2017 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was a postseason baseball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 season. It began on May 24 and ended on May 27.[1] The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Hohokam Stadium, spring training home of the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona. The winner earned the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2017 Western Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hohokam Stadium Mesa, Arizona
Champions	Sacramento State (2nd title)
MVP	Justin Dillo, Sacramento State

2017 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Grand Canyon*  ‍†‍‍	20	–	4	–	0		.833			29	–	25	–	0		.537
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍	19	–	5	–	0		.792			35	–	22	–	0		.614
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			31	–	24	–	0		.564
Sacramento State  ‍‍‡‍^y	12	–	12	–	0		.500			32	–	29	–	0		.525
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			18	–	36	–	0		.333
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			24	–	30	–	0		.444
Seattle  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			20	–	35	–	1		.366
Texas–Rio Grande Valley  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			26	–	28	–	0		.481
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			11	–	41	–	0		.212
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament * Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II 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	Utah Valley	4			1	New Mexico State	4
	5	Northern Colorado	6			5	Northern Colorado	5
											5	Northern Colorado	1
											3	Sacramento State	10
	3	Sacramento State	11			2	CSU Bakersfield	6
	6	Seattle	1			3	Sacramento State	10
																					3	Sacramento State	5	-
Loser's Bracket																					2	CSU Bakersfield	0	-
	4	Utah Valley	9
	6	Seattle	11
						6	Seattle	4
						2	CSU Bakersfield	10
											2	CSU Bakersfield	11
											1	New Mexico State	7
																2	CSU Bakersfield	8
																5	Northern Colorado	5

References

1. "2016-17 WAC Championships". Western Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-03-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)