2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

The 2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be held from May 21 through May 25 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. The tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4] This is the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2013–14 academic year.[5]

2014 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsRice (6th title)
Winning coachWayne Graham (6th title)
MVPMichael Aquino, Rice
TelevisionCBS SN (championship)
2014 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 17 Rice ‍†‍‡‍y 23–7–0 .767  41–18–0 .695
UAB  ‍‍‍ 20–10–0 .667  35–21–0 .625
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 19–11–0 .633  35–25–0 .583
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .567  31–27–0 .534
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .567  36–24–0 .600
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .533  33–26–0 .559
UTSA  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .533  35–26–0 .574
FIU  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .533  36–20–0 .643
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .467  28–25–0 .528
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 10–18–0 .357  23–29–0 .442
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10–19–0 .345  20–31–0 .392
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 10–19–0 .345  19–31–1 .382
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 5–25–0 .167  15–35–0 .300
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 26, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Tulane and Rice have won the most championships, with five. Among current, returning teams, only Marshall has never won a title. The conference adds eight new teams for 2014.

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. The tournament returned to a double-elimination format, previously used from 1996 through 2010.[6]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Rice237.767
–
1
UAB2010.667
3
2
Southern Miss1911.633
4
3
Middle Tennessee1713.567
6
4
Old Dominion1713.567
6
5
East Carolina1614.533
7
6
UTSA1614.533
7
7
FIU1614.533
7
8
Florida Atlantic1416.467
9
–
Tulane1018.357
12
–
Marshall1019.345
12.5
–
Charlotte1019.345
12.5
–
Louisiana Tech525.167
18
–

Bracket and Results
  First round
May 21–22		 Second round
May 22–24		 Semifinals
May 24		 Finals
May 25
                                       
5 Old Dominion 2  
4 Middle Tennessee 3  
  4 Middle Tennessee 2  
  1 Rice 8  
8 FIU 2
1 Rice 9  
  1 Rice 2 7  
  5 Old Dominion 3 5  
5 Old Dominion 3  
8 FIU 2  
  4 Middle Tennessee 1
  5 Old Dominion 2  
  1 Rice 11
  7 UTSA 5
7 UTSA 4  
2 UAB 2  
  7 UTSA 8
  6 East Carolina 3  
6 East Carolina 9
3 Southern Miss 8  
  7 UTSA 7 7
  3 Southern Miss 8 0  
3 Southern Miss 4  
2 UAB 3  
  3 Southern Miss 3
  6 East Carolina 1  

Schedule
G#Game[7]DateKickoff (CT)TV
First round
1Old Dominion vs Middle TennesseeMay 21, 20149:00 amCUSADN
2FIU vs RiceMay 21, 201412:30 pmCUSADN
3UTSA vs UABMay 21, 20144:00 pmCUSADN
4East Carolina vs Southern MissMay 21, 20147:30 pmCUSADN
5Old Dominion vs FIUMay 22, 20149:00 amCUSADN
6Southern Miss vs UABMay 22, 201412:30 pmCUSADN
Second round
7Middle Tennessee vs RiceMay 22, 20144:00 pmCUSADN
8UTSA vs East CarolinaMay 22, 20147:30 pmCUSADN
9Middle Tennessee vs Old DominionMay 23, 20143:00 pmCUSADN
10Southern Miss vs East CarolinaMay 23, 20146:30 pmCUSADN
Semifinals
11Rice vs Old Dominion1May 24, 20149:00 amCUSADN
12UTSA vs Southern Miss2May 24, 201412:30 pmCUSADN
Finals
13Rice vs UTSAMay 25, 20141:00 pmCBSSN

^Note 1 Game 11 will have a necessary if winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11. If so the game will be played on May 24 at 4:00 pm.

^Note 2 Game 12 will have a necessary if winner of Game 10 also wins Game 11. If so the game will be played on May 24 at 7:30 pm.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Rice outfielder Michael Aquino, one of five Owls selected, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

Pos.NameTeam
CJohn BormannUTSA
IFNick DawsonSouthern Miss
IFSkyler EwingRice
IFFord StainbackRice
IFTyler UrpsOld Dominion
OFMichael AquinoRice
OFNick WalkerOld Dominion
OFJohn WelbornUTSA
DHChase McDowellRice
PJustin AndersonUTSA
PBlake FoxRice
PCameron GianniniSouthern Miss
PBrock HartsonUTSA

References
  1. "Standings & Leaders". Conference USA. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. "Conference USA Baseball Format for 2014". Conference USA. Archived from the original on September 7, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  3. Joseph Duarte (October 10, 2013). "C-USA announces site of 2014 baseball tournament". Chron. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  4. Creg Stephenson (October 10, 2013). "Baseball: Southern Miss to host 2014 Conference USA tournament in Hattiesburg". The Mississippi Press. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  5. "2013-14 Conference USA Championship Schedule". Conference USA. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  6. "Southern Miss to host 2014 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. October 10, 2014. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  7. "C-USA Baseball Championship Pairings Set". Archived from the original on May 20, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
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