2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions East Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach Cliff Godwin (1st title)
MVP Hunter Allen (East Carolina)
Television CBS Sports Network (Opening Round)
ESPNU (Championship game)
2015 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Houston †y 16 – 8 – 0   .667     43 – 20 – 0   .683
East Carolina‡y 15 – 9 – 0   .625     40 – 22 – 0   .645
Tulane y 13 – 11 – 0   .542     35 – 25 – 0   .583
South Floriday 13 – 11 – 0   .542     34 – 26 – 1   .566
Memphis 12 – 12 – 0   .500     37 – 21 – 0   .638
Connecticut 11 – 13 – 0   .458     35 – 25 – 0   .583
UCF 10 – 14 – 0   .417     31 – 27 – 0   .534
Cincinnati 6 – 18 – 0   .250     15 – 41 – 0   .268
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 19 through May 24. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2015 season. East Carolina claimed their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Format and seeding

All 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.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed Tiebreaker
Houston 16 8 .667
–
1
East Carolina 15 9 .625
1
2
Tulane 13 11 .542
3
3
2–1 vs. South Florida
South Florida 13 11 .542
3
4
1–2 vs. Tulane
Memphis 12 12 .500
4
5
Connecticut 11 13 .458
5
6
UCF 10 14 .417
6
7
Cincinnati 6 18 .250
10
8

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Houston 8  
8 Cincinnati 4  
  1 Houston 7  
  4 South Florida 3  
4 South Florida 10
5 Memphis 6  
  1 Houston 17 –  
  5 Memphis 3 –  
5 Memphis 14  
8 Cincinnati 9  
  5 Memphis 4
  4 South Florida 1  
  1 Houston 1
  2 East Carolina 9
2 East Carolina 4  
7 UCF 3  
  2 East Carolina 3
  3 Tulane 1  
3 Tulane 3
6 Connecticut 1  
  2 East Carolina 4 –
  6 Connecticut 2 –  
7 UCF 3  
6 Connecticut 411  
  6 Connecticut 7
  3 Tulane 6  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Pos Name School
P Joe Ingle East Carolina
P Andrew Lantrip Houston
IF Vinny Siena Connecticut
IF Hunter Allen East Carolina
IF Connor Wong Houston
IF Brandon Montgomery Memphis
OF Luke Lowery East Carolina
OF Corey Julks Houston
OF Darien Tubbs Memphis
C Ian Rice Houston
UTY Reid Love East Carolina
DH Joe DeRoche-Duffin Connecticut

Most Outstanding Player

Hunter Allen was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Allen, a shortstop for East Carolina, was 9 for 18 over the course of the event, scoring 6 runs. He was 3 for 5 and scored 2 runs in the final game.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Baseball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2014-15 Championships". The American. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "East Carolina Wins American Baseball Championship". The American. May 24, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
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