2016 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament will take place beginning on May 25 and ending on May 28 or 29.[2] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner will earn the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

2016 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUtah Valley (1st title)
MVP,
2016 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Seattle  ‍†‍‍ 21–6–0 .778  37–21–0 .638
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 20–7–0 .741  34–23–0 .596
Utah Valley  ‍‍‡‍y 18–9–0 .667  37–23–0 .617
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 16–11–0 .593  30–28–0 .517
Grand Canyon *  ‍‍‍ 13–14–0 .481  25–28–1 .472
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 11–12–0 .478  16–34–0 .320
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 12–14–0 .462  19–37–0 .339
Texas-Rio Grande Valley  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  21–28–0 .429
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 6–21–0 .222  13–42–0 .236
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 4–23–0 .148  8–37–0 .178
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
* - Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II
As of May 23, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. Grand Canyon is ineligible for the tournament due to their transition from Division II.

Bracket
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Sacramento State 8     1 Seattle 5  
  5 Northern Colorado 7     4 Sacramento State 4    
      1 Seattle 8              
      3 Utah Valley 13              
  3 Utah Valley 6     2 New Mexico State 2          
  6 Cal State Bakersfield 4     3 Utah Valley 3        
        3 Utah Valley 4
Loser's Bracket       1 Seattle 0
  6 CSU Bakersfield 11        
  5 Northern Colorado 6          
      6 CSU Bakersfield 6        
      2 New Mexico State 11          
            4 Sacramento State 4              
          2 New Mexico State 5              
      1 Seattle 12    
    2 New Mexico State 10  
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References
  1. "Western Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  2. "2015-16 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
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