2017_Sun_Belt_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament

2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament


The 2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at J. I. Clements Stadium on the campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, from May 24 to May 28, 2017, using a double-elimination format. The winner of the tournament earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2]

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Seeding

In a change from previous years, the seeding for the tournament was modified with the re-introduction of division play. The #1 seed would be the division winner with the best record, and the other division winner would be the #2 seed. This would reward each division winner for winning their division. Once the #1 seed is determined, the other division winner is automatically granted the #2 seed, even if that team's overall conference record isn't the second best. Seeds 3–10 are then assigned regardless of division based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.[3]

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Schedule

Due to poor field conditions and the threat of further inclement weather the first round of the tournament was postponed. Alternative sites and make-up schedules are being examined.[4] On May 24 the Sun Belt announced that the tournament would move to a single elimination format.[5]

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Bracket

Play-in round

The first two matchups of the tournament were single-elimination and were held on Thursday May 25, 2017.

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Single-elimination round

Coastal Carolina faced the team that won on the day before with the lowest seed with the other winner against Texas-Arlington. The tournament was originally scheduled to be a double elimination tournament. Due to weather and poor field conditions they had to make the tournament single elimination.

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1 Coastal Carolina 5
8 Texas State 7
8 Texas State 5
5 Georgia Southern 11
4 Louisiana–Lafayette 6
5 Georgia Southern 711
5 Georgia Southern 610
3 South Alabama 7
2 Texas–Arlington 2
7 Arkansas State 4
3 South Alabama 4
7 Arkansas State 2
3 South Alabama 9
6 Troy 1

References

  1. "2016-17 Championships Schedule". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. "Updated Schedule for the Sun Belt Baseball Championship". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved May 24, 2017.

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