2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAlabama State (1st title)
Winning coachMervyl Melendez (1st title)
MVPDillon Cooper ((Alabama State))
2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Alabama State  x‍‍y 24 0   1.000 38 17   .691
Jackson State  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 34 26   .567
Alcorn State  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 16 36   .308
Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 13 44   .228
Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 6 36   .143
West
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  x‍‍‍ 16 5   .762 22 25   .468
Grambling State  ‍‍‍ 15 8   .652 22 27   .449
Texas Southern  ‍‍‍ 13 10   .565 24 26   .480
Southern  ‍‍‍ 6 14   .300 14 32   .304
Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‍ 5 18   .217 10 32   .238
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 18 through 22. Alabama State won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] The Hornets swept through the tournament after completed an undefeated season in the conference's regular season.

The double elimination tournament features four teams from each division.

  1. ^ "Southwestern Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "2015-16 Championship Schedule". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.