The 2016 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his fourth season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU was picked to finish fifth in the WCC Pre-season rankings.[2] The Cougars would claim a co-regular season title before falling in the WCC Tournament.
2016 BYU Cougars baseball | |
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2016 WCC Regular Season Co-Champions | |
Conference | West Coast Conference |
Record | 37–17 (18–9 WCC) |
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Home stadium | Larry H. Miller Field |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU † | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | 37 | – | 17 | .685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gonzaga †y | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | 36 | – | 21 | .632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's †‡y | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | 33 | – | 25 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | 29 | – | 24 | .547 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | 22 | – | 34 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | 26 | – | 27 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | 27 | – | 29 | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | 22 | – | 30 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | 23 | – | 29 | .442 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 3 | – | 24 | .111 | 17 | – | 37 | .315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 11, 2016[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
2016 Roster
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Schedule
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Radio Information
editAll but one BYU Baseball series had a radio/internet broadcast available. 36 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 24th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts were used. 29 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 4 radio exclusives this season: Mar. 8 vs. Utah Valley, Mar. 10 & 11 early vs. Niagara, and May 3 vs. Utah Valley. Robbie Bullough provided play by play for BYU Radio's exclusive games outside of May 3, which was a BYUtv simulcast.
Samford and Kansas both provided an internet broadcast through their respective athletic websites.
TV Announcers
edit- March 3: Steven Davis & Kevin Wheeler
- March 4: Steven Davis & Kevin Wheeler
- March 5: Steven Davis & Kevin Wheeler
- March 8: Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
- March 10: Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
- March 11 (early): Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
- March 11 (late): Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
- March 12: Brent Norton & Cameron Coughlan
- March 15: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- March 17: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- March 19: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- March 24: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- March 25: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- March 31: No commentators
- April 1: Travis Demers & Keith Ramsey
- April 2: No commentators
- April 4: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- April 7: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- April 8: Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
- April 9: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- April 12: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- April 14: Daniel Conmy & Tyler Bendy
- April 15: George Devine & Keith Ramsey
- April 16: Tyler Bendy & Konrad Saint
- April 22: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- April 23 (early): Brent Norton & Alex Wolfe
- April 23 (late): Brent Norton & Cameron Coughlan
- April 28: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- April 29: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- April 30: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- May 3: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- May 5: Sam Ravech
- May 6: Steve Quis & Keith Ramsey
- May 7: Sam Ravech
- May 10: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
- May 12: Joe Castellano
- May 13: George Devine
- May 14: No commentators
- May 17: Roxy Bernstein & Andy Lopez
- May 19: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- May 20: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- May 21: Mike Couzens & Wes Clements
- May 26: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele
- May 27: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele
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