1984 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

1984 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Erny Field Philadelphia, PA
Champions	Temple (2nd title)
Winning coach	Skip Wilson (2nd title)

1984 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Temple  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	9	–	2	–	0		.818			33	–	14	–	0		.702
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	6	–	5	–	0		.545			22	–	18	–	0		.550
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	6	–	5	–	0		.545			14	–	19	–	0		.424
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	4	–	7	–	0		.364			13	–	21	–	0		.382
UMass  ‍‍‍	3	–	9	–	0		.250			18	–	26	–	0		.409
West
West Virginia  ^x‍‍‍	9	–	3	–	0		.750			22	–	11	–	1		.662
Penn State  ^x‍‍‍	9	–	3	–	0		.750			24	–	17	–	0		.585
George Washington  ‍‍‍	8	–	4	–	0		.667			14	–	15	–	0		.483
Duquesne  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			10	–	10	–	0		.500
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	0	–	12	–	0		.000			6	–	19	–	1		.250
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1984 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1984 Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 5 through 13^[1] to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the sixth iteration of the event, and was held at Erny Field, home field of Temple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Defending champion Temple won their second championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

Format and seeding

The top two teams in each division advanced to the tournament, with each division winner playing the second place team from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played a double-elimination tournament. West Virginia claimed the top seed over Penn State and Rhode Island claimed the second seed in the East over Saint Joseph's by tiebreaker.

Team W L Pct GB Seed East Division Temple 9 2 .818 — 1E Rhode Island 6 5 .545 3 2E Saint Joseph's 6 5 .545 3 — Rutgers 4 7 .364 5 — UMass 3 9 .250 6.5 —

Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division West Virginia 9 3 .750 — 1W Penn State 9 3 .750 — 2W George Washington 8 4 .667 1 — Duquesne 3 7 .300 5 — St. Bonaventure 0 12 .000 9 —

Results

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1E

Temple

2

2W

Penn State

5^13

2W

Penn State

6

2E

Rhode Island

7^10

1W

West Virginia

3

2E

Rhode Island

15

2E

Rhode Island

3

4

1E

Temple

6

6

Lower round 1

Lower final

2W

Penn State

5

1E

Temple

3

1E

Temple

13

1W

West Virginia

2

References

1. 2014 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Temple Owls. p. 48. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
2. Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 10, 2017.