2016 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2016 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (14th title)
2016 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
#1 Coastal Carolina †‡y 213 .8755317 .757
High Point  1410 .5833224 .571
Longwood  1410 .5833227 .542
Gardner–Webb  1410 .5833721 .638
Campbell* 1311 .5422627 .491
Presbyterian  1212 .5002730 .474
Liberty  1212 .5003128 .525
Winthrop  1212 .5002827 .509
Radford  915 .3751939 .328
Charleston Southern  618 .2501934 .358
UNC Asheville  519 .2081638 .296
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
As of June 5, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 28 of 2016. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Lexington County Baseball Stadium in Lexington, South Carolina. The tournament champion, Coastal Carolina, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Coastal Carolina went on to win the 2016 Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers of the league's eleven teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record. Campbell is ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties. [5]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Coastal Carolina 213.8751
High Point 1410.58372
Longwood 1410.58373
Gardner–Webb 1410.58374
Campbell 1311.5428
Presbyterian 1212.50095
Winthrop 1212.50096
Liberty 1212.50097
Radford 915.37598
Charleston Southern 618.25012
UNC Asheville 519.20813

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1 Coastal Carolina 7
8 Radford 5
1Coastal Carolina4
4Gardner–Webb3
4 Gardner–Webb 5
5 Presbyterian 3
1Coastal Carolina5
3Longwood1
5Presbyterian8
8Radford164Gardner-Webb4
8Radford8
1Coastal Carolina1
2 High Point 1
7Liberty0
7 Liberty 6
3Longwood3
7Liberty9
3 Longwood 8
6 Winthrop 6
7Liberty11
3Radford10
2High Point6
6Winthrop23Longwood18
2High Point13

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