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The 2016 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 28 of 2016. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Lexington County Baseball Stadium in Lexington, South Carolina. The tournament champion, Coastal Carolina, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Coastal Carolina went on to win the 2016 Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.[2][3][4]

Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (14th title)
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2016 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (14th title)
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2016 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
#1 Coastal Carolina †‡y ‍‍‍ 21–3 .87553–17 .757
High Point ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58332–24 .571
Longwood ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58332–27 .542
Gardner–Webb ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58337–21 .638
Campbell* ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54226–27 .491
Presbyterian ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50027–30 .474
Liberty ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50031–28 .525
Winthrop ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50028–27 .509
Radford ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37519–39 .328
Charleston Southern ‍‍‍ 6–18 .25019–34 .358
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍ 5–19 .20816–38 .296
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
As of June 5, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Seeding and format

The top eight finishers of the league's eleven teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record. Campbell is ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties.[5]

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TeamWLPctGBSeed
Coastal Carolina213.875—1
High Point1410.58372
Longwood1410.58373
Gardner–Webb1410.58374
Campbell1311.5428—
Presbyterian1212.50095
Winthrop1212.50096
Liberty1212.50097
Radford915.37598
Charleston Southern618.25012—
UNC Asheville519.20813—
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Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina7
8Radford5
1Coastal Carolina4
4Gardner–Webb3
4Gardner–Webb5
5Presbyterian3
1Coastal Carolina5
3Longwood1
5Presbyterian8
8Radford164Gardner-Webb4
8Radford8
1Coastal Carolina1
2High Point1
7Liberty0
7Liberty6
3Longwood3
7Liberty9
3Longwood8
6Winthrop6
7Liberty11
3Radford10
2High Point6
6Winthrop23Longwood18
2High Point13

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