2023 American Athletic Conference baseball season

The 2023 American Athletic Conference baseball season was the baseball season for the American Athletic Conference as part of the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The conference tournament took place May 23–28 at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida.[1]

2023 American Athletic Conference baseball season
LeagueAmerican Athletic Conference
SportBaseball
Number of teams8
Regular Season
Season championsEast Carolina
Season MVPBrock Rodden, Wichita State
Tournament
ChampionsTulane
  Runners-upEast Carolina

Regular season

The American Athletic Conference began their conference play on March 31. Each team played 24 conference games.[2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld CW CL CPCT GB W L PCT Qualification
1 East Carolina (C) 56 18 6 .750 — 41 15 .732 Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
2 Houston 54 17 6 .739 0.5 33 21 .611 Qualification for the first round
3 Wichita State 53 13 10 .565 4.5 30 23 .566
4 UCF 56 12 12 .500 6 32 24 .571
5 Cincinnati 55 10 14 .417[lower-alpha 1] 8 24 31 .436
6 Memphis 54 10 14 .417[lower-alpha 1] 8 28 26 .519
7 Tulane (T) 54 8 16 .333 10 15 39 .278 Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
8 South Florida 56 7 17 .292 11 19 37 .339 Qualification for the first round
Updated to match(es) played on May 20, 2022. Source: AAC[3]
(C) Champion; (T) Tournament champion
Notes:
  1. Cincinnati won the regular season series 2 games to 1.

Results
Home \ Away UCF CINN ECU HOU MEM USF TUL WSU
UCF 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1
Cincinnati 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2
East Carolina 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–1
Houston 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
Memphis 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1
South Florida 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1
Tulane 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2
Wichita State 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on May 20, 2023. Source: AAC[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Tournament
2023 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTulane (1st title)
Winning coachJay Uhlman (1st title)
MVPTeo Banks (Tulane)

The 2023 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place May 23 through May 28 at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida.[1] Tulane, the winner of the conference tournament, received the automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[4][5] Tulane won their first AAC tournament championship with a record of 19-40.[6]

The top eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two-bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.[7]

Bracket
First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 East Carolina 11
8 South Florida 1211
8 South Florida 158
4 UCF 4
4 UCF 4
5 Cincinnati 3
8 South Florida 1 7
1 East Carolina 3 14
1 East Carolina 9
5 Cincinnati 6
1 East Carolina 713
4 UCF 6
1 East Carolina 6
7 Tulane 8
2 Houston 8
7 Tulane 10
7 Tulane 128
6 Memphis 2
3 Wichita State 6
6 Memphis 10
7 Tulane 8 11
2 Houston 11 8
2 Houston 4
3 Wichita State 3
2 Houston 6
6 Memphis 5

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Tulane received the conference's automatic bid, and will play in the Baton Rouge Regional, opening up against host team No. 5 LSU.[8] East Carolina received an at-large bid to the Charlottesville Regional, where their first game will be against Oklahoma.[9]

Conference leaders

See also

References
  1. "2022–23 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  2. "Baseball - Composite Schedule". theamerican.org. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  3. "The Automated ScoreBook - Standings & Leaders". static.theamerican.org. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  4. "2022–23 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  5. "2023 American Athletic Season Preview". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  6. Mendoza, Jordan (May 28, 2023). "This college baseball team went 19-40. They will be playing in the NCAA tournament". USA Today. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  7. "AAC Baseball tournament starts on Tuesday in Florida". WITN-TV. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  8. Smuth, Guerry (May 29, 2023). "Tulane gets LSU in Baton Rouge regional opener, hopes to continue dream run". NOLA.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  9. Kennedy, Brett (May 29, 2023). "ECU baseball given 2 seed in Charlottesville Regional, will play Oklahoma Friday". WCTI. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  10. "The Automated ScoreBook - Individual Statistics". static.theamerican.org. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
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