2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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2016 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams7
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsRhode Island (2nd title)
2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Rhode Island  ‍†‍‡‍y18–6–0 .75031–25–0 .554
VCU  ‍‍‍15–7–0 .68238–19–0 .667
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍15–9–0 .62531–23–0 .574
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍15–9–0 .62525–31–0 .446
Fordham  ‍‍‍14–10–0 .58329–29–0 .500
Davidson  ‍‍‍11–11–0 .50028–26–0 .519
George Washington  ‍‍‍12–12–0 .50024–33–0 .421
UMass  ‍‍‍11–13–0 .45818–27–0 .400
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍11–13–0 .45826–22–1 .541
Richmond  ‍‍‍11–13–0 .45828–24–0 .538
Dayton  ‍‍‍8–16–0 .33319–36–0 .345
George Mason  ‍‍‍7–17–0 .29219–35–0 .352
La Salle  ‍‍‍6–18–0 .25015–39–0 .278
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 28. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field, the home field of Fordham in the New York City borough of The Bronx. Champions Rhode Island earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

Seeding and format

The tournament will use the same format adopted in 2014, with the top seven finishers from the regular season seeded one through seven. The top seed will receive a single bye while remaining seeds will play on the first day.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Rhode Island 186.750—1
VCU 157.68222
Saint Joseph's 159.62533
Saint Louis 159.62534
Fordham 1410.58345
Davidson 1111.50066
George Washington 1212.50067
UMass 1113.4587—
St. Bonaventure 1113.4587—
Richmond 1113.4587—
Dayton 816.33310—
George Mason 717.29211—
La Salle 618.25012—

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Rhode Island 10
5Fordham1
4 Saint Louis 7
5 Fordham 9
1Rhode Island13
6Davidson4
2 VCU 5
7 George Washington 1
2VCU3
6Davidson7
3 Saint Joseph's 4
6 Davidson 8
1Rhode Island15-
6Davidson2-
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
7George Washington4
4Saint Louis12VCU126Davidson6
7George Washington62VCU13Saint Joseph's4
3Saint Joseph's13
3Saint Joseph's7
5Fordham6

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References

  1. ↑ "Atlantic 10 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Baseball Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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