2016 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (14th title)
2016 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
#1 Coastal Carolina †‡y  213 .8755317 .757
High Point  1410 .5833224 .571
Longwood  1410 .5833227 .542
Gardner–Webb  1410 .5833721 .638
Campbell*  1311 .5422627 .491
Presbyterian  1212 .5002730 .474
Liberty  1212 .5003128 .525
Winthrop  1212 .5002827 .509
Radford  915 .3751939 .328
Charleston Southern  618 .2501934 .358
UNC Asheville  519 .2081638 .296
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
As of June 5, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Big South Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 24 through 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Lexington County Baseball Stadium in Lexington, South Carolina. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers of the league's eleven teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record. Campbell is ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties.[5]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Coastal Carolina213.8751
High Point1410.58372
Longwood1410.58373
Gardner–Webb1410.58374
Campbell1311.5428
Presbyterian1212.50095
Winthrop1212.50096
Liberty1212.50097
Radford915.37598
Charleston Southern618.25012
UNC Asheville519.20813

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina7
8Radford5
1Coastal Carolina4
4Gardner–Webb3
4Gardner–Webb5
5Presbyterian3
1Coastal Carolina5
3Longwood1
5Presbyterian8
8Radford164Gardner-Webb4
8Radford8
1Coastal Carolina1
2High Point1
7Liberty0
7Liberty6
3Longwood3
7Liberty9
3Longwood8
6Winthrop6
7Liberty11
3Radford10
2High Point6
6Winthrop23Longwood18
2High Point13

References

  1. "Big South Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  2. "2016 Big South Baseball Championship presented by Hardee's". Big South Conference. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  3. "Lexington, S.C. To Host 2016–18 Big South Baseball Championships". Big South Conference. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  4. "Big South locates baseball tourney at Lexington, S.C." Shelby Star. February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  5. "Seedings Announced For 2016 Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 21, 2016. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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