2016 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

2016 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site The Ballpark at Jackson
Jackson, TN
Champions Southeast Missouri State (3rd title)
Winning coach Steve Bieser (1st title)
MVP Joey Lucchesi (Southeast Missouri State)
Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Southeast Missouri State †‡y 22 8   .733     36 18   .667
Austin Peay 21 9   .700     34 22   .607
Jacksonville State 20 10   .667     33 22   .600
Morehead State 17 13   .567     32 27   .542
Belmont 17 13   .567     33 27   .550
Tennessee Tech 17 13   .567     31 24   .564
Murray State 15 15   .500     27 29   .482
Eastern Kentucky 13 17   .433     24 31   .436
Tennessee–Martin 9 21   .300     19 35   .352
Eastern Illinois 8 22   .267     15 39   .278
SIU Edwardsvills 6 24   .200     9 40   .184
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

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]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Southeast Missouri State 22 8 .733
1
Jacksonville State 20 10 .667
2
2
Austin Peay 17 9 .654
3
3
Morehead State 17 13 .567
5
4
Tennessee Tech 17 13 .567
5
5
Belmont 17 13 .567
5
6
Murray State 15 15 .482
7
Eastern Kentucky 13 17 .433
9
Tennessee–Martin 9 21 .300
13
Eastern Illinois 8 22 .267
14
SIU Edwardsvills 6 24 .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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