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)
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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.