2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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.

2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAlabama State (1st title)
Winning coachMervyl Melendez (1st title)
MVPDillon Cooper ((Alabama State))
2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Alabama State  x‍‍‡‍y 24–0 1.00038–17 .691
Jackson State  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58334–26 .567
Alcorn State  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41716–36 .308
Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33313–44 .228
Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍ 4–20 .1676–36 .143
West
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  x‍‍‍ 16–5 .76222–25 .468
Grambling State  ‍‍‍ 15–8 .65222–27 .449
Texas Southern  ‍‍‍ 13–10 .56524–26 .480
Southern  ‍‍‍ 6–14 .30014–32 .304
Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‍ 5–18 .21710–32 .238
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Eastern Division
Alabama State2401.000—1E
Jackson State1410.583102E
Alcorn State1014.417143E
Alabama A&M816.333164E
Mississippi Valley State420.16720—
Western Division
Arkansas–Pine Bluff165.762—1W
Grambling State158.65222W
Texas Southern1310.56543W
Southern614.3009.54W
Prairie View A&M518.21712—

Bracket
First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1EAlabama State27
4WSouthern9
1EAlabama State16
3EAlcorn State3
2WGrambling State7
3EAlcorn State8
1EAlabama State9−
4WSouthern7−
2WGrambling State3
4WSouthern63EAlcorn State10
4WSouthern11
1EAlabama State7
1WArkansas–Pine Bluff16
3WTexas Southern5
4EAlabama A&M6
1WArkansas-Pine Bluff0
3WTexas Southern10
2EJackson State2
3WTexas 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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