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2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double elimination
Site
Champions Alabama State (1st title)
Winning coach Mervyl Melendez (1st title)
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; 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 May 22. Alabama State won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. 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.

The four eligible teams in each division are 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 played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.


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