1984 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 1984 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Centenary Park on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana, from May 13 through 15. This was the sixth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its sixth year of existence. Nicholls State won their first tournament championship.

1984 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Centenary Park Shreveport, Louisiana
Champions	Nicholls State (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike Knight (1st title)

1984 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Georgia Southern x‍‍‍	13	–	4		.765			32	–	37		.464
Mercer ‍‍‍	10	–	6		.625			23	–	23		.500
Georgia State ‍‍‍	5	–	11		.313			22	–	31		.415
Samford ‍‍‍	5	–	12		.294			8	–	42		.160
West
Nicholls State x‍†‍‡‍	18	–	5		.783			38	–	21		.644
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍	17	–	6		.739			25	–	31		.446
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			20	–	30		.400
Centenary ‍‍‍	7	–	14		.333			28	–	25		.528
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			17	–	45		.274
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1984 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

At the end of the conference regular season, the top two finishers in each division advanced to the tournament with each division winner playing the runner up from the opposite division in the first round of the double-elimination tournament.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed East Georgia Southern 13 4 .765 — 1E Mercer 10 6 .625 2.5 2E Georgia State 5 11 .313 7.5 — Samford 5 12 .294 8 —

Team W L Pct. GB Seed West Nicholls State 18 5 .783 — 1W Hardin–Simmons 17 6 .739 1 2W Arkansas–Little Rock 10 14 .417 8.5 — Centenary 7 14 .333 10 — Northwestern State 7 17 .292 11.5 —

Bracket

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1E

Georgia Southern

410

2W

Hardin–Simmons

3

1E

Georgia Southern

3

1W

Nicholls State

6

1W

Nicholls State

18

2E

Mercer

1

1W

Nicholls State

16

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1E

Georgia Southern

4

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Lower round 1

Lower final

1E

Georgia Southern

14

2W

Hardin–Simmons

6

2E

Mercer

4

2E

Mercer

812

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.

POS	Player	School
P	Stan Fabre	Nicholls State
	John Faciane	Nicholls State
C	Greg McMullen	Georgia Southern
1B	Matt Bergeron	Nicholls State
2B	Jeff Petzoldt	Georgia Southern
SS	Bobby Dickerson	Nicholls State
3B	Tracy Thomas	Hardin–Simmons
OF	Darryl Hamilton	Nicholls State
	Ben Abner	Georgia Southern
	Mike Tullier	Nicholls State
DH	Pat Chasco	Nicholls State