2016 Horizon League baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Modified double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Wright State (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Greg Lovelady (2nd title) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State †‡y | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | 45 | – | 16 | .738 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | 32 | – | 26 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | 30 | – | 28 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | 25 | – | 30 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 11 | – | 14 | .440 | 23 | – | 27 | .460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Kentucky | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 20 | – | 34 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | 14 | – | 38 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2016[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top six finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at the home field of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]
Seeding and format
The league's teams were seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They then played a double-elimination tournament. The teams seeded three through six played in play-in games. The winners of those games joined seeds one and two to play a double-elimination tournament. The seventh place team did not qualify for the tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright State | 23 | 6 | .793 | — |
1 |
| Milwaukee | 17 | 11 | .607 | 5.5 |
2 |
| Valparaiso | 17 | 12 | .586 | 6 |
3 |
| UIC | 15 | 12 | .556 | 7 |
4 |
| Oakland | 11 | 14 | .440 | 10 |
5 |
| Northern Kentucky | 9 | 21 | .300 | 14.5 |
6 |
| Youngstown State | 5 | 21 | .192 | 16.5 |
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Bracket
Play-in games
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #3 Valparaiso | 10 |
| #6 Northern Kentucky | 7 |
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #4 UIC | 10 |
| #5 Oakland | 9 |
Remaining bracket
| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | 11 | |||||||||||
| 4 | UIC | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Valparaiso | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Valparaiso | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Valparaiso | 4 | 3 | Valparaiso | 12 | ||||||||
| 4 | UIC | 2 | |||||||||||
References
- ^ "Horizon League - 2016 Standings". D1baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Horizon League Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2016.