2016 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2016 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium Terre Haute, Indiana
Champions	Dallas Baptist (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dan Heefner (2nd title)
MVP	Spencer Johnson (Missouri State)

2016 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
#24 Dallas Baptist ‡^y  ‍‍‍	15	–	5	–	0		.750			44	–	19	–	0		.698
Indiana State  ‍‍‍	13	–	8	–	0		.619			35	–	21	–	0		.625
Bradley  ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0		.550			29	–	21	–	0		.580
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	11	–	10	–	0		.524			31	–	25	–	1		.553
Evansville  ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			29	–	27	–	0		.518
Wichita State  ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			21	–	37	–	0		.362
Missouri State  ‍‍‍	7	–	13	–	0		.350			38	–	21	–	0		.644
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	7	–	13	–	0		.350			17	–	37	–	0		.315
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 11, 2016[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 25 through 28. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference will participate in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Indiana State's Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams will play a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Dallas Baptist	15	5	.750	—	1
Indiana State	13	8	.619	2.5	2
Bradley	11	9	.550	4	3
Southern Illinois	11	10	.524	4.5	4
Evansville	9	12	.429	6.5	5
Wichita State	9	12	.429	6.5	6
Missouri State	7	13	.350	8	7
Illinois State	7	13	.350	8	8

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	Dallas Baptist	9
	8	Illinois State	5
						1	Dallas Baptist	10
						4	Southern Illinois	8
	4	Southern Illinois	4
	5	Evansville	3
											1	Dallas Baptist	13
											5	Evansville	6
	5	Evansville	4
	8	Illinois State	3			4	Southern Illinois	2
						5	Evansville	3
																	1	Dallas Baptist	4
	2	Indiana State	4
																	7	Missouri State	3
	7	Missouri State	12
						7	Missouri State	0
						3	Bradley	10
	3	Bradley	5
	6	Wichita State	2
											3	Bradley	3	2
											7	Missouri State	13	3
	2	Indiana State	7
	6	Wichita State	1			7	Missouri State	11
						2	Indiana State	4

References

1. "Missouri Valley Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
2. "2015-16 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
3. "Terre Haute to host 2016 Missouri Valley baseball championship". Tribune-Star. Terre Haute, Indiana. June 1, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.