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2017 Horizon League baseball tournament

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2017 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUIC (5th title)
Winning coachMike Dee (5th title)
MVPDavid Cronin (UIC)
2017 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UIC  ‍y 22 8   .733 39 17   .696
Wright State  ‍‍‍ 21 9   .700 38 21   .644
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 17 13   .567 25 33   .431
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 24 29   .453
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 17 40   .298
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 22 32   .407
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 15 40   .273
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27 at Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium in Chicago, home to conference regular-season champion UIC. The top six finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament. UIC won the tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2]

Seeding and format

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The league's teams were seeded 1 through 7 based on winning percentage in conference play. The last-place team did not qualify for the tournament, and the remaining six teams played a double-elimination tournament.

Bracket

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Play-in games

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Team R
#6 Milwaukee 5
#3 Northern Kentucky 11
Team R
#5 Oakland 6
#4 Valparaiso 4

Remaining Bracket

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First roundSemifinalsFinals
5Oakland0
1UIC8
2Wright State1
1UIC4
3Northern Kentucky2
2Wright State12
1UIC
2Wright State
Lower round 1Lower final
5Oakland4
5Oakland122Wright State12
3Northern Kentucky5

References

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  1. ^ "UIC Crowned #HLBase Champions" (Press release). Horizon League. May 24, 2017. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.