# 2011 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 2011 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 24 through 28, 2011, at Gray–Minor Stadium on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their twelfth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
| Coastal Carolina | 20 | 7 | .741 | – | 1 |
| Liberty | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2 | 2 |
| Charleston Southern | 15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 3 |
| Winthrop | 15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 4 |
| Gardner–Webb | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 5 |
| Radford | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 6 |
| VMI | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 7 |
| Presbyterian | 9 | 18 | .333 | 11 | – |
| High Point | 9 | 18 | .333 | 11 | 8 |
| UNC Asheville | 7 | 20 | .259 | 13 | – |

## Bracket
### Play-in Round

May 24, 2011 7:15 PM (EST) at Gray–Minor Stadium in Lexington, VA :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #8 High Point | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| #5 Gardner–Webb | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 14 | 16 | 1 |
| WP: E. Pagan (4–3) LP: M. Caldwell (5–3) Attendance: 499 Boxscore |||||||||||||
May 24 4:07 PM (EST) at Gray–Minor Stadium in Lexington, VA :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #7 VMI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| #6 Radford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| WP: E. Butler (9–2) LP: J. Farley (4–8) Sv: A. Williams (17) Attendance: 579 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Double-Elimination

| First round May 25 | First round May 25 | First round May 25 | Second round May 26 | Second round May 26 | Second round May 26 | Third round May 27 | Third round May 27 | Third round May 27 | Semifinals May 27 | Semifinals May 27 | Semifinals May 27 | Championship May 28 | Championship May 28 | Championship May 28 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Radford | 0 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Winthrop | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Liberty | 13 | | | | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Gardner–Webb | 5 | | | | 2 | Liberty | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Liberty | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 6 |
| | | | 3 | Charl. Southern | 1 | | | | | | | 5 | Gardner–Webb | 1 |
| 3 | Charl. Southern | 9 | | | | | | | 2 | Liberty | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Winthrop | 3 | | | | 3 | Charleston Southern | 0 | 5 | Gardner–Webb | 5 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Gardner–Webb | 11 | 5 | Gardner–Webb | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Radford | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:
| POS | Player | Team |
| P | Anthony Meo | Coastal Carolina |
| P | Brett Stackhouse | Gardner–Webb |
| P | Keegan Linza | Liberty |
| P | Stew Brase | Charleston Southern |
| P | Eddie Butler | Radford |
| DH | Keith Hardwick | Coastal Carolina |
| OF | Jake Watts | Gardner–Webb |
| OF | Adam McFarland | Gardner–Webb |
| OF | Daniel Bowman | Coastal Carolina |
| INF | Rich Witten | Coastal Carolina |
| INF | Taylor Motter | Coastal Carolina |
| INF | Aaron Miller | Gardner–Webb |
| INF | Walt Quattlebaum | Charleston Southern |
| C | Casey Rasmus | Liberty |
| UTL | Hayes Orton | Coastal Carolina |

### Most Valuable Player

Coastal Carolina designated hitter Keith Hardwick was awarded MVP honors with a .429 batting average and 4 RBI in the tournament.