2023 Conference USA baseball tournament

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2023 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format See below
Finals site
ChampionsCharlotte (1st title)
Winning coach Robert Woodard  (1st title)
MVP Cam Fisher (Charlotte)
Television ESPN+,
CBSSN (Championship game)
2023 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 Dallas Baptist  y255 .8334413 .772
UTSA  218 .7243819 .667
Charlotte  y1712 .5863026 .536
Western Kentucky  1614 .5333225 .561
Florida Atlantic  1614 .5333424 .586
Louisiana Tech  1515 .5002830 .483
Middle Tennessee  1416 .4672727 .500
Rice  921 .3002137 .362
FIU  822 .2672134 .382
UAB  822 .2671736 .321
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 21, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through May 28 at Reckling Park in Houston to determine the tournament champion of Division I Conference USA in college baseball. [2] Charlotte, the tournament champion, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Contents

The tournament has been held every year since 1996, except for 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rice Owls has claimed seven championships, the most of any school, with the Owls latest win in 2017.

Format and seeding

The tournament consisted the top eight teams in regular season play. The format consisted of two double-elimination brackets, with a single-elimination championship game.

Bracket and results

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1Dallas Baptist13
8 Rice 27
1Dallas Baptist10
4 Western Kentucky 2
4Western Kentucky10
5 Florida Atlantic 9
1Dallas Baptist5
4 Western Kentucky 0
8 Rice 1
5Florida Atlantic6
4Western Kentucky9
5 Florida Atlantic 7
1 Dallas Baptist 2
3Charlotte5
3 Charlotte 8
6Louisiana Tech13
6 Louisiana Tech 6
7Middle Tennessee7
2 UTSA 1
7Middle Tennessee5
7 Middle Tennessee 9 8
3Charlotte129
3 Charlotte11
2 UTSA 2
6 Louisiana Tech 1
3Charlotte4

Schedule

Source: [3]

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
Wednesday, May 24
19:00 a.m.No. 3 Charlotte vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech 8-13 ESPN+
212:30 p.m.No. 2 UTSA vs. No. 7 Middle Tennessee 1-5646
34:00 p.m.No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 8 Rice 13-2
47:30 p.m.No. 4 Western Kentucky vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic 10-9927
Thursday, May 25
59:00 a.m.No. 3 Charlotte vs. No. 2 UTSA11-2ESPN+
612:30 p.m.No. 6 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 Middle Tennessee7-6
74:00 p.m.No. 8 Rice vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic6-1
87:00 p.m.No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 4 Western Kentucky10-2
Friday, May 26
92:00 p.m.No. 3 Charlotte vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech4-1ESPN+
105:30 p.m.No. 5 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 4 Western Kentucky7-9589
Saturday, May 27
119:00 a.m.No. 7 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 3 Charlotte9-12ESPN+
1212:30 p.m.No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 4 Western Kentucky5-0662
134:00 p.m.No. 7 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 3 Charlotte8-9
Championship – Sunday, May 28
Championship1:00 p.m.No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 3 Charlotte2-5 CBSSN 587
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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