2017 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 to 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams, regardless of division, meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Sprenger Stadium in Avon, Ohio. Ohio won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2]

2017 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Sprenger Stadium Avon, Ohio
Champions	Ohio (3rd title)
MVP	,

2017 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East Division
Kent State  ^x‍†‍‍	18	–	6		.750			37	–	18		.673
Ohio  ‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	11		.542			31	–	28		.525
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			15	–	34		.306
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			22	–	34		.393
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			17	–	34		.333
West Division
Central Michigan  ^x‍‍‍	16	–	8		.667			31	–	28		.525
Ball State  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			30	–	28		.517
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			27	–	35		.435
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			24	–	29		.453
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			17	–	38		.309
Toledo  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			17	–	41		.293
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winners of each division claimed the top two seeds, with the remaining six spots in the field determined by conference winning percentage, regardless of division. Teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a single elimination final.

Division	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
East	Kent State	18	6	.750	—	1
	Ohio	13	11	.542	5	5
	Bowling Green	9	15	.375	9	—
	Buffalo	8	16	.333	10	—
	Miami (OH)	8	16	.333	10	—
West	Central Michigan	16	8	.500	—	2
	Eastern Michigan	14	10	.583	2	3
	Ball State	14	10	.583	2	4
	Western Michigan	12	12	.458	4	6
	Northern Illinois	11	13	.583	5	7
	Toledo	9	15	.375	7	8

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Kent State	7
	8	Toledo	0
						1	Kent State	3
						5	Ohio	5
	4	Ball State	3
	5	Ohio	4
											5	Ohio	7	-
										1	Kent State	2	-
	4	Ball State	5
	8	Toledo	15
						8	Toledo	3
						1	Kent State	6
																5	Ohio	7
																3	Eastern Michigan	4
	2	Central Michigan	6
	7	Northern Illinois	2
						2	Central Michigan	16
						6	Western Michigan	5
	3	Eastern Michigan	5
	6	Western Michigan	6^10
											2	Central Michigan	1	2
										3	Eastern Michigan	9	4^10
	3	Eastern Michigan	8
	7	Northern Illinois	7
						3	Eastern Michigan	12
						6	Western Michigan	6

References

1. "2016–17 Championship Dates" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.