2012 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament which was held at George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium on the campus of High Point University in High Point, NC. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their thirteenth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2012 Big South Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium High Point, NC
Champions	Coastal Carolina (13th title)
Winning coach	Gary Gilmore (10th title)
MVP	Aaron Burke/Ryan Connolly (Coastal Carolina)
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2012 Big South Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y	18	–	5	–	0		.783			38	–	17	–	0		.691
Campbell  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			40	–	16	–	0		.714
Liberty  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			39	–	18	–	0		.684
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Radford  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			29	–	26	–	1		.527
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			25	–	29	–	0		.463
High Point  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			26	–	29	–	0		.473
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			20	–	35	–	0		.364
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Winthrop  ‍‍‍	9	–	14	–	0		.391			17	–	35	–	0		.327
VMI  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			16	–	36	–	0		.308
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of May 22, 2012[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Coastal Carolina	18	5	.783	–	1
Campbell	15	9	.625	3.5	2
Liberty	14	10	.583	4.5	3
Gardner–Webb	12	12	.500	6.5	4
Radford	12	12	.500	6.5	5
UNC Asheville	12	12	.500	6.5	6
High Point	11	13	.458	7.5	7
Charleston Southern	11	13	.458	7.5	8
Presbyterian	10	14	.417	8.5	–
Winthrop	9	14	.391	9.5	–
VMI	7	17	.292	11.5	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	5	Radford	8
	4	Gardner–Webb	2
						1	Coastal Carolina	5
						5	Radford	3
	8	Charleston Southern	8
	1	Coastal Carolina	9
											7	High Point	3
											1	Coastal Carolina	4
	4	Gardner–Webb	4
	8	Charleston Southern	3			5	Radford	0
						4	Gardner–Webb	11
																	3	Liberty	1
	6	UNC Asheville	2
																	1	Coastal Carolina	4
	3	Liberty	9
						3	Liberty	7
						2	Campbell	0
	7	High Point	4
	2	Campbell	10
											4	Gardner Webb	3
											3	Liberty	4
	7	High Point	7
	6	UNC Asheville	1			2	Campbell	2
						7	High Point	9

^[2][3]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

POS	Player	Team
P	Aaron Burke	Coastal Carolina
P	Ryan Connolly	Coastal Carolina
P	Patrick Eckelbarger	Liberty
P	Beau Hilton	Gardner-Webb
DH	Alex Buccilli	Coastal Carolina
OF	Daniel Bowman	Coastal Carolina
OF	Devin Bujnovsky	High Point
OF	Benji Jackson	Gardner-Webb
INF	Rich Witten	Coastal Carolina
INF	Alex Close	Liberty
INF	Ryan Retz	High Point
INF	Dusty Quattlebaum	Gardner-Webb
C	Trey Wimmer	Liberty
UTL	Spencer Angelis	High Point

Most Valuable Player

Aaron Burke and Ryan Connolly were named co-Most Valuable Players. Burke and Connolly were both pitchers for Coastal Carolina.^[3]

References

1. "Baseball standings". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
2. "2012 Big South Baseball Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
3. "Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 26, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2013.