2016 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2016 American Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Bright House Field
Clearwater, FL
Television CBS Sports Network, ESPNews
American Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2016 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Tulane 9 5 0   .643     29 14 0   .674
Cincinnati 9 6 1   .594     21 24 1   .467
East Carolina 9 6 1   .594     28 16 1   .633
Connecticut 8 7 0   .533     24 20 0   .545
UCF 7 9 0   .438     23 24 0   .489
Memphis 7 9 0   .438     16 30 0   .348
Houston 6 9 0   .400     25 19 0   .568
South Florida 6 10 0   .375     21 24 0   .467
Tournament champion
As of May 6, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament will be held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 24 through May 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2016 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

All eight baseball teams in The American will be seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament will use a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1    
8    
     
     
4  
5    
     
     
   
   
   
     
   
   
2    
7    
   
     
3  
6    
   
     
   
   
   
     

References

  1. "American Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  2. "2015–16 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
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