2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	Wesley Barrow Stadium New Orleans, LA
Champions	Alabama State (1st title)
Winning coach	Mervyl Melendez (1st title)
MVP	Dillon Cooper ((Alabama State))

2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	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 round

Second round

Semifinals

Final

1E

Alabama State

27

4W

Southern

9

1E

Alabama State

16

3E

Alcorn State

3

2W

Grambling State

7

3E

Alcorn State

8

1E

Alabama State

9

−

4W

Southern

7

−

2W

Grambling State

3

4W

Southern

6

3E

Alcorn State

10

4W

Southern

11

1E

Alabama State

7

1W

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

16

3W

Texas Southern

5

4E

Alabama A&M

6

1W

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

0

3W

Texas Southern

10

2E

Jackson State

2

3W

Texas Southern

10

3W

Texas Southern

15

−

2E

Jackson State

4

−

2E

Jackson State

15

4E

Alabama A&M

3

2E

Jackson State

4

1W

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

2

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.