2006 Conference USA baseball tournament
The 2006 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2006 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas, from May 24–May 28, 2006. Rice won the tournament in its first year as a member of the conference, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.[1]
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Eight-team double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Rice (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Wayne Graham (1st title) |
| MVP | Joe Savery (Rice) |
Regular season results
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 22 | 2 | .917 | -- | 1 | |
| Houston | 18 | 6 | .750 | 4 | 2 | |
| Tulane | 15 | 9 | .625 | 7 | 3 | |
| Memphis | 13 | 11 | .542 | 9 | 4 | |
| Southern Miss | 13 | 11 | .542 | 9 | 5 | |
| East Carolina | 10 | 14 | .417 | 12 | 6 | |
| Marshall | 6 | 18 | .250 | 16 | 7 | |
| UAB | 6 | 18 | .250 | 16 | 8 | |
| UCF | 5 | 19 | .208 | 17 | -- |
Bracket
| First round May 24–25 | Second round May 25–26 | Semifinals May 28 | Championship Game May 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | East Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tulane | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | East Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Marshall | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tulane | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tulane | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Marshall | 1 | 3 | Tulane | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | East Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UAB | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UAB | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis | 2 | 4 | Memphis | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
- Bold indicates the winner of the game.
- Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.
Finish order
| Finish | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice† | 4 | 0 | 0 | .1000 | 1 | |
| 2 | Houston# | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2 | Rice |
| 3 | Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 4 | Rice |
| 4 | Tulane# | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3 | Houston |
| 5 | Southern Miss# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 5 | Memphis |
| 6 | East Carolina | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 6 | Tulane |
| 7 | UAB | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 8 | Rice |
| 8 | Marshall | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | Tulane |
|
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. | |||||||
All-tournament team
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| C | Ty Wallace | Tulane |
| IF | Greg Buchanan | Rice |
| IF | Isa Garcia | Houston |
| IF | Michael Murray | Memphis |
| IF | Joe Savery | Rice |
| OF | Jordan Dodson | Rice |
| OF | Will Petersen | Memphis |
| OF | Jake Stewart | Houston |
| DH/UT | Brad Lincoln | Houston |
| P | Bobby Bell | Rice |
| P | Bryce Cox | Rice |
| P | Luis Flores | Houston |
| P | Shane Mathews | East Carolina |
| MVP | Joe Savery | Rice |
References
- "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.