The 1986 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 13 through 15, 1986, on the campus of Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia. Four teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The Big South played the season at the NCAA Division I level, but did not receive an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. won the championship.
Format The top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 14 3 .824 — 1E 11 4 .733 2 2E 6 11 .353 8 — 1 14 .067 12 — Team W L Pct. GB Seed 12 6 .667 — 1W 9 9 .500 3 2W 8 10 .444 4 — 7 11 .389 5 —
Bracket and results
All-Tournament Team Name School Neal Clatterbuck Winthrop Glenn Fortner Coastal Carolina Scott Goins Winthrop Trent Mercer Augusta State John Pilatich Coastal Carolina Donnie Poteet Augusta State Mike Prochaska Coastal Carolina Art Smith Coastal Carolina Terry Spires Coastal Carolina Tom Sutryk Coastal Carolina Kevin Thomas Coastal Carolina James White Campbell
Most Valuable Player Terry Spires was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Spires was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina.
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