2017 Horizon League baseball tournament

2017 Horizon League
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium Chicago, Illinois
Champions	UIC  (5th title)
Winning coach	Mike Dee (5th title)
MVP	David Cronin (UIC)
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2017 Horizon League baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UIC  ‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	8		.733			39	–	17		.696
Wright State  ‍‍‍	21	–	9		.700			38	–	21		.644
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			25	–	33		.431
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	13	–	15		.464			24	–	29		.453
Oakland  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			17	–	40		.298
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍	10	–	18		.357			22	–	32		.407
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			15	–	40		.273
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27 at Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium in Chicago, home to conference regular-season champion UIC. The top six finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament. UIC won the tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ^{[1] [2]}

Seeding and format

The league's teams were seeded 1 through 7 based on winning percentage in conference play. The last-place team did not qualify for the tournament, and the remaining six teams played a double-elimination tournament.

Bracket

Play-in games

Team	R
#6 Milwaukee	5
#3 Northern Kentucky	11

Team	R
#5 Oakland	6
#4 Valparaiso	4

Remaining Bracket

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	5	Oakland	0
	1	UIC	8
						2	Wright State	1
						1	UIC	4
	3	Northern Kentucky	2
	2	Wright State	12
											1	UIC
											2	Wright State
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						5	Oakland	4
	5	Oakland	12			2	Wright State	12
	3	Northern Kentucky	5

References

1. "UIC Crowned #HLBase Champions" (Press release). Horizon League. May 24, 2017. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.