The Southern Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the

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. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the

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. The event is scheduled for the Tuesday through Saturday before

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each year, five days prior to the NCAA Regionals.

Tournament

The Southern Conference Baseball Tournament is held annually. Beginning in 2009, the top eight teams (eleven teams sponsor baseball in the conference) participated in a two-bracketed

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. The previous format included ten teams participating in the tournament with the lowest four seeds (#7–#10) competing in a single elimination first round. The winner receives an automatic bid to the

while the other teams must rely on an at-large bid.

History

The Southern Conference first held a baseball tournament in 1950. Maryland and Virginia Tech from the North division, and Clemson and Wake Forest from the South played the inaugural year in

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, with Wake Forest defeating Maryland for the title. In 1951, Clemson, Duke, Maryland, and West Virginia met, with Duke defeating Clemson in the final. Duke repeated their title in 1952, over N.C. State, George Washington, and Richmond. Duke, George Washington, Maryland, and North Carolina participated in 1953, with Duke again the winner. The tournament was renewed in 1984 as a four-team tournament. The tournament was held at

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, from 1997 to 2008, and again in 2010 and 2011.

Champions

By year

By school

*''Italics indicate the school no longer sponsors baseball in the SoCon''

Composite Records

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References

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