2016 Big South Conference baseball tournament


The 2016 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 28 of 2016. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Lexington County Baseball Stadium in Lexington, South Carolina. The tournament champion, Coastal Carolina, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Coastal Carolina went on to win the 2016 Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.[2][3][4]

2016 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (14th title)
2016 Big South Conference baseball standings
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

Seeding and format

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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

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First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina7
8Radford5
1Coastal Carolina4
4Gardner–Webb3
4Gardner–Webb5
5Presbyterian3
1Coastal Carolina5
3Longwood1
5Presbyterian8
8Radford164Gardner-Webb4
8Radford8
1Coastal Carolina1
2High Point1
7Liberty0
7Liberty6
3Longwood3
7Liberty9
3Longwood8
6Winthrop6
7Liberty11
3Radford10
2High Point6
6Winthrop23Longwood18
2High Point13

References

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  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.