2011 Conference USA baseball tournament

Last updated
2011 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format2 division round robin and
championship game
Finals site
Champions Rice Owls  (4th title)
Winning coach Wayne Graham  (4th title)
MVP Tyler Duffey (Rice Owls)
2011 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 24 Rice  168 .6674221 .667
Southern Miss  168 .6673919 .672
East Carolina  1410 .5834121 .661
UCF  1212 .5003923 .629
Memphis  1212 .5003027 .526
Houston  1212 .5002732 .458
Tulane  1014 .4173126 .544
UAB  915 .3752928 .509
Marshall  717 .2922031 .392
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 2011 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2011 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi, from May 25 through 29, 2011. The winner received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consists of eight teams split into two four-team pods, with the teams with the best record in each pod going on to a single-game final. [2]

Contents

Regular season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Rice 168.667--1
Southern Miss 168.66702
East Carolina 1410.58323
UCF 1212.50044
Memphis 1212.50045
Houston 1212.50046
Tulane 1014.41767
UAB 915.3757.58
Marshall 717.2029--

Bracket

Pod 1RiceUCFMEMUABOverall
1 Rice W 4-2W 8-5L 8-92-1
4 UCF L 2-4W 16-9W 6-42-1
5 Memphis L 5-8L 9-16W 5-41-2
8 UAB W 9-8L 4-6L 4-51-2
Pod 2USMECUHOUTULOverall
2 Southern Miss L 0-4L 6-714W 6-11-2
3 East Carolina W 4-0L 5-8W 4-2112-1
6 Houston W 7-614W 8-5L 1-72-1
7 Tulane L 1-6L 2-411W 7-11-2
Finals
   
A Rice 410
B Houston 3

# indicates the number of innings if not 9.

Finish order

FinishTeamWLPctSeedRSRADiff
1Rice310.750120164
2Houston220.50061618-2
3East Carolina210.667313103
4UCF210.667424177
5Southern Miss120.333212120
6Memphis120.33351928-9
7Tulane120.33371011-1
8UAB120.33381719-2

- Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
# - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
CCraig ManuelRice
INFJoseph FrostUAB
INFJonathan GriffinUCF
INFRyan StillHouston
INFCorey ThompsonEast Carolina
OFLandon ApplingHouston
OFRyan LewisRice
OFCaleb RamseyHouston
DHD.J. HicksUCF
P Tyler Duffey Rice
P Seth Maness East Carolina
PTodd McInnisSouthern Miss
PJared RayHouston
MVP Tyler Duffey Rice

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

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