2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2016
Conference:Southwestern Athletic Conference
Teams:8
Format:Double elimination
Ballpark:Wesley Barrow Stadium
City:New Orleans, LA
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Mervyl Melendez
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Dillon Cooper
Mvpteam:(Alabama State)

The 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 18 through 22. won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] The Hornets swept through the tournament after completed an undefeated season in the conference's regular season.

The double elimination tournament features four teams from each division.

Seeding and format

The four eligible teams in each division are seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
24 0 1E
14 10 10 2E
10 14 14 3E
8 16 16 4E
4 20 20
Western Division
16 5 1W
15 8 2 2W
13 10 4 3W
6 14 9.5 4W
5 18 12

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-16 Championship Schedule. Southwestern Athletic Conference. January 31, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160109180743/http://www.swac.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=27400&ATCLID=210235409. January 9, 2016. dead.