Collegiate baseball tournament
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| Teams | 8 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Nicholls (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Silva (2nd title) |
| MVP | Basiel Williams (Nicholls) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar † | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | 44 | – | 15 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls † | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 38 | – | 22 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 31 | – | 26 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 32 | – | 27 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 22 | – | 33 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 30 | – | 28 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 22 | – | 35 | .386 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 26 | – | 31 | .456 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Christian | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 18 | – | 31 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 1, 2024 Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Southland Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 22 through 25. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's nine competing teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament held at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field in Hammond, Louisiana. Note: Texas A&M–Commerce does not sponsor a baseball team.
The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. They will play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final. No team will receive a bye.
Seeds
Teams will be seeded by record within the conference with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tie-breaker #1 | Tie-breaker #2 |
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| 1 | Lamar | 17–7 | Not needed | |
| 2 | Nicholls | 16–8 | Not needed | |
| 3 | New Orleans | 14–10 | Not needed | |
| 4 | Northwestern State | 11–13 | 2-1 vs McNeese | |
| 5 | McNeese | 11–13 | 1–2 vs Northwestern State | |
| 6 | Southeastern Louisiana | 10–14 | 2–1 vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi; 3–0 vs Incarnate Word |
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| 7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 10–14 | 1–2 vs Southeastern Louisiana; 2–1 vs Incarnate Word |
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| 8 | Incarnate Word | 10–14 | 0–3 vs Southeastern Louisiana; 1-2 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Note: Houston Christian with a 9-15 conference record failed to qualify. Texas A&M–Commerce does not sponsor a baseball team.
Tournament
Source:
| Round | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Notes | Television |
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| First Round – Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 9:00 am | No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 5 McNeese | 5–10 | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 12:35 pm | No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word | 3–6 | ||||
| 3 | 4:10 pm | No. 2 Nicholls vs. No. 7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
14–2 | ||||
| 4 | 7:15 pm | No. 3 New Orleans vs. No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana |
2–10 | 1,487 | |||
| Second Round – Thursday, May 23, 2024 | |||||||
| 2 | 5 | 9:00 am | No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 1 Lamar | 5–12 | Northwestern State eliminated | ESPN+ | |
| 6 | 12:10 pm | No. 7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 3 New Orleans |
4–7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminated | |||
| 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 5 McNeese vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word | 6–2 | ||||
| 8 | 7:20 pm | No. 2 Nicholls vs. No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana |
5–4 | 1,590 | |||
| Third Round – Friday, May 24, 2024 | |||||||
| 3 | 9 | 9:00 am | No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word | 18–6 | Incarnate Word eliminated. | ESPN+ | |
| 10 | 12:04 pm | No. 3 New Orleans vs. No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana |
5–11 | New Orleans eliminated. | |||
| 11 | 4:04 pm | No. 5 McNeese vs. No. 1 Lamar | 9–18 | ||||
| 12 | 8:05 pm | No. 2 Nicholls vs. No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana |
4–3 | 2,232 | Southeastern Louisiana eliminated. Nicholls advances to championship game. | ||
| Championship – Saturday, May 25, 2024 | |||||||
| 4 | 13 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 5 McNeese | 4–14 | Lamar eliminated. McNeese advances to championship game. | ESPN+ | |
| 14 | – | Game 12 winner vs. Game 12 loser (if necessary) | – | Not necessary | |||
| Championship | 6:00 pm | No. 5 McNeese vs. No. 2 Nicholls | 1–15 | 1,198 | Nicholls wins tournament championship. | ||
| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||||
Results
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McNeese | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McNeese | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Incarnate Word | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lamar | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Incarnate Word | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McNeese | 9 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lamar | 18 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lamar | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Incarnate Word | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lamar | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McNeese | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Nicholls | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Nicholls | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Nicholls | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Orleans | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Southeastern Louisiana | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Nicholls | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Orleans | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Southeastern Louisiana | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Orleans | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- "2024 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". southland.org. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- Kaitlyn Schmidt (April 24, 2024). "2024 college baseball conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, auto-bids". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Southland Conference Baseball Championship". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- Kemmler Chapple (August 29, 2023). "Southland Conference Baseball, Softball Championships returning to SLU in 2024". Crescent City Sports Enterprises LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- "Baseball Tie-Breaking Procedures". Southland Conference. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
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