2012 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, KY from May 23 to May 27, 2012. The tournament continued the round robin format from the previous season. Fifth seeded Louisiana–Monroe won their first tournament championship and earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2012 Sun Belt Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	2 division round robin and championship game
Finals site	Bowling Green Ballpark Bowling Green, KY
Champions	Louisiana–Monroe (1st title)
Winning coach	Jeff Schexnaider (1st title)
MVP	Wil Browning (Louisiana–Monroe)
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2012 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Florida Atlantic  ‍†‍‍y	19	–	8		.704			32	–	22		.593
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	19	–	9		.679			34	–	23		.596
FIU  ‍‍‍	15	–	14		.517			31	–	26		.544
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			23	–	34		.404
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	15		.500			32	–	30		.516
Troy  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			28	–	30		.483
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			31	–	28		.525
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			25	–	33		.431
Arkansas–Little Rock  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			26	–	28		.481
Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			23	–	30		.434
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2012[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament. Teams were divided into two four-team pods for round-robin play. The teams with the best record in each pod then met in a championship game. If multiple teams shared the best record, head-to-head matchups were used as the first tiebreaker.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Florida Atlantic	19	8	.704	–	1
Arkansas State	19	9	.679	.5	2
FIU	15	14	.517	5	3
South Alabama	15	15	.500	5.5	4
Louisiana–Monroe	15	15	.500	5.5	5
Troy	14	16	.467	6.5	6
Middle Tennessee	14	16	.467	6.5	7
Western Kentucky	13	17	.433	7.5	8
Arkansas–Little Rock	12	18	.400	8.5	–
Louisiana–Lafayette	11	19	.367	9.5	–

Results

	Division A	FAU	So Ala	ULM	WKU	Overall
1	Florida Atlantic		L 4–5	L 7–9	W 4–3	1–2
4	South Alabama	W 5–4		L 4–7	W 5–3	2–1
5	Louisiana–Monroe	W 9–7	W 7–4		L 4–7	2–1
8	Western Kentucky	L 3–4	L 3–5	W 7–4		1–2

	Division B	Ark St	FIU	Troy	MTSU	Overall
2	Arkansas State		W 12–4	L 3–8	W 12–1	2–1
3	FIU	L 4–12		L 3–8	L 6–12	0–3
6	Troy	W 8–3	W 8–3		L 5–8	2–1
7	Middle Tennessee	L 1–12	W 12–6	W 8–5		2–1

	Finals
	A	Louisiana–Monroe	4
	B	Arkansas State	2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

Pos.	Name	School
P	Nate Hill	Troy
INF	Mike Albaladejo	Florid Atlantic
1B	Justin Guidry	Middle Tennessee
3B	Danny Collins	Troy
P	Andrew Fonzi	South Alabama
OF	Jared Andreoli	Western Kentucky
OF	Nathan Burns	FIU
P	Tyler Ray	Troy
OF	Michael Faulkner	Arkansas State
3B	Claude Johnson	Arkansas State
P	Jacob Lee	Arkansas State
2B	Caleb Clowers	Louisiana–Monroe
3B	Judd Edwards	Louisiana–Monroe

Most Outstanding Player

Wil Browning was named Most Outstanding Player. Browning was a pitcher for Louisiana–Monroe.^[3]