2016 Horizon League baseball tournament
The 2016 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top six finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at the home field of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Modified double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Wright State (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Greg Lovelady (2nd title) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State †‡y | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | 45 | – | 16 | .738 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | 32 | – | 26 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | 30 | – | 28 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | 25 | – | 30 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 11 | – | 14 | .440 | 23 | – | 27 | .460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Kentucky | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 20 | – | 34 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | 14 | – | 38 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2016[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
The league's teams were seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They then played a double-elimination tournament. The teams seeded three through six played in play-in games. The winners of those games joined seeds one and two to play a double-elimination tournament. The seventh place team did not qualify for the tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright State | 23 | 6 | .793 | — | 1 |
| Milwaukee | 17 | 11 | .607 | 5.5 | 2 |
| Valparaiso | 17 | 12 | .586 | 6 | 3 |
| UIC | 15 | 12 | .556 | 7 | 4 |
| Oakland | 11 | 14 | .440 | 10 | 5 |
| Northern Kentucky | 9 | 21 | .300 | 14.5 | 6 |
| Youngstown State | 5 | 21 | .192 | 16.5 | — |
Bracket
Play-in games
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #3 Valparaiso | 10 |
| #6 Northern Kentucky | 7 |
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #4 UIC | 10 |
| #5 Oakland | 9 |
Remaining bracket
| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | 11 | |||||||||||
| 4 | UIC | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Valparaiso | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Valparaiso | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Valparaiso | 4 | 3 | Valparaiso | 12 | ||||||||
| 4 | UIC | 2 | |||||||||||
References
- "Horizon League - 2016 Standings". D1baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- "2016 Horizon League Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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