2015 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

2015 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
Teams 8
Format Double elimination
Finals Site
Champions FIU (1st title)
Television CBS SN (championship)
2015 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
#20 Rice ‍†‍‍y 22–8–0 .733  35–18–0 .660
#24 Florida Atlantic y  ‍‍‍ 19–10–0 .655  38–15–0 .717
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 19–10–0 .655  35–16–1 .683
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 19–11–0 .633  30–25–0 .545
UTSA  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .567  32–23–0 .582
UAB  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .500  30–24–0 .556
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .433  27–27–0 .500
FIU  ‍‍‡‍y 13–17–0 .433  25–29–0 .463
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .400  20–32–0 .385
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .367  19–29–0 .396
WKU  ‍‍‍ 10–19–0 .345  24–28–0 .462
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 8–21–0 .276  25–27–0 .481
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 5, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be held from May 20 through May 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]

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 round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Rice 5  
8 FIU 6  
  8 FIU 15  
  5 UTSA 5  
4 Middle Tennessee 7
5 UTSA 9  
  8 FIU 15 –  
  4 Middle Tennessee 3 –  
1 Rice 5  
4 Middle Tennessee 6  
  4 Middle Tennessee 5
  5 UTSA 4  
  8 FIU 8
  6 UAB 2
3 Southern Miss 0  
6 UAB 4  
  6 UAB 2
  2 Florida Atlantic 1  
2 Florida Atlantic 6
7 Old Dominion 4  
  6 UAB 10 –
  2 Florida Atlantic 0 –  
7 Old Dominion 0  
3 Southern Miss 2*  
  3 Southern Miss 4
  2 Florida Atlantic 5  

References

  1. ↑ "2014-15 Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2014-15 Conference USA Championship Schedule". Conference USA. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Southern Miss to host 2015 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. December 17, 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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