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2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament


Teams
Single-elimination
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South Alabama (12th title)
Mark Calvi (1st title)
Brendan Donovan (South Alabama)
ESPN3

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at J. I. Clements Stadium on the campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, from May 24 to May 28, 2017, using a double-elimination format. The winner of the tournament earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

In a change from previous years, the seeding for the tournament was modified with the re-introduction of division play. The #1 seed would be the division winner with the best record, and the other division winner would be the #2 seed. This would reward each division winner for winning their division. Once the #1 seed is determined, the other division winner is automatically granted the #2 seed, even if that team's overall conference record isn't the second best. Seeds 3–10 are then assigned regardless of division based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.

TeamW–LPctSeedTeamW–LPctSeed
East Division
Coastal Carolina22–7–1.7501
South Alabama22–8.7333
Georgia Southern18–12.6005
Troy16–14.5336
Georgia State10–20.33310
Appalachian State8–22.267
West Division
Texas-Arlington20–10.6672
Louisiana–Lafayette19–10–1.6504
Arkansas State13–16.4487
Texas State13–17.4338
Little Rock11–18.3799
Louisiana–Monroe6–24.200

Due to poor field conditions and the threat of further inclement weather the first round of the tournament was postponed. Alternative sites and make-up schedules are being examined. On May 24 the Sun Belt announced that the tournament would move to a single elimination format.

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
13:00pmNo. 10 Georgia State vs. No. 7 Arkansas StateESPN3
26:30pmNo. 9 Little Rock vs. No. 8 Texas State
39:00amNo. 6 Troy vs. No. 3 South AlabamaESPN3
412:30pmNo. 7 Arkansas State vs. No. 2 Texas-Arlington
54:00pmWinner Game 2 vs. No. 1 Coastal Carolina
67:30pmNo. 5 Georgia Southern vs. No. 4 Louisiana-Lafayette
73:00pmWinner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4ESPN3
86:30pmWinner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6
91:00pmWinner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8ESPN3
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

The first two matchups of the tournament were single-elimination and were held on Thursday May 25, 2017.

TeamR
(10) Georgia State4
(7) Arkansas State217
TeamR
(9) Little Rock2
(8) Texas State3

Coastal Carolina faced the team that won on the day before with the lowest seed with the other winner against Texas-Arlington. The tournament was originally scheduled to be a double elimination tournament. Due to weather and poor field conditions they had to make the tournament single elimination.

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