2006 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament
Teams | 6 |
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Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
Finals site | |
Champions | Saint Louis (1st title) |
Winning coach | Bob Hughes (1st title) |
MVP | Ryan Bird (Saint Louis) |
The 2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 24–28 at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field in The Bronx, NY. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated St. Bonaventure in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.[1]
Seeding and format
The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 27-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rhode Island | 19 | 6 | .760 | ||
St. Bonaventure | 18 | 8 | .692 | ||
Dayton[a] | 18 | 9 | .667 | ||
Charlotte | 18 | 9 | .667 | ||
Saint Louis | 15 | 12 | .556 | ||
George Washington | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||
Fordham | 13 | 14 | .481 | ||
La Salle | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||
Duquesne | 12 | 15 | .444 | ||
Richmond | 12 | 15 | .444 | ||
Massachusetts | 11 | 16 | .407 | ||
Saint Joseph's | 9 | 18 | .333 | ||
Xavier | 9 | 18 | .333 | ||
Temple | 6 | 19 | .240 |
Bracket
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Rhode Island | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Saint Louis | 3 | 5 | Saint Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | Charlotte | 1 | 5 | Saint Louis | 10 | |||||||||||||
2 | St. Bonaventure | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | St. Bonaventure | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | George Washington | 0 | 3 | Dayton | 3 | |||||||||||||
3 | Dayton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Saint Louis | |||||||||||||||||
2 | St. Bonaventure | |||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Charlotte | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | St. Bonaventure | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | George Washington | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Rhode Island | 5 | 6 | George Washington | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 | George Washington | 6[a] | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Dayton | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | George Washington | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
- ^ 17 innings.
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Saint Louis pitcher Ryan Bird, one of two Billikens selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][3]
George Washington's Josh Wilkie (2005) and St. Bonaventure's Joe Rizzo (2004) were second-time selections.
Pos. | Name | Team |
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C | Andrew Abokhair | George Washington |
RP | Matt Agostinelli | St. Bonaventure |
P | Ryan Bird | Saint Louis |
P | Derek Haese | George Washington |
OF | Charlie Kruer | George Washington |
OF | Randy Moley | St. Bonaventure |
C | Bill Musselman | Saint Louis |
P | Dan Pfau | George Washington |
OF | Joe Rizzo | St. Bonaventure |
P | Luke Trubee | Dayton |
P | Josh Wilkie | George Washington |
P | John Zinnicker | St. Bonaventure |
Notes
- The George Washington-Rhode Island 17 inning game was the longest in tournament history
References
- ^ a b c "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "2006 Baseball Schedule". DaytonFlyers.com. Dayton Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ "Former SLU Pitcher Joins Miners". OurSportsCentral.com. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.