2015 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

2015 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015
Teams 8
Format Double elimination
Site Pete Taylor Park
Hattiesburg, MS
Champions FIU (1st title)
Television CBS SN (championship)
Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
«2014  2016»
2015 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#20 Rice †y 22 – 8 – 0   .733     35 – 18 – 0   .660
#24 Florida Atlantic y 19 – 10 – 0   .655     38 – 15 – 0   .717
Southern Miss 19 – 10 – 0   .655     35 – 16 – 1   .683
Middle Tennessee 19 – 11 – 0   .633     30 – 25 – 0   .545
UTSA 17 – 13 – 0   .567     32 – 23 – 0   .582
UAB 15 – 15 – 0   .500     30 – 24 – 0   .556
Old Dominion 13 – 17 – 0   .433     27 – 27 – 0   .500
FIU ‡y 13 – 17 – 0   .433     25 – 29 – 0   .463
Marshall 12 – 18 – 0   .400     20 – 32 – 0   .385
Charlotte 11 – 19 – 0   .367     19 – 29 – 0   .396
WKU 10 – 19 – 0   .345     24 – 28 – 0   .462
Louisiana Tech 8 – 21 – 0   .276     25 – 27 – 0   .481
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 5, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be held from May 20 through May 24 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. The tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with six.

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.[3]

Bracket and Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1  Rice 5  
8  FIU 6  
  8  FIU 15  
  5  UTSA 5  
4  Middle Tennessee 7
5  UTSA 9  
  8  FIU 15 –  
  4  Middle Tennessee 3 –  
1  Rice 5  
4  Middle Tennessee 6  
  4  Middle Tennessee 5
  5  UTSA 4  
  8  FIU 8
  6  UAB 2
3  Southern Miss 0  
6  UAB 4  
  6  UAB 2
  2  Florida Atlantic 1  
2  Florida Atlantic 6
7  Old Dominion 4  
  6  UAB 10 –
  2  Florida Atlantic 0 –  
7  Old Dominion 0  
3  Southern Miss 2*  
  3  Southern Miss 4
  2  Florida Atlantic 5  

References

  1. ↑ "2014-15 Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2014-15 Conference USA Championship Schedule". Conference USA. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Southern Miss to host 2015 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. December 17, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Southern Miss to host 2015 C-USA Baseball Tournament". Big Gold Nation. December 17, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
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