2012 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–26. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament which was held at George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium on the campus of High Point University in High Point, NC. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their thirteenth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (13th title)
Winning coachGary Gilmore (10th title)
MVPAaron Burke/Ryan Connolly, Coastal Carolina
2012 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 18–5–0 .783  38–17–0 .691
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .625  40–16–0 .714
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .583  39–18–0 .684
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  30–27–0 .526
Radford  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  29–26–1 .527
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  25–29–0 .463
High Point  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .458  26–29–0 .473
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .458  20–35–0 .364
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  24–31–0 .436
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .391  17–35–0 .327
VMI  ‍‍‍ 7–17–0 .292  16–36–0 .308
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 22, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Coastal Carolina185.783
–
1
Campbell159.625
3.5
2
Liberty1410.583
4.5
3
Gardner–Webb1212.500
6.5
4
Radford1212.500
6.5
5
UNC Asheville1212.500
6.5
6
High Point1113.458
7.5
7
Charleston Southern1113.458
7.5
8
Presbyterian1014.417
8.5
–
Winthrop914.391
9.5
–
VMI717.292
11.5
–

Results
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
5 Radford 8  
4 Gardner–Webb 2  
  1 Coastal Carolina 5  
  5 Radford 3  
8 Charleston Southern 8
1 Coastal Carolina 9  
  7 High Point 3    
  1 Coastal Carolina 4    
4 Gardner–Webb 4  
8 Charleston Southern 3  
  5 Radford 0
  4 Gardner–Webb 11  
  3 Liberty 1
  1 Coastal Carolina 4
6 UNC Asheville 2  
3 Liberty 9  
  3 Liberty 7
  2 Campbell 0  
7 High Point 4
2 Campbell 10  
  4 Gardner Webb 3  
  3 Liberty 4    
7 High Point 7  
6 UNC Asheville 1  
  2 Campbell 2
  7 High Point 9  

[2][3]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POS Player Team
PAaron BurkeCoastal Carolina
PRyan ConnollyCoastal Carolina
PPatrick EckelbargerLiberty
PBeau HiltonGardner-Webb
DHAlex BuccilliCoastal Carolina
OFDaniel BowmanCoastal Carolina
OFDevin BujnovskyHigh Point
OFBenji JacksonGardner-Webb
INFRich WittenCoastal Carolina
INFAlex CloseLiberty
INFRyan RetzHigh Point
INFDusty QuattlebaumGardner-Webb
CTrey WimmerLiberty
UTLSpencer AngelisHigh Point

Most Valuable Player

Aaron Burke and Ryan Connolly were named co-Most Valuable Players. Burke and Connolly were both pitchers for Coastal Carolina.[3]

References
  1. "Baseball standings". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  2. "2012 Big South Baseball Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  3. "Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 26, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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