2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament


The 2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 25 and ended on May 28, 2017 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. won their fifth championship and claimed the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
Entering the event, Central Connecticut and Sacred Heart had won the most tournament championships among current members, while Fairleigh Dickinson and LIU Brooklyn had never won a championship.

Seeding and format

The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular season winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.
TeamWLPctGBSeed
206.769—1
217.750—2
1312.5206.53
1413.5196.54
1214.4628—
818.30812—
523.17916—

Bracket

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
NameSchool
TT BowensCentral Connecticut
Tyler ColemanCentral Connecticut
Tom CurtisCentral Connecticut
Franklin JenningsCentral Connecticut
Keith KlebartSacred Heart
Ted ShawSacred Heart
James TaublSacred Heart

Most Valuable Player

TT Bowens was named Tournament Most Valuable Players. Bowens was a freshman first baseman for Central Connecticut who batted.636 and slugged 1.363 for the Tournament.