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 won their first tournament championship and earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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 19 8 .704 – 1 19 9 .679 .5 2 15 14 .517 5 3 15 15 .500 5.5 4 15 15 .500 5.5 5 14 16 .467 6.5 6 14 16 .467 6.5 7 13 17 .433 7.5 8 12 18 .400 8.5 – Louisiana–Lafayette 11 19 .367 9.5 –
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. 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.
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