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

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hohokam Stadium Mesa, Arizona
Champions	Utah Valley (1st title)
MVP	,

2016 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		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

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.