2017 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

The 2017 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 24 through 28. The top six regular season finishers will meet in the double-elimination tournament, to be held at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2][3] Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008),and Tennessee–Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The Tournament began in 1979.

2017 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
2017 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Tennessee Tech  ‍†‍‡‍y 23–7 .76741–21 .661
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 18–11 .62136–23 .610
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 17–13 .56731–29 .517
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 17–13 .56730–26 .536
SE Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 16–14 .53329–26 .527
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50029–30 .492
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 13–16 .44828–30 .483
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .40021–35 .375
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .40025–30 .455
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .36723–29 .442
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .33324–32 .429
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six regular season finishers will be seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams will then play a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye.

Results
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Tennessee Tech14
5Southeast Missouri State9
4Jacksonville State10
5Southeast Missouri13
1Tennessee Tech8
2Morehead State6
2Morehead State9
7Austin Peay4
2Morehead State12
6Murray State6
3Belmont3
6Murray State9
1Tennessee Tech16-
3Belmont4-
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Belmont6
4Jacksonville State77Austin Peay12Morehead State6
7Austin Peay83Belmont53Belmont11
6Murray State4
5Southeast Missouri State5
6Murray State 8

References
  1. "2017 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  2. "2016-17 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  3. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
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