Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2006 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2006 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas, from May 24–May 28, 2006. Rice won the tournament in its first year as a member of the conference, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.[1]
Regular season results
- Records listed are conference play only. SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP did not field baseball teams. UCF did not qualify for tournament play.
Bracket
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| First round
May 24–25 | | | Second round
May 25–26 | | | Semifinals
May 28 | | | Championship Game
May 28 |
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| 6 | East Carolina | 4 |
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| 3 | Tulane | 2 | | |
| | | 6 | East Carolina | 1 |
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| | | 2 | Houston | 9 | | |
| 7 | Marshall | 1 | | | | |
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| 2 | Houston | 9 | | |
| | | 2 | Houston | 6 | |
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| | | 3 | Tulane | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Tulane | 12 | | | | | | | |
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| 7 | Marshall | 1 | | | 3 | Tulane | 2 |
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| | | | 6 | East Carolina | 1 | | |
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| 2 | Houston | 5 |
| 8 | UAB | 3 | | | |
| | | | | 1 | Rice | 11 |
| 1 | Rice | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| | | 1 | Rice | 5 | |
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| | | 5 | Southern Miss | 1 | | |
| 5 | Southern Miss | 6 | | | | |
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| 4 | Memphis | 2 | | |
| | | 1 | Rice | 7 | |
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| | | 4 | Memphis | 4 | | | |
| 8 | UAB | 2 | | | | | | | |
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| 4 | Memphis | 2 | | | 4 | Memphis | 8 |
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| | | | 5 | Southern Miss | 5 | | |
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- Bold indicates the winner of the game.
- Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.
Finish order
| Finish |
Team |
W |
L |
T |
Pct |
Seed |
Eliminated By
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| 1 |
Rice† |
4 |
0 |
0 |
.1000 |
1 |
|
| 2 |
Houston# |
3 |
1 |
0 |
.750 |
2 |
Rice
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| 3 |
Memphis |
2 |
2 |
0 |
.500 |
4 |
Rice
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| 4 |
Tulane# |
2 |
2 |
0 |
.500 |
3 |
Houston
|
| 5 |
Southern Miss# |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.333 |
5 |
Memphis
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| 6 |
East Carolina |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.333 |
6 |
Tulane
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| 7 |
UAB |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.000 |
8 |
Rice
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| 8 |
Marshall |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.000 |
7 |
Tulane
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† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
# - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
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All-tournament team
| Position
|
Player
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School
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| C
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Ty Wallace
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Tulane
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| IF
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Greg Buchanan
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Rice
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| IF
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Isa Garcia
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Houston
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| IF
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Michael Murray
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Memphis
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| IF
|
Joe Savery
|
Rice
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| OF
|
Jordan Dodson
|
Rice
|
| OF
|
Will Petersen
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Memphis
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| OF
|
Jake Stewart
|
Houston
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| DH/UT
|
Brad Lincoln
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Houston
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| P
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Bobby Bell
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Rice
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| P
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Bryce Cox
|
Rice
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| P
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Luis Flores
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Houston
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| P
|
Shane Mathews
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East Carolina
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| MVP
|
Joe Savery
|
Rice
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References