2016 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament

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2016 Sun Belt Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Louisiana–Lafayette  (4th title)
MVP()
2016 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Louisiana–Lafayette †‡y 219 .7004321 .672
No. 26 South Alabama  y219 .7004222 .656
Little Rock  1713 .5672628 .481
Troy  1713 .5673226 .552
Texas State  1614 .5333128 .525
Georgia Southern  1614 .5333624 .600
UT Arlington  1515 .5003028 .517
Arkansas State  1317 .4332929 .500
Louisiana–Monroe  1020 .3332035 .364
Georgia State  1020 .3332431 .436
Appalachian State  921 .3001836 .333
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bobcat Ballpark on the campus of the Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas from May 25 to May 29, 2015. The tournament used a double-elimination format. The winner of the tournament earned Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Seeding

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament. The teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, and will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Louisiana–Lafayette 219.7001
South Alabama 219.7002
Arkansas–Little Rock 1713.56743
Troy 1713.56744
Texas State 1614.53355
Georgia Southern 1614.53356
Texas–Arlington 1515.50067
Arkansas State 1317.43388
Louisiana–Monroe 1020.33311
Georgia State 1020.33311
Appalachian State 921.30012

Results

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Louisiana–Lafayette 7
8 Arkansas State 4
1 Louisiana–Lafayette4
5 Texas State 2
4 Troy 6
5 Texas State 11
1 Louisiana–Lafayette17
8 Arkansas State 10
8 Arkansas State13
4 Troy 12
8 Arkansas State4
5 Texas State 3
1 Louisiana-Lafayette5
6 Georgia Southern 0
3 Arkansas–Little Rock 4
6 Georgia Southern 13
6 Georgia Southern6
7 Texas–Arlington 0
2 South Alabama 2
7 Texas–Arlington 4
6 Georgia Southern4
2 South Alabama 0
3 Arkansas–Little Rock 4
2 South Alabama6
7 Texas-Arlington 0
2 South Alabama3

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