2017 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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2017 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSacramento State (2nd title)
MVPJustin Dillo (Sacramento State)
2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Grand Canyon*  ‍†‍‍ 20 – 4 – 0   .833 29 – 25 – 0   .537
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 5 – 0   .792 35 – 22 – 0   .614
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 31 – 24 – 0   .564
Sacramento State  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 12 – 0   .500 32 – 29 – 0   .525
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 18 – 36 – 0   .333
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 24 – 30 – 0   .444
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 20 – 35 – 1   .366
Texas–Rio Grande Valley  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17 – 0   .292 26 – 28 – 0   .481
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17 – 0   .292 11 – 41 – 0   .212
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
  • * Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II
    Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was a postseason baseball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 season. It began on May 24 and ended on May 27.[1] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format[]

The top six finishers from the regular season will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. Grand Canyon is ineligible for the tournament due to their transition from Division II.

Bracket[]

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Utah Valley 4     1 New Mexico State 4  
  5 Northern Colorado 6     5 Northern Colorado 5    
      5 Northern Colorado 1              
      3 Sacramento State 10              
  3 Sacramento State 11     2 CSU Bakersfield 6          
  6 Seattle 1     3 Sacramento State 10        
        3 Sacramento State 5 -
Loser's Bracket       2 CSU Bakersfield 0 -
  4 Utah Valley 9        
  6 Seattle 11          
      6 Seattle 4        
      2 CSU Bakersfield 10          
            2 CSU Bakersfield 11              
          1 New Mexico State 7              
      2 CSU Bakersfield 8    
    5 Northern Colorado 5  

References[]

  1. ^ "2016-17 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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