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The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at Pringles Park in Jackson, Tennessee. The tournament champion earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[2][3] Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008), and Tennessee–Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The Tournament began in 1979.

Teams6
Finals site
ChampionsSoutheast Missouri State (3rd title)
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2016 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSoutheast Missouri State (3rd title)
Winning coachSteve Bieser (1st title)
MVPJoey Lucchesi (Southeast Missouri State)
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2016 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Southeast Missouri State †‡y  ‍‍‍ 22–8 .73336–18 .667
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 21–9 .70034–22 .607
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 20–10 .66733–22 .600
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 17–13 .56732–27 .542
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 17–13 .56733–27 .550
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 17–13 .56731–24 .564
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50027–29 .482
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43324–31 .436
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ 9–21 .30019–35 .352
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8–22 .26715–39 .278
SIU Edwardsvills  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .2009–40 .184
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Seeding and format

The top six regular season finishers will be seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams will then play a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye. Austin Peay vacated four wins from the season, making their record 17–9 for conference purposes, and dropping them to the third seed.[4]

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TeamWLPctGBSeed
Southeast Missouri State228.733
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1
Jacksonville State2010.667
2
2
Austin Peay179.654
3
3
Morehead State1713.567
5
4
Tennessee Tech1713.567
5
5
Belmont1713.567
5
6
Murray State1515.482
7
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Eastern Kentucky1317.433
9
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Tennessee–Martin921.300
13
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Eastern Illinois822.267
14
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SIU Edwardsvills624.200
16
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Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Southeast Missouri State3
4Morehead State44Morehead State0
5Tennessee Tech31Southeast Missouri State7
2Jacksonville State11
2Jacksonville State 12
3Austin Peay123Austin Peay10
6Belmont7
2Jacksonville State78
1Southeast Missouri State1014
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Southeast Missouri State10
6Belmont43Austin Peay4
6Belmont83Austin Peay7
5Tennessee Tech84Morehead State0
6Belmont9

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