2016 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

2016 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site Lexington County Baseball Stadium
Lexington, SC
Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2016 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#15 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. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  3. "Lexington, S.C. To Host 2016-18 Big South Baseball Championships". Bug South Conference. 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. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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