1992 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

1992 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1992
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site College Park (Charleston)
Charleston, South Carolina
Champions Western Carolina (6th title)
MVP Joey Cox (Western Carolina)
Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1991  1993»
1992 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#17 Western Carolina †‡y 17 – 4   .810     44 – 21   .677
Georgia Southern 15 – 6   .714     31 – 27   .534
East Tennessee State 11 – 8   .579     31 – 20   .608
The Citadel 10 – 9   .526     35 – 20   .636
Furman 11 – 10   .524     21 – 31   .404
Appalachian State 6 – 14   .300     17 – 34   .333
Marshall 5 – 13   .278     15 – 26   .366
VMI 4 – 15   .211     11 – 39   .220
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1992[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, SC from April 23 through April 27. Top seeded Western Carolina won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Catamounts sixth tournament win.

The tournament used a double-elimination format.

Seeding

The league's teams were seeded one through eight based on regular season conference winning percentage only. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary.[2]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Carolina 17 4 .810
–
1
Georgia Southern 15 6 .714
2
2
East Tennessee State 11 8 .579
5
3
The Citadel 10 9 .526
6
4
Furman 11 10 .524
6
5
Appalachian State 6 14 .300
10.5
6
Marshall 5 13 .278
10.5
7
VMI 4 15 .211
12
8

Bracket

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Final
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
  1  Western Carolina 3  
  8  VMI 2    
      1  Western Carolina 2  
      4  The Citadel 1    
  4  The Citadel 6*          
  5  Furman 4*        
      1  Western Carolina 17            
      2  Georgia Southern 10              
  2  Georgia Southern 4              
  7  Marshall 3                
      2  Georgia Southern 7          
      3  East Tennessee State 4        
  3  East Tennessee State 1          
  6  Appalachian State 0         1  Western Carolina 12 4
      2  Georgia Southern 14 3
  Loser's Bracket      
  8  VMI 5        
  5  Furman 3     3  East Tennessee State 20        
    8  VMI 3          
      3  East Tennessee State 4        
  7  Marshall 7         4  The Citadel 9     2  Georgia Southern 9    
  6  Appalachian State 8     4  The Citadel 12         4  The Citadel 0  
    6  Appalachian State 3  

* - Indicates game required extra innings[3]

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
P Jim Carragher Georgia Southern
C Mike Darnell Georgia Southern
1B Bryan Wiggins Georgia Southern
2B Doug Eder Georgia Southern
3B Eric Whitson Western Carolina
SS Chris Petersen Georgia Southern
OF Joey Cox Western Carolina
OF Scott Lyman Western Carolina
OF Mike Miller Georgia Southern
DH Gettys Glaze The Citadel
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Joey Cox
Western Carolina

[4]

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1992". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 47. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  3. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  4. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 62. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
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