2016 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

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2016 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
MVP()
2016 Big South Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
#1 Coastal Carolina †‡y ‍‍‍ 21 – 3   .875 53 – 17   .757
High Point ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 32 – 24   .571
Longwood ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 32 – 27   .542
Gardner–Webb ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 37 – 21   .638
Campbell* ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 26 – 27   .491
Presbyterian ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 27 – 30   .474
Liberty ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 31 – 28   .525
Winthrop ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 28 – 27   .509
Radford ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 19 – 39   .328
Charleston Southern ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 19 – 34   .358
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 16 – 38   .296
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
As of June 5, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 24–28. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve 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 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

Seeding and format[]

The top eight finishers of the league's eleven teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record. Campbell is ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties.[5]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Coastal Carolina 21 3 .875 — 1
High Point 14 10 .583 7 2
Longwood 14 10 .583 7 3
Gardner–Webb 14 10 .583 7 4
Campbell 13 11 .542 8 —
Presbyterian 12 12 .500 9 5
Winthrop 12 12 .500 9 6
Liberty 12 12 .500 9 7
Radford 9 15 .375 9 8
Charleston Southern 6 18 .250 12 —
UNC Asheville 5 19 .208 13 —

Results[]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Coastal Carolina 7
8 Radford 5
1 Coastal Carolina 4
4 Gardner–Webb 3
4 Gardner–Webb 5
5 Presbyterian 3
1 Coastal Carolina 5
3 Longwood 1
5 Presbyterian 8
8 Radford 16
4 Gardner-Webb 4
8 Radford 8
1 Coastal Carolina 1
7 Liberty 0
2 High Point 1
7 Liberty 6
3 Longwood 3
7 Liberty 9
3 Longwood 8
6 Winthrop 6
7 Liberty 11
3 Radford 10
2 High Point 6
6 Winthrop 2
3 Longwood 18
2 High Point 13

References[]

  1. ^ "Big South Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Big South Baseball Championship presented by Hardee's". Big South Conference. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Lexington, S.C. To Host 2016-18 Big South Baseball Championships". Big South Conference. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  4. ^ "Big South locates baseball tourney at Lexington, S.C." Shelby Star. February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  5. ^ "Seedings Announced For 2016 Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 21, 2016. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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