1987 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 1987 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 14 through 16 at Taylor Field on the campus of Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Four teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The Big South played the season at the NCAA Division I level, but did not receive an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Winthrop won the championship for the second time out of three years of the Tournament's existence.

1987 Big South Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Taylor Field Buies Creek, North Carolina
Champions	Winthrop (2nd title)
Winning coach	Horace Turbeville (1st title)
MVP	Mike Michener (Armstrong State)

1987 Big South Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Campbell  x‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	0		.800			25	–	20	–	0		.556
Winthrop  ‍‍‡‍	8	–	3	–	0		.727			38	–	8	–	0		.826
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0		.375			12	–	20	–	1		.379
Radford  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	0		.000			11	–	21	–	0		.344
West
Armstrong State  x‍‍‍	9	–	3	–	0		.750			47	–	15	–	0		.758
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	7	–	6	–	0		.538			27	–	23	–	0		.540
Augusta State  ‍‍‍	6	–	7	–	0		.462			20	–	23	–	0		.465
Baptist  ‍‍‍	3	–	9	–	0		.250			25	–	17	–	0		.595
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1987 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

The top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed East Campbell 8 2 .800 — 1E Winthrop 8 3 .727 .5 2E UNC Asheville 3 5 .375 4 — Radford 0 9 .000 7.5 —

Team W L Pct. GB Seed West Armstrong State 9 3 .750 — 1W Coastal Carolina 7 6 .538 2.5 2W Augusta State 6 7 .462 3.5 — Baptist 3 9 .250 6 —

Bracket and results

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1E

Campbell

8

2W

Coastal Carolina

19

2W

Coastal Carolina

6

1W

Armstrong State

10

1W

Armstrong State

14

2E

Winthrop

8

1W

Armstrong State

6

12

2E

Winthrop

12

13

Lower round 1

Lower final

2W

Coastal Carolina

7

1E

Campbell

1

2E

Winthrop

11

2E

Winthrop

8

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Charlie Broad	Armstrong State
Jeff Garbett	Winthrop
Scott Goins	Winthrop
Dana Harding	Armstrong State
Mark Hetrick	Winthrop
Jimmy Huestess	Winthrop
Art Inabinet	Winthrop
Jimmy Malseed	Winthrop
Mike Michener	Armstrong State
Dave Murray	Winthrop
Robert Tucker	Winthrop

Most Valuable Player

Mike Michener was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Michener was an outfielder for Armstrong State.