2014 Conference USA baseball tournament

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]

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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 17 Rice ‍†‍‡‍y 23–7–0 .76741–18–0 .695
UAB  ‍‍‍ 20–10–0 .66735–21–0 .625
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 19–11–0 .63335–25–0 .583
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .56731–27–0 .534
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .56736–24–0 .600
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .53333–26–0 .559
UTSA  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .53335–26–0 .574
FIU  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .53336–20–0 .643
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .46728–25–0 .528
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 10–18–0 .35723–29–0 .442
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10–19–0 .34520–31–0 .392
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 10–19–0 .34519–31–1 .382
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 5–25–0 .16715–35–0 .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
UAB2010.66732
Southern Miss1911.63343
Middle Tennessee1713.56764
Old Dominion1713.56765
East Carolina1614.53376
UTSA1614.53377
FIU1614.53378
Florida Atlantic1416.4679–
Tulane1018.35712–
Marshall1019.34512.5–
Charlotte1019.34512.5–
Louisiana Tech525.16718–

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]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.

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
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(1) Rice10003002511160
(7) UTSA000203000582
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.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. 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.
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