2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
Teams | 6 |
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Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
Finals site | |
Champions | Saint Louis (1st title) |
Winning coach | (1st title) |
MVP | Ryan Bird (Saint Louis) |
The 2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 24–28 at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field in The Bronx, NY. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated St. Bonaventure in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.[1]
Seeding and format[]
The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 27-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Rhode Island | 19 | 6 | .760 | – |
1
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St. Bonaventure | 18 | 8 | .692 | 1.5 |
2
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Dayton[a] | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2 |
3
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Charlotte | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2 |
4
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Saint Louis | 15 | 12 | .556 | 5 |
5
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George Washington | 13 | 12 | .520 | 6 |
6
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Fordham | 13 | 14 | .481 | 7 |
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La Salle | 12 | 14 | .462 | 7.5 |
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Duquesne | 12 | 15 | .444 | 8 |
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Richmond | 12 | 15 | .444 | 8 |
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Massachusetts | 11 | 16 | .407 | 9 |
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Saint Joseph's | 9 | 18 | .333 | 11 |
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Xavier | 9 | 18 | .333 | 11 |
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Temple | 6 | 19 | .240 | 13 |
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Bracket[]
1 | Rhode Island | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Saint Louis | 3 | 5 | Saint Louis | 3 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Charlotte | 1 | 5 | Saint Louis | 10 | ||||||||||||||
2 | St. Bonaventure | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | St. Bonaventure | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | George Washington | 0 | 3 | Dayton | 3 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Dayton | 2 | 5 | Saint Louis | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
2 | St. Bonaventure | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Charlotte | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | George Washington | 3 | 2 | St. Bonaventure | 9 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Rhode Island | 5 | 6 | George Washington | 2 | ||||||||||||||
6 | George Washington | 6[a] | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Dayton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | George Washington | 6 |
- ^ 17 innings.
All-Tournament Team[]
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Saint Louis pitcher Ryan Bird, one of two Billikens selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][3]
George Washington's Josh Wilkie (2005) and St. Bonaventure's Joe Rizzo (2004) were second-time selections.
Pos. | Name | Team |
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C | Andrew Abokhair | George Washington |
RP | Matt Agostinelli | St. Bonaventure |
P | Ryan Bird | Saint Louis |
P | Derek Haese | George Washington |
OF | Charlie Kruer | George Washington |
OF | Randy Moley | St. Bonaventure |
C | Bill Musselman | Saint Louis |
P | Dan Pfau | George Washington |
OF | Joe Rizzo | St. Bonaventure |
P | Luke Trubee | Dayton |
P | Josh Wilkie | George Washington |
P | John Zinnicker | St. Bonaventure |
Notes[]
- The George Washington-Rhode Island 17 inning game was the longest in tournament history
References[]
- ^ a b c "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "2006 Baseball Schedule". DaytonFlyers.com. Dayton Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ "Former SLU Pitcher Joins Miners". OurSportsCentral.com. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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