2014 Conference USA baseball tournament

2014 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsRice (6th title)
Winning coachWayne Graham (6th title)
MVPMichael Aquino (Rice)
TelevisionCUSADN (first round–semifinals)
CBSSN (championship game)
2014 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 2014 Conference USA baseball tournament will be held from May 21 through 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]

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]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Rice 23 7 .767 – 1
UAB 20 10 .667 3 2
Southern Miss 19 11 .633 4 3
Middle Tennessee 17 13 .567 6 4
Old Dominion 17 13 .567 6 5
East Carolina 16 14 .533 7 6
UTSA 16 14 .533 7 7
FIU 16 14 .533 7 8
Florida Atlantic 14 16 .467 9 –
Tulane 10 18 .357 12 –
Marshall 10 19 .345 12.5 –
Charlotte 10 19 .345 12.5 –
Louisiana Tech 5 25 .167 18 –

Bracket and results

First round
May 21–22		Second round
May 22–24		Semifinals
May 24		Finals
May 25
5Old Dominion2
4Middle Tennessee3
4Middle Tennessee2
1Rice8
8FIU2
1Rice9
1Rice27
5Old Dominion35
5Old Dominion3
8FIU24Middle Tennessee1
5Old Dominion2
1Rice11
7UTSA4
7UTSA5
2UAB2
7UTSA8
6East Carolina3
6East Carolina9
3Southern Miss8
7UTSA77
3Southern Miss80
3Southern Miss4
2UAB33Southern Miss3
6East Carolina1

Schedule

G# Game[7] Date Kickoff (CT) TV
First round
1 Old Dominion vs Middle Tennessee May 21, 2014 9:00 am CUSADN
2 FIU vs Rice May 21, 2014 12:30 pm CUSADN
3 UTSA vs UAB May 21, 2014 4:00 pm CUSADN
4 East Carolina vs Southern Miss May 21, 2014 7:30 pm CUSADN
5 Old Dominion vs FIU May 22, 2014 9:00 am CUSADN
6 Southern Miss vs UAB May 22, 2014 12:30 pm CUSADN
Second round
7 Middle Tennessee vs Rice May 22, 2014 4:00 pm CUSADN
8 UTSA vs East Carolina May 22, 2014 7:30 pm CUSADN
9 Middle Tennessee vs Old Dominion May 23, 2014 3:00 pm CUSADN
10 Southern Miss vs East Carolina May 23, 2014 6:30 pm CUSADN
Semifinals
11 Rice vs Old Dominion1 May 24, 2014 9:00 am CUSADN
12 UTSA vs Southern Miss2 May 24, 2014 12:30 pm CUSADN
Finals
13 Rice vs UTSA May 25, 2014 1:00 pm CBSSN

^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.

Conference championship

Conference USA Championship
(1) Rice Owls vs. (7) UTSA Roadrunners
May 25, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (CDT) at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(1) Rice 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 11 16 0
(7) UTSA 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 8 2
WP: Kevin McCanna (8–3)   LP: Matt Sims (2–4)
Home runs:
Rice: Michael Aquino (1)
UTSA: None
Attendance: 1,633

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. Name Team
C John Bormann UTSA
IF Nick Dawson Southern Miss
IF Skyler Ewing Rice
IF Ford Stainback Rice
IF Tyler Urps Old Dominion
OF Michael Aquino Rice
OF Nick Walker Old Dominion
OF John Welborn UTSA
DH Chase McDowell Rice
P Justin Anderson UTSA
P Blake Fox Rice
P Cameron Giannini Southern Miss
P Brock Hartson UTSA

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. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. 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.