2024 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2024 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Tulane  (2nd title)
Winning coach Jay Uhlman  (2nd title)
2024 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 14 East Carolina  ‍†‍‍y19–8 .70443–15 .741
UTSA  ‍‍‍17–10 .63032–24 .571
Tulane  ‍‍‡‍y15–12 .55635–24 .593
Wichita State  ‍‍‍15–12 .55632–29 .525
UAB  ‍‍‍13–14 .48126–29 .473
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍12–15 .44428–29 .491
Charlotte  ‍‍‍12–15 .44424–34 .414
Rice  ‍‍‍11–16 .40723–36 .390
South Florida  ‍‍‍11–16 .40726–29 .473
Memphis  ‍‍‍10–17 .37023–32 .418
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 26, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida from May 21 through May 26. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2022 season. The Tulane Green Wave won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The top eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket. [4] [5]

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 East Carolina 12
8 Rice 4
1 East Carolina 4
4 Wichita State 14
4 Wichita State 8
5 UAB 2
4 Wichita State4 12^
1 East Carolina 5 2
8 Rice 9
5 UAB 0
8 Rice 7
1 East Carolina 8
4 Wichita State 10
3 Tulane 11
2 UTSA 5
7 Charlotte 9*
7 Charlotte 5
3 Tulane 7
3 Tulane 14^
6 Florida Atlantic 2
3 Tulane 13^ –
6 Florida Atlantic 1 –
2 UTSA 5
6 Florida Atlantic 12
6 Florida Atlantic 10
7 Charlotte 8

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision
Tuesday, May 21
19:00amNo. 4 Wichita State vs No. 5 UAB8–2ESPN+
212:30pmNo. 1 East Carolina vs No. 8 Rice12–4ESPN+
34:00pmNo. 2 UTSA vs No. 7 Charlotte5–9(12)ESPN+
47:30pmNo. 3 Tulane vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic14–2(7)ESPN+
Wednesday, May 22
51:00pmNo. 5 UAB vs No. 8 Rice0–9ESPN+
64:30pmNo. 2 UTSA vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic5–12ESPN+
Thursday, May 23
71:00pmNo. 4 Wichita State vs No. 1 East Carolina14–4ESPN+
84:30pmNo. 7 Charlotte vs No. 3 Tulane5–7ESPN+
Friday, May 24
91:00pmNo. 8 Rice vs No. 1 East Carolina7–8ESPN+
104:30pmNo. 6 Florida Atlantic vs No. 7 Charlotte10–8ESPN+
Semifinals – Saturday, May 25
119:00amNo. 4 Wichita State vs No. 1 East Carolina4–5ESPN+
1212:30pmNo. 3 Tulane vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic13–1(7)ESPN+
134:00pmNo. 1 East Carolina vs No. 4 Wichita State2–12(7)ESPN+
Championship – Sunday, May 26
1512:00pmNo. 4 Wichita State vs No. 3 Tulane10–11ESPNEWS
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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References

  1. ↑ "Baseball Standings". theamerican.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ "2023–24 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Tulane wins AAC championship on Jackson Linn's walk-off HR - ESPN Video". ESPN.com. 26 May 2024.
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