1992 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1992 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, SC from April 23 through April 27. Top seeded Western Carolina won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Catamounts sixth tournament win.

1992 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	College Park (Charleston) Charleston, South Carolina
Champions	Western Carolina (6th title)
MVP	Joey Cox, Western Carolina

1992 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 17 Western Carolina ^†‡y ‍‍‍	17	–	4		.810			44	–	21		.677
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	15	–	6		.714			31	–	27		.534
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	11	–	8		.579			31	–	20		.608
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	10	–	9		.526			35	–	20		.636
Furman  ‍‍‍	11	–	10		.524			21	–	31		.404
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	6	–	14		.300			17	–	34		.333
Marshall  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			15	–	26		.366
VMI  ‍‍‍	4	–	15		.211			11	–	39		.220
† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament used a double-elimination format.

Seeding

The league's teams were seeded one through eight based on regular season conference winning percentage only. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary.[2]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Western Carolina	17	4	.810	–	1
Georgia Southern	15	6	.714	2	2
East Tennessee State	11	8	.579	5	3
The Citadel	10	9	.526	6	4
Furman	11	10	.524	6	5
Appalachian State	6	14	.300	10.5	6
Marshall	5	13	.278	10.5	7
VMI	4	15	.211	12	8

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Semifinals					Final
	Winner's Bracket
	1	Western Carolina	3
	8	VMI	2
						1	Western Carolina	2
						4	The Citadel	1
	4	The Citadel	6*
	5	Furman	4*
											1	Western Carolina	17
											2	Georgia Southern	10
	2	Georgia Southern	4
	7	Marshall	3
						2	Georgia Southern	7
						3	East Tennessee State	4
	3	East Tennessee State	1
	6	Appalachian State	0																		1	Western Carolina	12	4
																					2	Georgia Southern	14	3
	Loser's Bracket
	8	VMI	5
	5	Furman	3			3	East Tennessee State	20
						8	VMI	3
											3	East Tennessee State	4
	7	Marshall	7								4	The Citadel	9			2	Georgia Southern	9
	6	Appalachian State	8			4	The Citadel	12								4	The Citadel	0
						6	Appalachian State	3

* - Indicates game required extra innings[3]

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
P	Jim Carragher	Georgia Southern
C	Mike Darnell	Georgia Southern
1B	Bryan Wiggins	Georgia Southern
2B	Doug Eder	Georgia Southern
3B	Eric Whitson	Western Carolina
SS	Chris Petersen	Georgia Southern
OF	Joey Cox	Western Carolina
OF	Scott Lyman	Western Carolina
OF	Mike Miller	Georgia Southern
DH	Gettys Glaze	The Citadel

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Joey Cox

Western Carolina

[4]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1992". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
2. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 47. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
3. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
4. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 62. Retrieved 2012-09-14.