2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double elimination
Site
Champions Rice (6th title)
Winning coach Wayne Graham (6th title)
MVP Michael Aquino (Rice)
Television CBS SN (championship)
2014 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#17 Rice †‡y 23 – 7 – 0   .767     41 – 18 – 0   .695
UAB 20 – 10 – 0   .667     35 – 21 – 0   .625
Southern Miss 19 – 11 – 0   .633     35 – 25 – 0   .583
Middle Tennessee 17 – 13 – 0   .567     31 – 27 – 0   .534
Old Dominion y 17 – 13 – 0   .567     36 – 24 – 0   .600
FIU 16 – 14 – 0   .533     36 – 20 – 0   .643
East Carolina 16 – 14 – 0   .533     33 – 26 – 0   .559
UTSA 16 – 14 – 0   .533     35 – 26 – 0   .574
Florida Atlantic 14 – 16 – 0   .467     28 – 25 – 0   .528
Tulane 10 – 18 – 0   .357     23 – 29 – 0   .442
Marshall 10 – 19 – 0   .345     20 – 31 – 0   .392
Charlotte 10 – 19 – 0   .345     19 – 31 – 1   .382
Louisiana Tech 5 – 25 – 0   .167     15 – 35 – 0   .300
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 26, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be held from May 21 through May 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]

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]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Rice 23 7 .767
–
1
UAB 20 10 .667
3
2
Southern Miss 19 11 .633
4
3
Middle Tennessee 17 13 .567
6
4
Old Dominion 17 13 .567
6
5
FIU 16 14 .533
7
8
East Carolina 16 14 .533
7
6
UTSA 16 14 .533
7
7
Florida Atlantic 14 16 .467
9
–
Tulane 10 18 .357
12
–
Marshall 10 19 .345
12.5
–
Charlotte 10 19 .345
12.5
–
Louisiana Tech 5 25 .167
18
–

Bracket and Results

  First round
May 21–22		 Second round
May 22–24		 Semifinals
May 24		 Finals
May 25
                                       
5 Old Dominion 2  
4 Middle Tennessee 3  
  4 Middle Tennessee 2  
  1 Rice 8  
8 FIU 2
1 Rice 9  
  1 Rice 2 7  
  5 Old Dominion 3 5  
5 Old Dominion 3  
8 FIU 2  
  4 Middle Tennessee 1
  5 Old Dominion 2  
  1 Rice 11
  7 UTSA 5
7 UTSA 4  
2 UAB 2  
  7 UTSA 8
  6 East Carolina 3  
6 East Carolina 9
3 Southern Miss 8  
  7 UTSA 7 7
  3 Southern Miss 8 0  
3 Southern Miss 4  
2 UAB 3  
  3 Southern Miss 3
  6 East Carolina 1  

Schedule

G# Game[7] Date Kickoff (CT) TV
First round
1 Old Dominion vs Middle Tennessee May 21, 2014 9:00 am CUSADN
2 FIU vs Rice May 21, 2014 12:30 pm CUSADN
3 UTSA vs UAB May 21, 2014 4:00 pm CUSADN
4 East Carolina vs Southern Miss May 21, 2014 7:30 pm CUSADN
5 Old Dominion vs FIU May 22, 2014 9:00 am CUSADN
6 Southern Miss vs UAB May 22, 2014 12:30 pm CUSADN
Second round
7 Middle Tennessee vs Rice May 22, 2014 4:00 pm CUSADN
8 UTSA vs East Carolina May 22, 2014 7:30 pm CUSADN
9 Middle Tennessee vs Old Dominion May 23, 2014 3:00 pm CUSADN
10 Southern Miss vs East Carolina May 23, 2014 6:30 pm CUSADN
Semifinals
11 Rice vs Old Dominion1 May 24, 2014 9:00 am CUSADN
12 UTSA vs Southern Miss2 May 24, 2014 12:30 pm CUSADN
Finals
13 Rice vs UTSA May 25, 2014 1:00 pm CBSSN

^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.

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. Name Team
C John Bormann UTSA
IF Nick Dawson Southern Miss
IF Skyler Ewing Rice
IF Ford Stainback Rice
IF Tyler Urps Old Dominion
OF Michael Aquino Rice
OF Nick Walker Old Dominion
OF John Welborn UTSA
DH Chase McDowell Rice
P Justin Anderson UTSA
P Blake Fox Rice
P Cameron Giannini Southern Miss
P Brock Hartson UTSA

References

  1. ↑ "Standings & Leaders". Conference USA. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Conference USA Baseball Format for 2014". Conference USA. 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. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Southern Miss to host 2014 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. October 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ "C-USA Baseball Championship Pairings Set". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
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