Big 12 Baseball Bracket Announced

2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Bracket

NORMAN, Okla. -- The OU baseball team will open the 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Wednesday, May 21 against the No. 1 seed Texas A&M. The Sooners, seeded eighth, will battle the Aggies at 12:30 p.m. at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.

The Sooners continue pool play on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. against the tournament's No. 4 seed, Missouri.

On Saturday, OU will play the third and final opponent in its pool, Texas (No. 5), at 9 a.m.

The Big 12 introduced a two-division, pool play format for the championship in 2006. Each of the eight teams competing is guaranteed a minimum of three games.

The two teams with the best record within their bracket will advance to the Championship game, with the winner earning the Big 12's automatic berth into the NCAA Championship. Head-to-head competition will break ties within each bracket. In the event that more than two teams are tied for the top spot within a bracket, the highest seeded team will advance to Sunday's winner-take-all Championship game.

The Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship returns to Oklahoma City's AT&T Bricktown Ballpark for the annual eight-team championship in 2008.

The Brick, which was opened on April 2, 1998 and seats 13,066 fans, serves as the home facility for the Class AAA Oklahoma Redhawks. The facility is hosting the ninth baseball championship in the league's 12-year tenure.

Oklahoma City and AT&T Bricktown Ballpark will host the Phillips 66 Baseball Championship through the 2011 season. The event has been contested in Oklahoma City 10 of the last 11 years (All Sports Stadium - 1997; Bricktown Ballpark - 1998-01, `03, `05-07).

Live game action and postgame press conferences from the 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship will be video streamed for free on the Big 12 Conference's official web site, www.big12sports.com, for the second year in a row. Audio from the web cast will also be broadcast on XM Radio (Channel 241), a Big 12 corporate partner.

Past postseason championship winners include Kansas (2006), Nebraska (1999-2001, `05), Oklahoma (1997), Oklahoma State (2004), Texas (2002-03), Texas A&M (2007) and Texas Tech (1998).

TICKETS ON SALE
Single session tickets go on sale Monday, May 19 at 9 a.m.

Single session ticket prices range from: $44- club-level, $27 - field box, $20 - terrace reserved, $16 - field bleacher, and $13 - general admission.

All-session ticket: $232 - club-level, $127 - field box, and $92 - terrace reserved.

Tickets for the 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship can be purchased by calling the RedHawks Box Office at (405) 218-1000 or online at www.ticketreturn.com.

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