2014 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2014 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Logo.svg
Tournament Logo
Teams8
Format Round-robin tournament
Finals site
Champions Houston  (1st title)
Winning coach Todd Whitting  (1st title)
MVP Josh Vidales (Houston)
Television ESPNU (Championship game)
2014 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 12 Louisville  y195 .7924815 .762
UCF  177 .7083623 .610
No. 16 Houston  y149 .6094816 .750
Rutgers  149 .6093025 .545
South Florida  1014 .4172731 .466
Temple  914 .3911532 .319
Connecticut  914 .3912731 .466
Memphis  816 .3333029 .508
Cincinnati  618 .2502231 .415
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2014 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 21 through 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2014 season. Houston won the round-robin tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Format and seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. The tournament used a round-robin format, with the field divided into two groups. The winners of each group, Louisville and Houston, faced off in a single championship game. With nine teams in the league, the last-place regular season finisher, Cincinnati, was not in the field. [5] [6]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Louisville 195.7921
UCF 177.70822
Houston 149.6094.53
Rutgers 149.6094.54
South Florida 1014.41795
Temple 914.3919.56
Connecticut 914.3919.57
Memphis 816.333118
Cincinnati 618.25013

Bracket

Division AULRUUSFMemOverall
1 Louisville W 9–3L 1–2W 13–32–1
4 Rutgers L 3–9W 10–0L 1–51–2
5 South Florida W 2–1L 0–10L 1–21–2
8 Memphis L 3–13W 5–1W 2–12–1
Division BUCFHouTemUConnOverall
2 UCF L 8–13W 6–2W 7–12–1
3 Houston W 13–8W 3–0L 2–72–1
6 Temple L 2–6L 0–3W 9–41–2
7 Connecticut L 1–7W 7–2L 4–91–2
Finals
   
A Louisville 4
B Houston10

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]

PosNameSchool
PAndrew LantripHouston
P Jimmy Herget USF
CKyle GibsonLouisville
CKeaton AldridgeMemphis
IFJames VasquezUCF
IFCasey GraysonHouston
IFJosh VidalesHouston
IFKyle TeafUSF
OFJeff GardnerLouisville
OFKyle SurvanceHouston
OFVinny ZarrilloRutgers
DH Nick Solak Louisville

Most Outstanding Player

Josh Vidales was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Vidales was a second baseman for Houston. [4]

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