2016 Horizon League baseball tournament

Last updated

2016 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Modified double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Wright State  (5th title)
Winning coach Greg Lovelady  (2nd title)
2016 Horizon League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wright State  y236 .7934516 .738
Milwaukee  1711 .6073226 .552
Valparaiso  1712 .5863028 .517
UIC  1512 .5562530 .455
Oakland  1114 .4402327 .460
Northern Kentucky  921 .3002034 .370
Youngstown State  521 .1921438 .269
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top six finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at the home field of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Seeding and format

The league's teams were seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They then played a double-elimination tournament. The teams seeded three through six played in play-in games. The winners of those games joined seeds one and two to play a double-elimination tournament. The seventh place team did not qualify for the tournament.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Wright State 236.793
1
Milwaukee 1711.607
5.5
2
Valparaiso 1712.586
6
3
UIC 1512.556
7
4
Oakland 1114.440
10
5
Northern Kentucky 921.300
14.5
6
Youngstown State 521.192
16.5

Bracket

Play-in games

Wednesday, May 25
Team R
#3 Valparaiso 10
#6 Northern Kentucky 7
Wednesday, May 25
Team R
#4 UIC 10
#5 Oakland 9

Remaining bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1 Wright State 11
4UIC3
1Wright State5
2Milwaukee1
3Valparaiso6
2 Milwaukee 9
1Wright State
3Valparaiso
Lower round 1Lower final
2Milwaukee7
3Valparaiso43Valparaiso12
4UIC2

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">College World Series</span> Annual college baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska

The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is a baseball tournament held each June in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Baseball Championship tournament—featuring 64 teams in the first round—which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight participating teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets, with the winners of each bracket playing in a best-of-three championship series.

There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the single elimination, the best-of- series, the total points series more commonly known as on aggregate, and the round-robin tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southeastern Conference baseball tournament</span> American college baseball championship

The Southeastern Conference baseball tournament is the conference tournament in baseball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a partially double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season conference records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The SEC Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular season record.

The Conference USA baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for Conference USA (C-USA). The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament format, which has changed several times, currently consists of an eight-team double-elimination tournament format, in which the winners of two four-team brackets play in a single-game final. Rice, which has won the tournament seven times, is the most successful team in the tournament's history.

The Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Sun Belt Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. After Coastal Carolina University hosts the competition in Conway, South Carolina, in 2019, the tournament will move to a neutral site, Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, AL, from 2020 to 2024.

The 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field on the campus of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. Second seed Dayton won their first tournament championship and claimed the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament</span> American Baseball Championship

The 2012 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 23 and ended on May 26 or 27. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa, AZ. Fifth seeded Fresno State won their sixth and final tournament championship and claimed the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Bulldogs joined the Mountain West Conference after the 2012 season.

The 2012 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 27. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at UIC's Les Miller Field. Top seeded Valparaiso won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2008 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2013 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. All five of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Youngstown State University's Eastwood Field. Valparaiso won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2014 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 21 through 25. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl E. Wilson Stadium. This is San Jose State's first year in the league after joining from the Western Athletic Conference. San Diego State won the tournament, earning the Mountain West's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2014 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 24. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Kapco Park on the campus of Concordia University Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Youngstown State won the tournament for the second time, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2015 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 23. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oil City Stadium in Whiting, Indiana. Wright State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament</span> US college baseball tournament

The 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, June 3, 2016, as part of the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2016 College World Series (CWS) in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 18, 2016, and ending on June 30, 2016. The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of 298 eligible teams. Thirty-one teams were awarded an automatic bid, as champions of their conferences; the remaining 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

The 2016 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament will take place from May 25 through 29. All seven of the league's teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at University of New Mexico's Santa Ana Star Field. The winner of the tournament will earn the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2018 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at the home field of the regular season champion, which was Wright State. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2019 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at the home field of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament, UIC, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2011 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26, near the close of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top six of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Wright State's Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, Ohio. Top seeded Wright State won their fourth Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2022 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. The annual event determines the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. The tournament winner earns the league's bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This is the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2021–22 academic year.

The 2022 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top six of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Nischwitz Stadium in Fairborn, Ohio, home field of Wright State. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

References

  1. "Horizon League - 2016 Standings". D1baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. "2016 Horizon League Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2016.