2017 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 24 through 28. The top six regular season finishers will meet in the double-elimination tournament, to be held at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2][3] Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008),and Tennessee–Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The Tournament began in 1979.

2017 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Choccolocco Park Oxford, Alabama
MVP	,

2017 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Tennessee Tech  ‍†‍‡‍^y	23	–	7		.767			41	–	21		.661
Morehead State  ‍‍‍	18	–	11		.621			36	–	23		.610
Belmont  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			31	–	29		.517
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			30	–	26		.536
SE Missouri State  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			29	–	26		.527
Murray State  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			29	–	30		.492
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍	13	–	16		.448			28	–	30		.483
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			21	–	35		.375
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			25	–	30		.455
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			23	–	29		.442
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			24	–	32		.429
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six regular season finishers will be seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams will then play a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye.

Results

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Semifinals					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	Tennessee Tech	14
						5	Southeast Missouri State	9
	4	Jacksonville State	10
	5	Southeast Missouri	13
											1	Tennessee Tech	8
											2	Morehead State	6
	2	Morehead State	9
	7	Austin Peay	4
						2	Morehead State	12
						6	Murray State	6
	3	Belmont	3
	6	Murray State	9																		1	Tennessee Tech	16	-
																					3	Belmont	4	-
	Loser's Bracket
	4	Jacksonville State	7
	7	Austin Peay	8			3	Belmont	6
						7	Austin Peay	1
											3	Belmont	5
											6	Murray State	4			2	Morehead State	6
						5	Southeast Missouri State	5								3	Belmont	11
						6	Murray State	8

References

1. "2017 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
2. "2016-17 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
3. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.