2015 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2015 Conference USA baseball tournament will be held from May 20 through 24 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 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]

2015 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFIU (1st title)
Winning coachTurtle Thomas (1st title)
MVPJosh Anderson (FIU)
TelevisionCUSADN (First round–semifinals)
CBSSN (Championship game)
2015 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 20 Rice ‍†‍‍y 22–8–0 .73335–18–0 .660
#24 Florida Atlantic y  ‍‍‍ 19–10–0 .65538–15–0 .717
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 19–10–0 .65535–16–1 .683
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 19–11–0 .63330–25–0 .545
UTSA  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .56732–23–0 .582
UAB  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .50030–24–0 .556
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .43327–27–0 .500
FIU  ‍‍‡‍y 13–17–0 .43325–29–0 .463
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .40020–32–0 .385
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .36719–29–0 .396
WKU  ‍‍‍ 10–19–0 .34524–28–0 .462
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 8–21–0 .27625–27–0 .481
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 5, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with six.

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.[3]

Bracket and results
First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Rice5
8FIU6
8FIU15
5UTSA5
4Middle Tennessee7
5UTSA9
8FIU15–
4Middle Tennessee3–
1Rice5
4Middle Tennessee64Middle Tennessee5
5UTSA4
8FIU8
3Southern Miss0
6UAB2
6UAB4
6UAB2
2Florida Atlantic1
2Florida Atlantic6
7Old Dominion4
6UAB10–
2Florida Atlantic0–
7Old Dominion0
3Southern Miss2*3Southern Miss4
2Florida Atlantic5

Conference championship
Conference USA Championship
(6) UAB Blazers vs. (8) FIU Panthers
May 24, 2015, 1:41 p.m. (CDT) at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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(6) UAB000001100281
(8) FIU40101200X882
WP: Christopher Mourelle (7–7)   LP: James Naile (10–4)
Home runs:
UAB: None
FIU: Julius Gaines (1); Josh Anderson (1); Austin Rodriguez (1)
Attendance: 1,703

References
  1. "2014-15 Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  2. "2014-15 Conference USA Championship Schedule". Conference USA. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  3. "Southern Miss to host 2015 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. December 17, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  4. "Southern Miss to host 2015 C-USA Baseball Tournament". Big Gold Nation. December 17, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
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