2011 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2011 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi, from May 25 through 29, 2011. The winner received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consists of eight teams split into two four-team pods, with the teams with the best record in each pod going on to a single-game final.[2]

2011 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format2 division round robin and
championship game
Finals site
ChampionsRice Owls (4th title)
Winning coachWayne Graham (4th title)
MVPTyler Duffey (Rice Owls)
2011 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 24 Rice   168 .6674221 .667
Southern Miss   168 .6673919 .672
East Carolina   1410 .5834121 .661
UCF   1212 .5003923 .629
Memphis   1212 .5003027 .526
Houston   1212 .5002732 .458
Tulane   1014 .4173126 .544
UAB   915 .3752928 .509
Marshall   717 .2922031 .392
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 2011[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Rice168.667--1
Southern Miss168.66702
East Carolina1410.58323
UCF1212.50044
Memphis1212.50045
Houston1212.50046
Tulane1014.41767
UAB915.3757.58
Marshall717.2029--
  • SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP do not field baseball teams. Marshall did not make the tournament.
  • In the event of a tie, the team that won the series is designated the higher seed.

Bracket

Pod 1 Rice UCF MEM UABOverall
1 Rice W 4-2 W 8-5 L 8-92-1
4 UCF L 2-4 W 16-9 W 6-42-1
5 Memphis L 5-8 L 9-16 W 5-41-2
8 UAB W 9-8 L 4-6 L 4-5 1-2
Pod 2 USM ECU HOU TULOverall
2 Southern Miss L 0-4 L 6-714 W 6-11-2
3 East Carolina W 4-0 L 5-8 W 4-2112-1
6 Houston W 7-614 W 8-5 L 1-72-1
7 Tulane L 1-6 L 2-411 W 7-1 1-2
Finals
   
A Rice 410
B Houston 3

# indicates the number of innings if not 9.

Finish order

FinishTeamWLPctSeedRSRADiff
1Rice310.750120164
2Houston220.50061618-2
3East Carolina210.667313103
4UCF210.667424177
5Southern Miss120.333212120
6Memphis120.33351928-9
7Tulane120.33371011-1
8UAB120.33381719-2

- 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

PositionPlayerSchool
CCraig ManuelRice
INFJoseph FrostUAB
INFJonathan GriffinUCF
INFRyan StillHouston
INFCorey ThompsonEast Carolina
OFLandon ApplingHouston
OFRyan LewisRice
OFCaleb RamseyHouston
DHD.J. HicksUCF
PTyler DuffeyRice
PSeth ManessEast Carolina
PTodd McInnisSouthern Miss
PJared RayHouston
MVPTyler DuffeyRice

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

References

  1. Conference USA Baseball Record Book (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  2. "2011 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
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