1984 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1984 Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 5 through 13, 1984[1] to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the sixth iteration of the event, and was held at Erny Field, home field of Temple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Defending champion Temple won their second championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1984 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTemple (2nd title)
Winning coachSkip Wilson (2nd title)
MVP,
1984 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East
Temple  x‍‍‡‍y 9–2–0 .818  33–14–0 .702
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 6–5–0 .545  22–18–0 .550
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 6–5–0 .545  14–19–0 .424
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 4–7–0 .364  13–21–0 .382
UMass  ‍‍‍ 3–9–0 .250  18–26–0 .409
West
West Virginia  x‍‍‍ 9–3–0 .750  22–11–1 .662
Penn State  x‍‍‍ 9–3–0 .750  24–17–0 .585
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 8–4–0 .667  14–15–0 .483
Duquesne  ‍‍‍ 3–7–0 .300  10–10–0 .500
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 0–12–0 .000  6–19–1 .250
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1984; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top two teams in each division advanced to the tournament, with each division winner playing the second place team from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played a double-elimination tournament. West Virginia claimed the top seed over Penn State and Rhode Island claimed the second seed in the East over Saint Joseph's by tiebreaker.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
East Division
Temple92.818—1E
Rhode Island65.54532E
Saint Joseph's65.5453—
Rutgers47.3645—
UMass39.2506.5—
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
West Virginia93.750—1W
Penn State93.750—2W
George Washington84.6671—
Duquesne37.3005—
St. Bonaventure012.0009—

Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E Temple 2  
2W Penn State 513  
  2W Penn State 6  
  2E Rhode Island 710  
1W West Virginia 3
2E Rhode Island 15  
  2E Rhode Island 3 4
  1E Temple 6 6
1E Temple 3  
1W West Virginia 2  
  2W Penn State 5
  1E Temple 13  

References

  1. 2014 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Temple Owls. p. 48. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  2. Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
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