2017 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2017 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsRadford (2nd title)
MVP Kyle Zurak (Radford)
2017 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Winthrop  177 .7083424 .586
Liberty  168 .6673223 .582
Presbyterian  159 .6253229 .525
High Point  1311 .5423023 .566
Radford  y1113 .4582732 .458
Gardner–Webb  1113 .4582530 .455
UNC Asheville  1113 .4582532 .439
Campbell  1014 .4172532 .439
Charleston Southern  915 .3752229 .431
Longwood  717 .2921934 .358
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Big South Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 23 to 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Lexington County Baseball Stadium in Lexington, South Carolina. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers of the league's ten teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Winthrop4
8Campbell3
1Winthrop1
5Radford7
4High Point3
5Radford6
5Radford7-
6UNC Asheville2-
8Campbell5
4High Point61Winthrop14
4High Point13
5Radford9
2Liberty7
3Presbyterian2
7Gardner Webb16
7Gardner Webb6
3Presbyterian7
3Presbyterian6
6UNC Asheville4
3Presbyterian39 7
1Winthrop44
2Liberty1
6UNC Asheville27Gardner Webb3
6UNC Asheville6

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