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Collegiate baseball tournament
2016 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatModified double-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWright State (5th title)
Winning coachGreg Lovelady (2nd title)
2016 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wright State  ‍†‍‡‍ 23 – 6   .793 45 – 16   .738
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607 32 – 26   .552
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 17 – 12   .586 30 – 28   .517
UIC  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 25 – 30   .455
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 11 – 14   .440 23 – 27   .460
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 20 – 34   .370
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 21   .192 14 – 38   .269
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2016
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2016 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top six finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at the home field of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding and format

The league's teams were seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They then played a double-elimination tournament. The teams seeded three through six played in play-in games. The winners of those games joined seeds one and two to play a double-elimination tournament. The seventh place team did not qualify for the tournament.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Wright State 23 6 .793 — 1
Milwaukee 17 11 .607 5.5 2
Valparaiso 17 12 .586 6 3
UIC 15 12 .556 7 4
Oakland 11 14 .440 10 5
Northern Kentucky 9 21 .300 14.5 6
Youngstown State 5 21 .192 16.5 —

Bracket

Play-in games

Wednesday, May 25
Team R
#3 Valparaiso 10
#6 Northern Kentucky 7
Wednesday, May 25
Team R
#4 UIC 10
#5 Oakland 9

Remaining bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Wright State11
4UIC3
1Wright State5
2Milwaukee1
3Valparaiso6
2Milwaukee9
1Wright State
3Valparaiso
Lower round 1Lower final
2Milwaukee7
3Valparaiso43Valparaiso12
4UIC2

References

  1. "Horizon League - 2016 Standings". D1baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. "2016 Horizon League Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. "Horizon League Championships". Horizon League. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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