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2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double elimination
Finals site
Champions Alabama State (1st title)
Winning coach Mervyl Melendez (1st title)
MVPDillon Cooper ((Alabama State))
2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Alabama State  x‍‍‡‍y 24 – 0   1.000 38 – 17   .691
Jackson State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 34 – 26   .567
Alcorn State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 16 – 36   .308
Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 13 – 44   .228
Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167 6 – 36   .143
West
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  x‍‍‍ 16 – 5   .762 22 – 25   .468
Grambling State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 8   .652 22 – 27   .449
Texas Southern  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 24 – 26   .480
Southern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 14 – 32   .304
Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 10 – 32   .238
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 18 through 22. Alabama State won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] 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
Alabama State 24 0 1.000 — 1E
Jackson State 14 10 .583 10 2E
Alcorn State 10 14 .417 14 3E
Alabama A&M 8 16 .333 16 4E
Mississippi Valley State 4 20 .167 20 —
Western Division
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 16 5 .762 — 1W
Grambling State 15 8 .652 2 2W
Texas Southern 13 10 .565 4 3W
Southern 6 14 .300 9.5 4W
Prairie View A&M 5 18 .217 12 —

Bracket

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1E Alabama State27
4W Southern9
1EAlabama State16
3EAlcorn State3
2W Grambling State7
3E Alcorn State8
1EAlabama State9−
4WSouthern7−
2WGrambling State3
4WSouthern63EAlcorn State10
4WSouthern11
1EAlabama State7
1W Arkansas–Pine Bluff16
3WTexas Southern5
4E Alabama A&M6
1WArkansas-Pine Bluff0
3WTexas Southern10
2E Jackson State2
3W Texas Southern10
3WTexas Southern15−
2EJackson State4−
2EJackson State15
4EAlabama A&M32EJackson State4
1WArkansas-Pine Bluff2

Notes

  • Alabama States sets a new tournament record with 27 runs in their victory over Southern.

References

  1. ^ "Southwestern Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "2015-16 Championship Schedule". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
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