1993 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1993 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 13–16, 1993 at Charles Watson Stadium home field of Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. The top six finishers from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Liberty, won the title for the first time and earned an invitation to the 1993 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1993 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLiberty (1st title)
Winning coachJohnny Hunton (1st title)
MVPRich Humphrey, Liberty
1993 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 15–8 .652  28–28 .500
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 14–8 .636  26–17 .605
Towson State  ‍‍‍ 14–9 .609  20–25 .444
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 12–10 .545  27–31 .466
Radford  ‍‍‍ 10–10 .500  29–19 .604
Liberty  ‍‍‡‍y 10–11 .476  23–25 .479
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 8–11 .421  17–33 .340
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 7–15 .318  19–22 .463
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 6–14 .300  19–27 .413
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  23–22 .511
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1993[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

The top six finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through six and played a double-elimination tournament. UNC Greensboro was ineligible for conference competition.[2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Coastal Carolina158.652—1
UMBC148.636.52
Towson State149.60913
Winthrop1210.5452.54
Radford1010.5003.55
Liberty1011.47646
Campbell811.4215—
Charleston Southern715.3187.5—
UNC Asheville614.3008.5—
UNC Greensboro—————

Bracket and results

 
                                                 
  1 Coastal Carolina 7  
  6 Liberty 12     6 Liberty 4  
    3 Towson State 2    
  3 Towson State 1         6 Liberty 3            
  4 Winthrop 7           5 Radford 11              
      4 Winthrop 3           5 Radford 5 1
      5 Radford 10         6 Liberty 13 6
  2 UMBC 3         6 Liberty 13    
  5 Radford 9       4 Winthrop 2     2 UMBC 12  
  1 Coastal Carolina 2     2 UMBC 13  
  2 UMBC 8  

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Sheldon BreamLiberty
John BurnsUMBC
Greg ElliottUMBC
John GeggRadford
Scott HarmsenLiberty
Rich HumphreyLiberty
Charlie KimLiberty
Beau MartinLiberty
Rob McCandlessRadford
Denny Van PeltRadford
Mike VotaTowson State

Most Valuable Player

Rich Humphrey was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Humphrey was a pitcher for Liberty.[2]

References

  1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 4. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
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