2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

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2016 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Southeast Missouri State  (3rd title)
Winning coach Steve Bieser  (1st title)
MVP Joey Lucchesi (Southeast Missouri State)
2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Southeast Missouri State †‡y 228 .7333618 .667
Austin Peay  219 .7003422 .607
Jacksonville State  2010 .6673322 .600
Morehead State  1713 .5673227 .542
Belmont  1713 .5673327 .550
Tennessee Tech  1713 .5673124 .564
Murray State  1515 .5002729 .482
Eastern Kentucky  1317 .4332431 .436
Tennessee–Martin  921 .3001935 .352
Eastern Illinois  822 .2671539 .278
SIU Edwardsvills  624 .200940 .184
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 25 through 29. The top six regular season finishers will meet in the double-elimination tournament, to be held at Pringles Park in Jackson, Tennessee. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament [2] [3] Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008), and Tennessee–Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The Tournament began in 1979.

Contents

Seeding and format

The top six regular season finishers will be seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams will then play a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye. Austin Peay vacated four wins from the season, making their record 17–9 for conference purposes, and dropping them to the third seed. [4]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Southeast Missouri State 228.733
1
Jacksonville State 2010.667
2
2
Austin Peay 179.654
3
3
Morehead State 1713.567
5
4
Tennessee Tech 1713.567
5
5
Belmont 1713.567
5
6
Murray State 1515.482
7
Eastern Kentucky 1317.433
9
Tennessee–Martin 921.300
13
Eastern Illinois 822.267
14
SIU Edwardsvills 624.200
16

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Southeast Missouri State 3
4 Morehead State 44Morehead State0
5 Tennessee Tech 31Southeast Missouri State7
2Jacksonville State11
2 Jacksonville State 12
3 Austin Peay 123Austin Peay10
6 Belmont 7
2Jacksonville State78
1Southeast Missouri State1014
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Southeast Missouri State10
6Belmont43Austin Peay4
6Belmont83Austin Peay7
5Tennessee Tech84Morehead State0
6Belmont9

References

  1. "Ohio Valley Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. "2016 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. "2015-16 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  4. Autumn Allison (May 16, 2016). "APSU baseball vacates 4 wins over ineligible player". The Leaf-Chronicle . Clarksville, Tennessee . Retrieved May 29, 2016.