2017 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2017 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsRadford (2nd title)
MVPKyle Zurak (Radford)
2017 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Winthrop ‍‍‍ 17 7   .708 34 24   .586
Liberty ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 32 23   .582
Presbyterian ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 32 29   .525
High Point ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 30 23   .566
Radford ‍‍y 11 13   .458 27 32   .458
Gardner–Webb ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 25 30   .455
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 25 32   .439
Campbell ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 25 32   .439
Charleston Southern ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 22 29   .431
Longwood ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 19 34   .358
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Big South Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 23 to 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Lexington County Baseball Stadium in Lexington, South Carolina. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2][3][4]

Seeding and format[edit]

The top eight finishers of the league's ten teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Results[edit]

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Winthrop4
8Campbell3
1Winthrop1
5Radford7
4High Point3
5Radford6
5Radford7-
6UNC Asheville2-
8Campbell5
4High Point61Winthrop14
4High Point13
5Radford9
2Liberty7
3Presbyterian2
7Gardner Webb16
7Gardner Webb6
3Presbyterian7
3Presbyterian6
6UNC Asheville4
3Presbyterian39 7
1Winthrop44
2Liberty1
6UNC Asheville27Gardner Webb3
6UNC Asheville6

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2016-17 Big South Championship Schedule". Big South Conference. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "Lexington, S.C. To Host 2016–18 Big South Baseball Championships". Big South Conference. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "Big South locates baseball tourney at Lexington, S.C." Shelby Star. February 11, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.