2012 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–27. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Pringles Park. The Ohio Valley Conference has ten teams, but SIU Edwardsville was not eligible for postseason play. Austin Peay won their fifth Ohio Valley Championship by a score of 3-0 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAustin Peay (5th title)
Winning coachGary McClure (5th title)
MVPGreg Bachman, Austin Peay
2012 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Austin Peay  ‍†‍‡‍y 19–7 .731  40–24 .625
Eastern Kentucky  ‍†‍‍ 19–7 .731  31–23 .574
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 17–10 .630  28–30 .483
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15–11 .577  29–29 .500
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  28–27 .509
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  27–28 .491
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .444  23–26 .469
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 10–16 .385  21–32 .396
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .296  23–33 .411
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .259  13–41 .241
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 5, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six regular season finishers were seeded by conference winning percentage. Austin Peay claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. SIU Edwardsville was not eligible for postseason play, leaving the sixth seed to Southeast Missouri State.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Austin Peay197.731
–
1
Eastern Kentucky197.731
–
2
Jacksonville State1710.621
2.5
3
Eastern Illinois1511.577
4
4
Morehead State1314.481
6.5
5
SIU Edwardsville1314.481
6.5
–
Southeast Missouri State1215.444
7.5
6
Tennessee Tech1016.385
9
–
Murray State819.296
11.5
–
Tennessee–Martin720.259
12.5
–

Results
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Eastern Illinois 2     2 Eastern Kentucky 2  
  5 Morehead State 1     4 Eastern Illinois 11    
      4 Eastern Illinois 7              
      6 Southeast Missouri State 6              
  3 Jacksonville State 1     1 Austin Peay 3          
  6 Southeast Missouri State 4     6 Southeast Missouri State 4        
        4 Eastern Illinois 0 0
Loser's Bracket       1 Austin Peay 7 3
  3 Jacksonville State 12        
  5 Morehead State 4          
      2 Eastern Kentucky 4        
      3 Jacksonville State 9          
            1 Austin Peay 7*              
          3 Jacksonville State 6*              
      1 Austin Peay 10    
    6 Southeast Missouri State 6  

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament team

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

NameSchool
Sam EberleJacksonville State
Kenton ParmleySoutheast Missouri State
Ryan DineenEastern Illinois
Greg BachmanAustin Peay
Reed HarperAustin Peay
Jordan HankinsAustin Peay
Kyle BluesteinJacksonville State
Rolando GautierAustin Peay
Ben ThomaEastern Illinois
Daniel WattsJacksonville State
Mike HoekstraEastern Illinois
Kacy KemmerAustin Peay
Zach ToneyAustin Peay

Most Valuable Player

Greg Bachman of Austin Peay was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References
  1. "2012 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  3. "Austin Peay Wins 2012 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
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