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2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double elimination
Site
Champions Jackson State (16th title)
Winning coach Omar Johnson (2nd title)
MVP Desmond Russell (Jackson State)
Television ESPNU (Final)
2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Alabama State x 21 3   .875     37 20   .649
Alabama A&M 12 9   .571     21 32   .396
Alcorn State 10 12   .455     11 42   .208
Jackson State y 9 15   .375     31 23   .574
Mississippi Valley State 4 18   .182     4 38   .095
West
Arkansas–Pine Bluff x 16 7   .696     22 28   .440
Texas Southern 13 9   .591     23 29   .442
Prairie View A&M 11 12   .478     21 30   .412
Grambling State 11 13   .458     16 32   .333
Southern 6 16   .273     10 26   .278
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 24, 2014; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 14 through May 18, 2014. Jackson State won their sixteenth tournament championship, and second in a row, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The event was originally scheduled for LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas, but was moved due to concerns about player safety.

The double elimination tournament features the top four teams from each division, leaving one team from each division out of the field. Mississippi Valley State and Southern did not qualify for the Tournament.

The top four finishers in each division will be seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket. Alabama State and Arkansas–Pine Bluff won their respective divisions and earned the top seeds.

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.
† - Indicates game required 10 innings.

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Desmond Russell was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Russell was a pitcher for Jackson State, recording 11 strikeouts in the tournament.


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