| Year: | 2016 |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Constellation Field |
| City: | Sugar Land, Texas |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Coach: | Matt Deggs |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Heath Donica |
| Mvpteam: | Sam Houston State |
| Television: | ESPN3 |
The 2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. won their fifth Tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. and were ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.[1] [2]
The top eight finishers from the regular season, not including Abilene Christian or Incarnate Word, will be seeded one through eight. They will play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.
Every game of the tournament will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN3.[3]
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 6 | — | 1 | |||
| 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 15 | 15 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 10 | — | |||
| 12 | 18 | 12 | — | |||
| 8 | 20 | 15 | — | |||
| 8 | 21 | 15.5 | — | |||
| 5 | 22 | 17.5 | — |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School | |
|---|---|---|
| Webb Bobo | Southeastern Louisiana | |
| Carson Crites | Southeastern Louisiana | |
| Conner Fikes | Stephen F. Austin | |
| Southeastern Louisiana | ||
| Kaleb Fontenot | McNeese State | |
| Lance Miles | Sam Houston State | |
| Nick Ramos | Stephen F. Austin | |
| Robie Rojas | Sam Houston State | |
| Mac Scerole | Southeastern Louisiana | |
| Jacob Seward | Southeastern Louisiana | |
| Zach Smith | Sam Houston State |
Heath Donica was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Donica was a junior pitcher for Sam Houston State.