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2008 Texas Longhorns baseball
Big 12 Tournament, Champion
NCAA Houston Regional, 2–2
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
CB	No. 25
Record	39–22 (15–12 Big 12)
Head coach	Augie Garrido (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Tommy Harmon (19th season) Skip Johnson (2nd season)
Captain	Preston Clark (1st year)
Home stadium	UFCU Disch–Falk Field

2008 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 10 Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍y	19	–	8	–	0		.704			46	–	19	–	0		.708
No. 18 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y	18	–	9	–	0		.667			44	–	18	–	0		.710
No. 22 Nebraska  ‍‍‍y	17	–	9	–	1		.648			41	–	16	–	1		.716
No. 21 Missouri  ‍‍‍y	16	–	11	–	0		.593			39	–	21	–	0		.650
No. 25 Texas  ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	12	–	0		.556			37	–	24	–	0		.607
Baylor  ‍‍‍	11	–	16	–	0		.407			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	11	–	16	–	0		.407			29	–	29	–	0		.500
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y	9	–	17	–	1		.352			36	–	26	–	1		.579
Kansas  ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			25	–	30	–	0		.455
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2008 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the Texas Longhorns baseball program for the University of Texas in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. Augie Garrido coached the team in his 12th season at Texas.

Texas finished the regular season in 5th place in the Big 12. They would go on to win the 2008 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament with a perfect 4–0 record, defeating Kansas State 15–7 in the final. Texas was selected as a 2 seed for the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and would go to the Houston Regional, hosted by Rice. Texas would go 2–2, losing to Rice in the Regional Finals 7–4.

Honors

Personnel

Roster

2008 Texas Longhorns Roster
	Pitchers 7 – Garrett Clyde – Junior 8 – Casey Whitmer – Sophomore 12 – Brandon Workman – Freshman 17 – Marcus Tackett – Sophomore 20 – Hunter Harris – Sophomore 23 – Hunter Hill – Freshman 24 – Cole Green – Freshman 25 – Drew Bishop – Junior 26 – Kyle Walker – Junior 27 – Juston Street – Junior 30 – Kenn Kasparek – Junior 31 – Chance Ruffin – Freshman 34 – Stayton Thomas – Freshman 35 – Keith Shinaberry – Junior 37 – Lee Johnson – Freshman 40 – Riley Boening – Sophomore 44 – Austin Wood – Junior		Catchers 3 – Cameron Rupp – Freshman 4 – Todd Gilfillan – Senior 7 – Preston Clark – Junior 38 – Kawika Emsley-Pai – Freshman 41 – Erik Woody – Sophomore Infielders 5 – Bobby Buckner – Freshman 9 – Michael Torres – Junior 13 – Brandon Belt – Sophomore 28 – Pat McCrory – Junior 36 – Tant Shepherd – Freshman 39 – David Hernandez – Sophomore		Outfielders 1 – Runey Davis – Freshman 6 – Kyle Lusson – Sophomore 10 – Connor Rowe – Freshman 14 – Russell Moldenhauer – Sophomore 15 – Jordan Danks – Junior 19 – Kyle Russell – Junior 43 – Kevin Keyes – Freshman 45 – Ben Kaplan – Freshman

Coaches

2008 Texas Longhorns Coaching Staff

Augie Garrido – Head Coach – 12th Tommy Harmon – Assistant Coach – 19th Skip Johnson – Assistant Coach – 2nd Ben King – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 1st Clay Van Hook – Student Assistant Coach – 1st

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

	Division A	A&M	Mizzou	UT	OU	Overall
1	Texas A&M		6-2	9-15	1-4	1-2
4	Missouri	2-6		3-2*	3–4	1-2
5	Texas	15-9	2-3*		11-10	2-1
8	Oklahoma	4-1	4-3	10-11		2-1

	Division B	OSU	Neb	Bay	KSU	Overall
2	Oklahoma State		11-5	14-3	2–3	2-1
3	Nebraska	5–11		4–10	5-2	1-2
6	Baylor	3-14	10-4		2–3	1-2
7	Kansas State	3-2	2-5	3-2		2-1

	Finals
	A	Texas	15
	B	Kansas State	7

• Texas Tech and Kansas did not make the tournament.
• Texas wins tiebreaker over Oklahoma by virtue of their 11–10 head to head win
• * 10 innings
• Kansas State wins tiebreaker over Oklahoma State by virtue of their 3–2 head to head win

NCAA Tournament

Hosted by Rice at Reckling Park

	First round					Second round					Regional finals						Super regionals
	1	Rice	3
	4	Sam Houston State	2
						1	Rice	11
						3	St. John's	2
	3	St. John's	2
	2	Texas	1
											1	Rice	7	—
	Houston Regional – Reckling Park
											2	Texas	4	—
	4	Sam Houston State	3
	2	Texas	13
						2	Texas	4
						3	St. John's	3
																	6	Rice	9	6	—
																		Texas A&M	7	5	—
	1	Texas A&M	15
	4	UIC	1
						1	Texas A&M	22
						3	Houston	4
	3	Houston	9
	2	Dallas Baptist	5
											1	Texas A&M	3	13
	College Station Regional – Olsen Field
											3	Houston	4	5
	4	UIC	9
	2	Dallas Baptist	5
						4	UIC	11
						3	Houston	1411

Rankings

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
Coaches'	7	7*	10	13	14	10	14	10	15						20	20*	20*	21
Baseball America	16	14	16	19	18	13	16	12	20					24	19	21	21	21
Collegiate Baseball^	8	6	7	15	13	12	15	14	16					24	19	25	25	25
NCBWA†	6	3	7	10	10	10	13	11	15	25	26	26	28	25	19	21	21	21

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

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