2016 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatModified double-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWright State (5th title)
Winning coachGreg Lovelady (2nd title)
2016 Horizon League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wright State  y 236 .7934516 .738
Milwaukee   1711 .6073226 .552
Valparaiso   1712 .5863028 .517
UIC   1512 .5562530 .455
Oakland   1114 .4402327 .460
Northern Kentucky   921 .3002034 .370
Youngstown State   521 .1921438 .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.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Wright State236.793
1
Milwaukee1711.607
5.5
2
Valparaiso1712.586
6
3
UIC1512.556
7
4
Oakland1114.440
10
5
Northern Kentucky921.300
14.5
6
Youngstown State521.192
16.5

Bracket

Play-in games

Wednesday, May 25
TeamR
#3 Valparaiso10
#6 Northern Kentucky7
Wednesday, May 25
TeamR
#4 UIC10
#5 Oakland9

Remaining bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Wright State11
4UIC3
1Wright State5
2Milwaukee1
3Valparaiso6
2Milwaukee9
1Wright State
3Valparaiso
Lower round 1Lower final
2Milwaukee7
3Valparaiso43Valparaiso12
4UIC2

References

  1. "Horizon League - 2016 Standings". D1baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. "2016 Horizon League Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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