2004 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

The 2004 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2004 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Cougar Field in Houston, Texas from May 26 through May 30, 2004. The TCU Horned Frogs won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.[1]

2004 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatEight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTCU (1st title)
Winning coachJim Schlossnagle (1st title)
MVPAustin Adams, TCU

Regular season results

TeamWLTPctGBSeed
East Carolina2550.833--1
Tulane2190.70042
Southern Miss2190.70043
TCU19110.63364
Houston19110.63365
Memphis15140.5179.56
UAB13160.44811.57
Louisville13170.433128
South Florida12170.41412.5--
Charlotte9210.30016--
Cincinnati6240.20019--
Saint Louis5240.17219.5--

Bracket

  First Round
May 26–27
Second Round
May 27–28
Semi-Finals
May 28–29
Finals
May 30
                                       
6 Memphis 10  
3 Southern Miss 5  
  7 UAB 7  
  6 Memphis 6  
7 UAB 10
2 Tulane 4  
  7 UAB 10 7  
Bracket One
  3 Southern Miss 16 9  
3 Southern Miss 16  
2 Tulane 4  
  6 Memphis 0
  3 Southern Miss 13  
  4 TCU 3
  3 Southern Miss 1
1 East Carolina 13  
8 Louisville 2  
  5 Houston 6
  1 East Carolina 5  
5 Houston 9
4 TCU 5  
  5 Houston 3 4
Bracket Two
  4 TCU 8 5  
8 Louisville 3  
4 TCU 4  
  4 TCU 5
  1 East Carolina 4  
  • Bold indicates the winner of the game.
  • Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

Finish order

FinishTeamWLTPctSeedEliminated By
1TCU510.8334
2Southern Miss#420.6673TCU
3Houston220.5005TCU
4UAB220.5007Southern Miss
5East Carolina#120.3331TCU
6Memphis120.3336Southern Miss
7Louisville020.0008TCU
8Tulane#020.0002Southern Miss

- Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
# - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

All-tournament team

Position Player School
C Brad Willcutt Southern Mississippi
IF Matt Shepherd Southern Mississippi
IF Jarrett Hoffpauir Southern Mississippi
IF Chris Neuman TCU
IF Bo Cogbill TCU
OF Ryan Frith Southern Mississippi
OF Chad Huffman TCU
OF Austin Adams TCU
DH Kevin Roberts Houston
P Mike Cashion Southern Mississippi
P Eugene Espinelli TCU
P Clayton Jerome TCU
P Ryan Weems TCU
MVP Austin Adams TCU

References

  1. "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
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