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 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.
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Appalachian State (1st title) |
MVP | Rusty Weaver (Appalachian State) |
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Appalachian State x‡y | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 35 | – | 7 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 6 | – | 7 | .462 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 5 | – | 8 | .385 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Western Carolina x | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 37 | – | 20 | .649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | 26 | – | 21 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 5 | – | 12 | .294 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 16 | – | 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
editThe 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 |
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North Division
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Appalachian State | 12 | 2 | .857 | –
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1N
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VMI | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.5
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2N
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Marshall | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.5
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East Tennessee State | 3 | 9 | .250 | 8
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South Division
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Western Carolina | 13 | 3 | .813 | –
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1S
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The Citadel | 12 | 5 | .706 | 1.5
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2S
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Davidson | 5 | 12 | .294 | 8.5
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Furman | 4 | 14 | .222 | 10
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Bracket
editFirst 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 | — | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
1S | Western Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||
2S | The Citadel | 12 | 2S | The Citadel | 8 | |||||||||
2N | VMI | 7 | ||||||||||||
Most Outstanding Player
editTournament Most Outstanding Player[4]
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Rusty Weaver
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Appalachian State
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References
edit- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1984". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
- ^ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 47. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 63. Retrieved September 15, 2012.