1984 Metro Conference Tournament

From BR Bullpen

The 1984 Metro Conference baseball tournament was held in Tallahassee, FL. #5 Florida State University defeated #4 University of South Carolina for the title. Jody Reed of Florida State was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Tulane University 7-3 Joe Brockhoff
2 University of Louisville 6-1 Derek Mann
3 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 4-4 Chuck Hartman
4 University of South Carolina 7-4 June Raines
5 Florida State University 15-3 Mike Martin
6 Memphis State University Bobby Kilpatrick
7 University of Cincinnati 0-10 Tom Higgins
8 University of Southern Mississippi 1-11 Hill Denson

* Seedings were based on records versus division-I opponents.

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round     Second round     Third round
                           
  1 Tulane 5  
  8 Southern Miss 7    
      8 Southern Miss 5  
      4 South Carolina 8    
  4 South Carolina 4          
  5 Florida State 3        
      4 South Carolina 4
      7 Cincinnati 3
  2 Louisville 4        
  7 Cincinnati 7          
      7 Cincinnati 3    
      6 Memphis State 2  
  3 Virginia Tech 6    
  6 Memphis State 12  
  Loser's bracket
  1 Tulane 2  
  5 Florida State 4     6 Memphis State 3
    5 Florida State 10
  2 Louisville 7  
  3 Virginia Tech 11     8 Southern Miss 5
    3 Virginia Tech 17
 


  Semifinals     Elimination     Final
                           
  4 South Carolina 3       4 South Carolina 10
  3 Virginia Tech 6           5 Florida State 11
      3 Virginia Tech 3    
      5 Florida State 17  
  7 Cincinnati 2    
  5 Florida State 11  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 10
Game 1 University of Cincinnati 7-4 University of Louisville
Game 2 Memphis State University 12-6 Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Game 3 University of Southern Mississippi 7-5 Tulane University
Game 4 University of South Carolina 4-3 Florida State University
May 11
Game 5 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 11-7 University of Louisville Louisville eliminated
Game 6 University of Cincinnati 3-2 Memphis State University
Game 7 Florida State University 4-2 Tulane University Tulane eliminated
Game 8 University of South Carolina 8-5 University of Southern Mississippi
Game 9 Florida State University 10-3 Memphis State University Memphis State eliminated
Game 10 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 17-5 University of Southern Mississippi Southern Miss eliminated
May 12
Game 11 University of South Carolina 4-3 University of Cincinnati
Game 12 Florida State University 11-2 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati eliminated
Game 13 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 6-3 University of South Carolina
May 13
Game 14 Florida State University 17-3 Virginia Polytechnic Institute Virginia Tech eliminated
Game 15 Florida State University 11-10 University of South Carolina Florida State advances to NCAA tournament