2016 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2016 American Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Bright House Field
Clearwater, FL
Champions Connecticut (1st title)
Winning coach Jim Penders (1st title)
MVP Anthony Kay (Connecticut)
Television CBS Sports Network, ESPNews
American Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2016 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#22 Tulane y 15 7 0   .682     39 19 0   .672
East Carolina y 15 8 1   .646     34 21 1   .616
Connecticut y 14 9 0   .609     37 23 0   .617
Cincinnati 13 10 1   .563     26 30 1   .465
Houston 11 12 0   .478     36 23 0   .610
Memphis 9 15 0   .375     22 39 0   .361
South Florida 8 16 0   .333     24 33 0   .421
UCF 8 16 0   .333     26 33 0   .441
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 2, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament will be held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 24 through May 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2016 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

All eight baseball teams in The American will be seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament will use a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket. South Florida claimed the seventh seed over UCF by virtue of owning the third tie-breaker (season series tied 3-3; both teams 0-3 versus Tulane; USF 2-1 versus East Carolina, UCF 0-3 versus East Carolina).[3]

Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Tulane 15 7 0 .682
1
East Carolina 15 8 1 .646
.5
2
Connecticut 14 9 0 .609
1.5
3
Cincinnati 13 10 1 .563
2.5
4
Houston 11 12 0 .478
4.5
5
Memphis 9 15 0 .375
7
6
South Florida 8 16 0 .333
8
7
UCF 8 16 0 .333
8
8

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1  Tulane 4  
8  UCF 3  
  1  Tulane 3  
  5  Houston 5  
4  Cincinnati 1
5  Houston 9  
  5  Houston 6  
  1  Tulane 2  
4  Cincinnati 6  
8  UCF 7  
  1  Tulane 5
  8  UCF 0  
  5  Houston 2
  3  Connecticut 7
2  East Carolina 2  
7  South Florida 4  
  7  South Florida 1
  3  Connecticut 9  
3  Connecticut 6
6  Memphis 2  
  3  Connecticut 5 5
  6  Memphis 9 0  
2  East Carolina 4  
6  Memphis 5  
  7  South Florida 5
  6  Memphis 7  

References

  1. "American Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  2. "2015–16 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  3. Patrick Quinn (May 22, 2016). "ECU Earns No. 2 Seed At The American Championships". WNCT-TV. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
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