Teams | 8 |
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Format | Double elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Southern Miss (4th title) |
Winning coach | Scott Berry (3rd title) |
MVP | Mason Strickland (Southern Miss) |
Television | ESPN3 (First round–semifinals) CBSSN (Championship game) |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Southern Miss †‡ | 23 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .793 | 39 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 21 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .700 | 38 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 19 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .696 | 36 | – | 15 | – | 1 | .702 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 17 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .567 | 31 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .585 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 16 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .552 | 31 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .585 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 14 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .538 | 25 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 11 | – | 14 | – | 2 | .444 | 23 | – | 28 | – | 2 | .453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 13 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .433 | 21 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 12 | – | 17 | – | 1 | .417 | 27 | – | 27 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 11 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .379 | 21 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 7 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .241 | 19 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .380 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 7 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .241 | 15 | – | 37 | – | 0 | .288 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 3, 2022 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2018 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was held between May 24 and May 28 at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. As tournament champion, Southern Mississippi received the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3]
The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with seven, including 2017.
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Southern Miss | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | UAB | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Southern Miss | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | UTSA | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Charlotte | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | UTSA | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Southern Miss | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Charlotte | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | UAB | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Charlotte | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | UTSA | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Southern Miss | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | FIU | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Rice | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Rice | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Rice | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 9(10) | |||||||||||||||||
6 | FIU | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida Atlantic | 8 |
Conference USA Championship | ||
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(3) Florida Atlantic Owls | vs. | (1) Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) Florida Atlantic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | X | 12 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Keller Bradford (3–1) LP: Nick Prather (0–3) Home runs: FAU: Gunnar Lambert (1) USM: Gabe Montenegro (1); Matt Wallner (1); Bryant Bowen (1) Attendance: 2,206 |
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