2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament

2016 Southland Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSam Houston State (5th title)
Winning coachMatt Deggs (1st title)
MVPHeath Donica (Sam Houston State)
TelevisionESPN3
2016 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Sam Houston State  ‍y 24 6   .800 42 22   .656
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍y 22 8   .733 40 21   .656
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 20 10   .667 35 19   .648
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 20 10   .667 33 24   .579
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 29 27   .518
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 31 25   .554
New Orleans  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 31 26   .544
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 30 30   .500
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 26 30   .464
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 24 29   .453
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 8 20   .286 19 32   .373
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍ 8 21   .276 16 37   .302
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍ 5 22   .185 13 38   .255
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
* Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II
As of June 11, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. Sam Houston State won their fifth Tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Southland Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "2015-16 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Sam Houston State Wins 2016 Tournament". Southland Conference. May 29, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2018.