1984 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

1984 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1984
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Hennon Stadium
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Champions Appalachian State (1st title)
MVP Rusty Weaver (Appalachian State)
Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1953 1985»
1984 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
Appalachian State x‡y 12 – 2   .857     35 – 7   .833
VMI 6 – 7   .462     16 – 18   .471
Marshall 5 – 8   .385     11 – 16   .407
East Tennessee State 3 – 9   .250     9 – 19   .321
Southern
Western Carolina x 13 – 3   .813     37 – 20   .649
The Citadel 12 – 5   .706     26 – 21   .553
Davidson 5 – 12   .294     12 – 16   .429
Furman 4 – 14   .222     16 – 19   .457
x – Division champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1984[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1984 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hennon Stadium on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina from April 27 through April 29. This was the league's first championship tournament to be held since 1953, when seven schools departed the conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. Modern conference baseball records begin with the 1954 baseball season. The North Division's top seed Appalachian State won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The tournament used a double-elimination format.

Seeding

The top two teams from each division based on regular season conference winning percentage participated in the tournament. The top seed from the North Division played the second seed from the South in the first round, and vice versa. The winners of the first round then played, while the losers played an elimination game. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary.[2]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
North Division
Appalachian State 12 2 .857
–
1N
VMI 6 7 .462
5.5
2N
Marshall 5 8 .385
6.5
–
East Tennessee State 3 9 .250
8
–
South Division
Western Carolina 13 3 .813
–
1S
The Citadel 12 5 .706
1.5
2S
Davidson 5 12 .294
8.5
–
Furman 4 14 .222
10
–

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1N  Appalachian State 4  
2S  The Citadel 1  
  1N  Appalachian State 9  
  1S  Western Carolina 5  
1S  Western Carolina 10
2N  VMI 7  
  1N  Appalachian State 6 —
  2S  The Citadel 1 —
2S  The Citadel 12  
2N  VMI 7  
  1S  Western Carolina 0
  2S  The Citadel 8  

[3]

Most Outstanding Player

Tournament Most Outstanding Player[4]
Rusty Weaver
Appalachian State

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1984". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 47. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  3. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  4. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 63. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
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