2008 Conference USA baseball tournament
The 2008 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2008 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 21–May 25, 2008. Houston won their third C-USA tournament, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2008 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 | Houston (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Rayner Noble (3rd title) |
| MVP | Bryan Pounds (Houston) |
Regular season results
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 21 | 3 | .875 | -- | 1 | |
| Southern Miss | 15 | 9 | .625 | 6 | 2 | |
| Tulane | 13 | 9 | .591 | 7 | 3 | |
| Houston | 14 | 10 | .583 | 7 | 4 | |
| East Carolina | 13 | 11 | .542 | 8 | 5 | |
| Marshall | 10 | 13 | .435 | 10.5 | 6 | |
| UCF | 8 | 16 | .333 | 13 | 7 | |
| UAB | 7 | 17 | .292 | 14 | 8 | |
| Memphis | 5 | 18 | .217 | 15 | -- |
Bracket
| First round May 21–23 | Second round May 23–24 | Semi-finals May 24–25 | Finals May 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | East Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Houston | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Houston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UAB | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UAB | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UAB | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bracket One | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Houston | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | East Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 3 | 5 | East Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Houston | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Houston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | UCF | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Marshall | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southern Miss | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southern Miss | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Marshall | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Marshall | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tulane | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southern Miss | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bracket Two | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Marshall | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | UCF | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tulane | 5 | 6 | Marshall | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tulane | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
- 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 | Houston† | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 4 | |
| 2 | Marshall | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 6 | Houston |
| 3 | Southern Miss# | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2 | Marshall |
| 4 | UAB | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 8 | Houston |
| 5 | Tulane# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 3 | Marshall |
| 6 | East Carolina# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 5 | Houston |
| 7 | UCF | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | Tulane |
| 8 | Rice# | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 1 | East Carolina |
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† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. | |||||||
All-tournament team
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| C | Allen Aubin | Alabama–Birmingham |
| IF | Adam Amar | Memphis |
| IF | Ryan Keedy | Alabama–Birmingham |
| IF | Bryan Pounds | Houston |
| IF | Adam Yeager | Marshall |
| OF | Drew Carson | Southern Mississippi |
| OF | Nate Lape | Marshall |
| OF | Zak Presley | Houston |
| DH | Kyle Roller | East Carolina |
| P | Steve Blevins | Marshall |
| P | Jared Ray | Houston |
| P | Kyle Roberson | Alabama–Birmingham |
| P | Dan Straily | Marshall |
| MVP | Bryan Pounds | Houston |
References
- "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
External links
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