2016 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

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2016 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams9
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
MVP,
2016 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Mercer  ‍†‍‍16–8 .667  38–23 .623
Western Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y15–9 .625  31–31 .500
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍15–9 .625  38–21 .644
Furman  ‍‍‍14–10 .583  29–30 .492
Samford  ‍‍‍13–11 .542  35–26 .574
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍13–11 .542  27–30 .474
Wofford  ‍‍‍12–12 .500  30–28 .517
The Citadel  ‍‍‍6–18 .250  17–42 .288
VMI  ‍‍‍4–20 .167  21–35 .375
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through May 29 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Western Carolina University won the tournament. 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 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This is the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2015–16 academic year. [2]

Contents

The tournament was originally held from 1950-53, when the Southern Conference was a large conference composed of several small schools and several large schools, the latter of which would form the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 1953 season. The event was re-established in 1984 and has been held every year since. Western Carolina has claimed nine championships, the most of any school, with The Citadel close behind at eight tournament wins. Furman is the only other school current school with multiple championships, winning two. East Tennessee State, UNC Greensboro, and VMI have never won a title, although East Tennessee State and VMI returned to the conference in 2015 after over ten years in other conferences. Defending champion Mercer claimed the conference championship in its first ever appearance.

The tournament will be played in Greenville, which has hosted three of the past seven events. [3]

Seeding and format

All nine teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom two seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The winner will play the top seed, as part of the double-elimination tournament. [4]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Mercer 168.667
—
1
Western Carolina 159.625
1
2
UNC Greensboro 159.625
1
3
Furman 1410.583
2
4
East Tennessee State 1311.542
3
5
Samford 1311.542
3
6
Wofford 1212.500
4
7
The Citadel 618.250
10
8
VMI 420.167
12
9

Bracket

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 24
Team R
#9 VMI 2
#8 The Citadel 3

Bracket

 First Round  Second Round  Third Round  Semifinals  Finals
                         
 Winner's Bracket
 1 Mercer 13 
 8The Citadel1  
   1Mercer6 
   4Furman1  
 4 Furman 3     
 5 East Tennessee State 0    
   1Mercer9      
   2Western Carolina8       
 3 UNC Greensboro 5       
 6 Samford 8        
   6Samford4     
   2Western Carolina14    
 2 Western Carolina 10     
 7 Wofford 9    1Mercer22
   2Western Carolina43
 Loser's Bracket   
 8The Citadel2    
 5East Tennessee State4  5East Tennessee State11    
  6Samford12     
   6Samford2    
 3UNC Greensboro9    4Furman0  6Samford4  
 7Wofford6  3UNC Greensboro10    2Western Carolina7 
  4Furman15 

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References

  1. ↑ "Southern Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2015-16 Southern Conference Championship Schedule". soconsports.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2016 Baseball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2016 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
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