2016 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2016 Sun Belt Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 8

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Bobcat Ballpark
* San Marcos, TX

Champions| Louisiana–Lafayette (4th title)

* ← 2015
* baseball tournament
* 2017 →

2016 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 19 Louisiana–Lafayette †‡y ‍‍‍ | 21 | - | 9 |  | .700 |  |  | 43 | - | 21 |  | .672
No. 26 South Alabama ‍†‍‍y | 21 | - | 9 |  | .700 |  |  | 42 | - | 22 |  | .656
Little Rock ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 26 | - | 28 |  | .481
Troy ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 32 | - | 26 |  | .552
Texas State ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 14 |  | .533 |  |  | 31 | - | 28 |  | .525
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 14 |  | .533 |  |  | 36 | - | 24 |  | .600
UT Arlington ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 15 |  | .500 |  |  | 30 | - | 28 |  | .517
Arkansas State ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 17 |  | .433 |  |  | 29 | - | 29 |  | .500
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 20 |  | .333 |  |  | 20 | - | 35 |  | .364
Georgia State ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 20 |  | .333 |  |  | 24 | - | 31 |  | .436
Appalachian State ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 21 |  | .300 |  |  | 18 | - | 36 |  | .333
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at Bobcat Ballpark on the campus of the Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, from May 25 to May 29, 2015. The tournament used a double-elimination format. The winner of the tournament earned Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

## Seeding

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The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament. The teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, and will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.

Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed

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Louisiana–Lafayette | 21 | 9 | .700 | — | 1
South Alabama | 21 | 9 | .700 | — | 2
Arkansas–Little Rock | 17 | 13 | .567 | 4 | 3
Troy | 17 | 13 | .567 | 4 | 4
Texas State | 16 | 14 | .533 | 5 | 5
Georgia Southern | 16 | 14 | .533 | 5 | 6
Texas–Arlington | 15 | 15 | .500 | 6 | 7
Arkansas State | 13 | 17 | .433 | 8 | 8
Louisiana–Monroe | 10 | 20 | .333 | 11 | —
Georgia State | 10 | 20 | .333 | 11 | —
Appalachian State | 9 | 21 | .300 | 12 | —

## Results

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| 1| Louisiana–Lafayette| 7
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| 8| Arkansas State| 4| |
| | | 1| Louisiana–Lafayette| 4
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| | | 5| Texas State| 2| |
| 4| Troy| 6| | | |
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| 5| Texas State| 11| |
| | | 1| Louisiana–Lafayette| 17| —
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| | | 8| Arkansas State| 10| —| |
| 8| Arkansas State| 13| | | | | | |
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| 4| Troy| 12| | | 8| Arkansas State| 4
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| | | | 5| Texas State| 3| |
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| 1| Louisiana-Lafayette| 5
| 3| Arkansas–Little Rock| 4| | |
| | | | | 6| Georgia Southern| 0
| 6| Georgia Southern| 13| | | | | | | |
| | | 6| Georgia Southern| 6|
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| | | 7| Texas–Arlington| 0| |
| 2| South Alabama| 2| | | |
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| 7| Texas–Arlington| 4| |
| | | 6| Georgia Southern| 4| —
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| | | 2| South Alabama| 0| —| |
| 3| Arkansas–Little Rock| 4| | | | | | |
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| 2| South Alabama| 6| | | 7| Texas-Arlington| 0
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| | | | 2| South Alabama| 3| |
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## References

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1. ^ "Sun Belt Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
2. ^ "2015–16 Championships Schedule". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
3. ^ "2016 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship". Sun Belt Conference. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2015.

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