Sport Baseball Official website Southland.org Baseball Number of teams 8 Current stadium Constellation Field | Current champion Houston Baptist (1) Current location Sugar Land Conference Southland Conference | |
Format Double-elimination tournament Played 1964-1968, 1993-present Most championships (tie) Sam Houston State & Texas State, (4 each) Last contest 2015 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament | ||
The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Southland Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
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Tournament
The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament is an eight team double-elimination tournament held annually at various location in the Southland Conference region. The eight teams with the best conference record at the end of the regular season earn berths in the tournament. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The other teams have to hope for an at-large bid.
History
The Southland Conference tournament began in 1964. From 1964 through 1966 the tournament consisted of three teams. In 1967 and 1968 the tournament expanded to a four team double-elimination tournament.
From 1969 until 1992, the Southland Conference did not have a baseball tournament.
In 1993, the conference began holding a baseball tournament again. From 1993 through 1995, the tournament was a four team double-elimination tournament.
In 1996, it expanded to become a six team double-elimination tournament and remained that way until 2007.
In 2008, the tournament once again expanded and became an eight team double-elimination tournament.
In 2012, two brackets of four teams were added in a double-elimination format. The winner of each bracket plays in a championship game. This facilitates a television broadcast of the final.