2024 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2024 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	BayCare Ballpark Clearwater, FL
Champions	Tulane  (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jay Uhlman  (2nd title)
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2024 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 East Carolina  ‍†‍‍y	19	–	8		.704			43	–	15		.741
UTSA  ‍‍‍	17	–	10		.630			32	–	24		.571
Tulane  ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	12		.556			35	–	24		.593
Wichita State  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			32	–	29		.525
UAB  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			26	–	29		.473
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			28	–	29		.491
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			24	–	34		.414
Rice  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			23	–	36		.390
South Florida  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			26	–	29		.473
Memphis  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			23	–	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]}

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 State	4	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

• * Game went to extra innings
• ^ Game ended after 7 innings because of mercy rule

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Tuesday, May 21
1	9:00am	No. 4 Wichita State vs No. 5 UAB	8–2	ESPN+
2	12:30pm	No. 1 East Carolina vs No. 8 Rice	12–4	ESPN+
3	4:00pm	No. 2 UTSA vs No. 7 Charlotte	5–9(12)	ESPN+
4	7:30pm	No. 3 Tulane vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic	14–2(7)	ESPN+
Wednesday, May 22
5	1:00pm	No. 5 UAB vs No. 8 Rice	0–9	ESPN+
6	4:30pm	No. 2 UTSA vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic	5–12	ESPN+
Thursday, May 23
7	1:00pm	No. 4 Wichita State vs No. 1 East Carolina	14–4	ESPN+
8	4:30pm	No. 7 Charlotte vs No. 3 Tulane	5–7	ESPN+
Friday, May 24
9	1:00pm	No. 8 Rice vs No. 1 East Carolina	7–8	ESPN+
10	4:30pm	No. 6 Florida Atlantic vs No. 7 Charlotte	10–8	ESPN+
Semifinals – Saturday, May 25
11	9:00am	No. 4 Wichita State vs No. 1 East Carolina	4–5	ESPN+
12	12:30pm	No. 3 Tulane vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic	13–1(7)	ESPN+
13	4:00pm	No. 1 East Carolina vs No. 4 Wichita State	2–12(7)	ESPN+
Championship – Sunday, May 26
15	12:00pm	No. 4 Wichita State vs No. 3 Tulane	10–11	ESPNEWS
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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. May 26, 2024.
4. "2024 American Baseball Championship presented by Regions -". theamerican.org.
5. "Seeding Set for 2024 American Baseball Championship presented by Regions". theamerican.org. May 18, 2024.