1984 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1984 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hennon Stadium on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina from April 27 through April 29. This was the league's first championship tournament to be held since 1953, when seven schools departed the conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. Modern conference baseball records begin with the 1954 baseball season. The North Division's top seed Appalachian State won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

1984 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsAppalachian State (1st title)
MVPRusty Weaver (Appalachian State)
1984 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
Appalachian State  x‍‍‡‍y 12–2 .85735–7 .833
VMI  ‍‍‍ 6–7 .46216–18 .471
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 5–8 .38511–16 .407
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 3–9 .2509–19 .321
Southern
Western Carolina  x‍‍‍ 13–3 .81337–20 .649
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 12–5 .70626–21 .553
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 5–12 .29412–16 .429
Furman  ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22216–19 .457
x – Division champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1984[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament used a double-elimination format.

Seeding

The top two teams from each division based on regular season conference winning percentage participated in the tournament. The top seed from the North Division played the second seed from the South in the first round, and vice versa. The winners of the first round then played, while the losers played an elimination game. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary.[2]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
North Division
Appalachian State 12 2 .857
–
1N
VMI 6 7 .462
5.5
2N
Marshall 5 8 .385
6.5
–
East Tennessee State 3 9 .250
8
–
South Division
Western Carolina 13 3 .813
–
1S
The Citadel 12 5 .706
1.5
2S
Davidson 5 12 .294
8.5
–
Furman 4 14 .222
10
–

Bracket
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1N Appalachian State 4  
2S The Citadel 1  
  1N Appalachian State 9  
  1S Western Carolina 5  
1S Western Carolina 10
2N VMI 7  
  1N Appalachian State 6 —
  2S The Citadel 1 —
2S The Citadel 12  
2N VMI 7  
  1S Western Carolina 0
  2S The Citadel 8  

[3]

Most Outstanding Player
Tournament Most Outstanding Player[4]
Rusty Weaver
Appalachian State


References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1984". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 47. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  3. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  4. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 63. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
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