How is seeding done at most conferences?
There are some conferences that play a round robin format during the regular season and some that do not. The ones that do not play a full round robin format usually seed the conference tournament based off the most recent ITA rankings. The next thing you’re probably wondering is what if there aren’t any teams ranked in the ITA top 50 – then what? The conferences and schools are able to see the unpublished rankings so that way they can seed accordingly.
M-Conference | Dates | Location | Host School | 2017 Champion |
AAC | 4/19 – 4/22 | Dallas | SMU | South Florida |
ACC | 4/25 – 4/29 | Cary, NC | – | Virginia |
Atlantic 10 | 4/26 – 4/29 | Lake Nona, FL | – | VCU |
Atlantic Sun | 4/20 – 4/22 | Jacksonville | North Florida | Florida Gulf Coast |
Big 12 | 4/27 – 4/29 | Austin, TX | Texas | TCU |
Big East | 4/26 – 4/29 | Cayce, SC | – | Butler |
Big Sky | 4/26 – 4/28 | Phoenix | – | Idaho |
Big South | 4/16 – 4/18 | Rock Hill, SC | Winthrop | Presbyterian |
Big Ten | 4/26 – 4/29 | Iowa City | Iowa | Ohio State |
Big West | 4/26 – 4/29 | Indian Wells | – | UC Santa Barbara |
Colonial | 4/20 – 4/22 | Elon, NC | Elon | UNC Wilmington |
Conference USA | 4/20 – 4/22 | Houston | Rice | Rice |
Horizon | 4/27 – 4/29 | West Lafayette, IN | Valparaiso | |
MAAC | 4/28 – 4/29 | West Windsor, NJ | – | Monmouth |
MEAC | 4/26 – 4/28 | Norfolk | Norfolk State | Florida A&M |
Mid-American | 4/27 – 4/28 | Buffalo | Buffalo | Buffalo |
Mountain West | 4/27 – 4/29 | San Diego | San Diego State | Utah State |
Northeast | 4/20 – 4/22 | West Windsor, NJ | – | Bryant |
Ohio Valley | 4/20 – 4/22 | Nashville, TN | Belmont/Tenn State | Tennessee Tech |
Pac-12 | 4/25 – 4/29 | Ojai, CA | – | USC |
Patriot | 4/26 – 4/29 | Hamilton, NY | Colgate | Army |
SEC | 4/26 – 4/29 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Georgia |
Southern | 4/20 – 4/22 | Chattanooga, TN | Chattanooga | East Tennessee State |
Southland | 4/27 – 4/29 | Beaumont, TX | Lamar | Lamar |
Summit | 4/27 – 4/28 | Denver | Denver | Denver |
Sun Belt | 4/19 – 4/22 | Peachtree City, GA | Georgia State | Georgia State |
SWAC | 4/13 – 4/15 | New Orleans | – | Alabama State |
WAC | 4/27 – 4/29 | Phoenix | Grand Canyon | UMKC |
WCC | 4/26 – 4/28 | Claremont, CA | – | San Diego |
2017 Conference Tournament Central
2016 Conference Tournament Central
Week of April 9th-15th
#4 Alcorn State def. #6 Alabama A&M 4-1
#1 Alabama State def. #4 Alcorn State 4-2
Week of April 16th-22nd
Big South – Rock Hill, SC (Winthrop) – April 16-18
#5 Longwood def. #4 Liberty 4-3
#2 Campbell def. #7 UNC Asheville 4-1
#6 Gardner-Webb def. #3 Presbyterian 4-3
#1 Winthrop def. #5 Longwood 4-3
Friday (Quarterfinals)
Atlantic Sun – Jacksonville, FL (UNF) – April 20 – 22
#5 Kennesaw State def. #4 Lipscomb 4-1
#1 North Florida def. #5 Kennesaw State 4-1
Conference USA – Houston, TX (Rice) – April 20 – 22
#3 Florida Atlantic def. #2 Middle Tennessee State 4-2
Colonial Athletic Association – Elon, NC – April 20 – 22
Friday (Quarterfinals)
Northeast Conference – West Windsor, NJ – April 20-22
#2 Wagner def. #7 St. Francis NY 4-2
Ohio Valley – Nashville, TN – April 20-22
#3 Jacksonville State def. #6 Eastern Illinois 4-0
#2 Tennessee Tech def. #3 Jacksonville State 4-3
Sun Belt – Peachtree City, GA – April 19-22
Pac-12 Conference – Ojai, Ca – April 25-28
#9 Arizona def. #8 Utah 4-2
Sunday (Finals)
#1 Ohio State def. #2 Illinois 4-0 – Live Scoring/B1G2GO
Sunday (Finals)
#2 St. John’s def. #7 Xavier 5-1
#3 Marquette def. #6 Creighton 4-1
#5 Georgetown def. #4 Butler 4-3
#3 Marquette def. #2 St. John’s 4-2
Thursday (Quarterfinals)
#3 UC Davis def. #6 UC Riverside 4-0 – Live Scoring
#4 UC Irvine def. #5 Hawai’i 4-0 – Live Scoring
Sunday (Finals)
#1 UCSB def. #2 Cal Poly 4-0 – Live Scoring
Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) – Norfolk, VA – April 26-28
S1 South Carolina State def. N4 Howard 4-0
N3 Hampton def. S2 Florida A&M 4-3
N2 Norfolk State def. S3 Bethune-Cookman 4-1
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) – West Windsor, NJ – April 28-29
#1 Monmouth def. #4 Fairfield 4-0
Sunday (Finals)
#1 Monmouth def. #3 Marist 4-0 – Marist Twitter/Monmouth Twitter
Mid-American Conference (MAC) – Buffalo, NY – April 27-28
#1 Western Michigan def. #4 Ball State 4-0
#1 Western Michigan def. #2 Buffalo 4-2 – WMU Twitter/Buffalo Twitter
Mountain West Conference – San Diego, CA – April 26-28
Thursday (Quarterfinals)
#1 Utah State def. #8 Boise State 4-2 – Live Scoring/Video
#4 UNLV def. #5 Nevada 4-2 – Live Scoring/Video
#2 Fresno State def. #7 Air Force 4-0 – Live Scoring/Video
#6 San Diego State def. #3 New Mexico 4-3 – Live Scoring/Video
#1 Utah State def. #4 UNLV 4-0
Saturday (Finals)
#1 Utah State def. #2 Fresno State 4-1 – Live Scoring/Video
Southland Conference – Beaumont, TX – April 27-29
#4 Lamar def. #1 Incarnate Word 4-2
West Coast Conference – Claremont, CA – April 26-28
Saturday (Finals)
#1 San Diego def. #3 Loyola Marymount 4-0 – Live Scoring/Video
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