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The Southeastern Conference baseball tournament is the conference tournament in baseball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a partially double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season conference records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The SEC Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular season record.
The Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament, sometimes referred to simply as the ACC tournament, is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In 2017, the event adopted a modified twelve-team pool play format. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Sun Belt Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. After Coastal Carolina University hosts the competition in Conway, South Carolina, in 2019, the tournament will move to a neutral site, Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, AL, from 2020 to 2024.
The Southland Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Southland Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament, sometimes referred to simply as the CAA Tournament, is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Colonial Athletic Association. The top six finishers in the regular season of the conference's nine baseball teams advance to the double-elimination tournament, which was played in 2022 at Walter C. Latham Park on the campus of Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
The Mid-American Conference baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the Mid-American Conference, Division I members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2022, the top four finishers participate in the double-elimination tournament, which is played at the home field of the top seed. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The tournament began in 1981, but was not held from 1984 through 1991. It returned in 1992 and was held annually through 2019. It was scheduled to be played in May 2020, but was cancelled in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. As part of several changes announced in May 2020 related to the pandemic, the tournament was eliminated along with the post-season tournaments of seven other sports, for at least four seasons. The tournament, however, returned in May 2022 after the conference announced in May 2021 that the baseball tournament, along with all other conference tournaments that had been eliminated, would be restored for the 2021–22 athletic season. Kent State has won the most tournament titles with 12, followed by Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan with four each.
The 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place at Lee–Hines Field, on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA from May 16 through 20, 2012. The Prairie View A&M Panthers won their third tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas, from May 15 through 19, 2013. First seed from the East Jackson State won their fifteenth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 14 through 18, 2014. Jackson State won their sixteenth tournament championship, and second in a row, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was originally scheduled for LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas, but was moved due to concerns about player safety.
The 2015 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 13 through 17. Texas Southern won their third conference title, and first since 2008, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 18 through 22. Alabama State won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Hornets swept through the tournament after completed an undefeated season in the conference's regular season.
The 2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament will be held place at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 17 through 21. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2019 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 21 through 26. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2019 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament, Cincinnati, will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 15 through 19. The winner of the tournament, Southern, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 18 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, FL. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. The winner, Florida A&M, claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Bethune-Cookman had claimed sixteen of the prior twenty tournament championships, with North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 and 2018 titles, Florida A&M winning in 2015, and Savannah State in 2013.
The 2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Toyota Field in Madison, Alabama from May 19 through 23. Southern won the Tournament for the 17th time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2022 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament will be held place at Regions Field in Birmingham, Alabama from May 25 through 29. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was played from May 19 to May 21 at Marty L. Miller Field on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a four-team double elimination tournament. The winner, Coppin State, claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 23 through 28 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. The annual tournament will determine the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. The tournament champion, will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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- ↑ "Standings & Leaders". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ↑ "2017-18 Championship Schedule". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.