2015 Conference USA baseball tournament

2015 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Champions	FIU (1st title)
Winning coach	Turtle Thomas (1st title)
MVP	Josh Anderson (FIU)
Television	CUSADN (First round–semifinals) CBSSN (Championship game)

2015 Conference USA baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 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 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						Final
	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
	3	Southern Miss	0
																	6	UAB	2
	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

Conference championship

Conference USA Championship
(6) UAB Blazers	vs.	(8) FIU Panthers

May 24, 2015, 1:41 p.m. (CDT) at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(6) UAB	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	8	1
(8) FIU	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	X	8	8	2
WP: Christopher Mourelle (7–7)   LP: James Naile (10–4) Home runs: UAB: None FIU: Julius Gaines (1); Josh Anderson (1); Austin Rodriguez (1) Attendance: 1,703

References

1. "2014-15 Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
2. "2014-15 Conference USA Championship Schedule". Conference USA. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
3. "Southern Miss to host 2015 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. December 17, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 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.