAY 26
Session Three
Game 5: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser (FCS) - 9:00 a.m.
Game 6: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser (FCS) - 12:30 p.m.
Session Four
Game 7: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner (FCS) - 4:00 p.m.
Game 8: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner (FCS) - 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY MAY 27
Session Five
Game 9: Game 7 Loser vs. Game 5 Winner (FCS) - 3:15 p.m.
Game 10: Game 8 Loser vs. Game 6 Winner (FCS) - 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 28
Session Six
Game 11: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner (FCS) - 9:00 a.m.
Game 12: Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner (FCS) - 12:30 p.m.
Session Seven
*Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11, If Necessary (FCS) - 4:00 p.m.
**Game 14: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12, If Necessary*** (FCS) - 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, MAY 29
Session Eight
Game 15: Championship Game (FSN) - 2:00 p.m.
Times listed are Central.
*Game 13 will be necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11.
**Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12.
***If Game 13 is unnecessary, Game 14 will be played at 4:30 p.m. rather than 7:30 p.m.
