2016 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 25-29. The top six regular season finishers will meet in the double-elimination tournament, to be held at Pringles Park in Jackson, Tennessee. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[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.

2016 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSoutheast Missouri State (3rd title)
Winning coachSteve Bieser (1st title)
MVPJoey Lucchesi, Southeast Missouri State
2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Southeast Missouri State †‡y   228 .733  3618 .667
Austin Peay   219 .700  3422 .607
Jacksonville State   2010 .667  3322 .600
Morehead State   1713 .567  3227 .542
Belmont   1713 .567  3327 .550
Tennessee Tech   1713 .567  3124 .564
Murray State   1515 .500  2729 .482
Eastern Kentucky   1317 .433  2431 .436
Tennessee–Martin   921 .300  1935 .352
Eastern Illinois   822 .267  1539 .278
SIU Edwardsvills   624 .200  940 .184
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]; 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. Austin Peay vacated four wins from the season, making their record 17–9 for conference purposes, and dropping them to the third seed.[4]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Southeast Missouri State228.733
1
Jacksonville State2010.667
2
2
Austin Peay179.654
3
3
Morehead State1713.567
5
4
Tennessee Tech1713.567
5
5
Belmont1713.567
5
6
Murray State1515.482
7
Eastern Kentucky1317.433
9
Tennessee–Martin921.300
13
Eastern Illinois822.267
14
SIU Edwardsvills624.200
16

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Morehead State 4     1 Southeast Missouri State 3  
  5 Tennessee Tech 3     4 Morehead State 0    
      1 Southeast Missouri State 7              
      2 Jacksonville State 11              
  3 Austin Peay 12     2 Jacksonville State 12          
  6 Belmont 7     3 Austin Peay 10        
        2 Jacksonville State 7 8
Loser's Bracket       1 Southeast Missouri State 10 14
  5 Tennessee Tech 8        
  6 Belmont 9          
      6 Belmont 8        
      4 Morehead State 0          
            6 Belmont 4              
          3 Austin Peay 7              
      1 Southeast Missouri State 10    
    3 Austin Peay 4  

References

  1. "Ohio Valley Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. "2016 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. "2015-16 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  4. Autumn Allison (May 16, 2016). "APSU baseball vacates 4 wins over ineligible player". The Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
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