2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament


The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 25 through 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
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

Seeding and format

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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

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Southeast Missouri State3
4Morehead State44Morehead State0
5Tennessee Tech31Southeast Missouri State7
2Jacksonville State11
2Jacksonville State 12
3Austin Peay123Austin Peay10
6Belmont7
2Jacksonville State78
1Southeast Missouri State1014
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Southeast Missouri State10
6Belmont43Austin Peay4
6Belmont83Austin Peay7
5Tennessee Tech84Morehead State0
6Belmont9

References

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  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.