2016_American_Athletic_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

2016 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2016 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

The 2016 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 24 through 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2016 season. The University of Connecticut won and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

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Format and seeding

All eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket. South Florida claimed the seventh seed over UCF by virtue of owning the third tie-breaker (season series tied 3-3; both teams 0–3 versus Tulane; USF 2–1 versus East Carolina, UCF 0–3 versus East Carolina).[3]

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Bracket

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Tulane4
8UCF3
1Tulane3
5Houston5
5Houston9
4Cincinnati1
5Houston6—
1Tulane2—
8UCF7
4Cincinnati68UCF0
1Tulane5
5Houston2
2East Carolina2
3Connecticut7
7South Florida4
7South Florida1
3Connecticut9
6Memphis2
3Connecticut6
3Connecticut55
6Memphis90
2East Carolina4
6Memphis56Memphis7
7South Florida5

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "American Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "2015–16 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  3. [3]
    Patrick Quinn (May 22, 2016). "ECU Earns No. 2 Seed At The American Championships". WNCT-TV. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "UConn Wins American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship". American Athletic Conference. May 29, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
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