1984 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

1984 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals Site
Champions Temple (2nd title)
Winning coach Skip Wilson (2nd title)
1984 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East
Temple  xy 920 .818  33140 .702
Rhode Island   650 .545  22180 .550
Saint Joseph's   650 .545  14190 .424
Rutgers   470 .364  13210 .382
UMass   390 .250  18260 .409
West
West Virginia  x 930 .750  22111 .662
Penn State  x 930 .750  24170 .585
George Washington   840 .667  14150 .483
Duquesne   370 .300  10100 .500
St. Bonaventure   0120 .000  6191 .250
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1984; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1984 Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 5 through 13, 1984[1] to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the sixth iteration of the event, and was held at Erny Field, home field of Temple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Defending champion Temple won their second championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

The top two teams in each division advanced to the tournament, with each division winner playing the second place team from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played a double-elimination tournament. West Virginia claimed the top seed over Penn State and Rhode Island claimed the second seed in the East over Saint Joseph's by tiebreaker.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
East Division
Temple92.8181E
Rhode Island65.54532E
Saint Joseph's65.5453
Rutgers47.3645
UMass39.2506.5
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
West Virginia93.7501W
Penn State93.7502W
George Washington84.6671
Duquesne37.3005
St. Bonaventure012.0009

Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E Temple 2  
2W Penn State 513  
  2W Penn State 6  
  2E Rhode Island 710  
1W West Virginia 3
2E Rhode Island 15  
  2E Rhode Island 3 4
  1E Temple 6 6
1E Temple 3  
1W West Virginia 2  
  2W Penn State 5
  1E Temple 13  

References

  1. 2014 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Temple Owls. p. 48. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  2. Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
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