2005 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2005 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2005 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from May 25 through May 29, 2005. Both TCU and Tulane were declared co-champions due to inclement weather but Tulane was given the automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final that was cancelled due to inclement weather.[1]
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Eight-team double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | TCU, Tulane (2nd, 5th title) |
| Winning coach | Jim Schlossnagle, Rick Jones (2nd, 5th title) |
| MVP | Nathan Southard, Tulane |
Regular season results
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane | 24 | 6 | .800 | -- | 1 | |
| TCU | 20 | 10 | .667 | 4 | 2 | |
| Southern Miss | 20 | 10 | .667 | 4 | 3 | |
| East Carolina | 18 | 12 | .600 | 6 | 4 | |
| Houston | 16 | 13 | .552 | 7.5 | 5 | |
| South Florida | 15 | 14 | .517 | 8.5 | 6 | |
| Louisville | 15 | 14 | .517 | 8.5 | 7 | |
| UAB | 14 | 16 | .467 | 10 | 8 | |
| Charlotte | 13 | 17 | .433 | 11 | -- | |
| Cincinnati | 10 | 19 | .344 | 13.5 | -- | |
| Saint Louis | 8 | 22 | .267 | 16 | -- | |
| Memphis | 5 | 25 | .167 | 19 | -- | |
- Records listed are conference play only. Marquette and DePaul did not field baseball teams. Charlotte, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, and Memphis did not make the tournament.
Bracket
| First Round May 25–26 |
Second Round May 26–27 |
Semi-Finals May 27–28 |
Finals May 29 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Houston | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | East Carolina | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | East Carolina | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tulane | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UAB | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tulane | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Houston | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bracket One | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tulane | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UAB | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Houston | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | East Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Houston | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | TCU[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tulane[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Louisville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | TCU | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Southern Miss | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | TCU | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | USF | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Southern Miss | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Southern Miss | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bracket Two | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | TCU | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Louisville | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | USF | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | USF | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Southern Miss | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
- Bold indicates the winner of the game.
- Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.
Finish order
| Finish | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulane† | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | ||
| 1 | TCU# | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Southern Miss# | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3 | TCU |
| 4 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 5 | Tulane |
| 5 | South Florida | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 6 | Southern Miss |
| 6 | East Carolina# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 4 | Houston |
| 7 | Louisville | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | South Florida |
| 8 | UAB | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 8 | Houston |
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† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. | |||||||
All-tournament team
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| C | Brian Baisley | South Florida |
| IF | Brad Emaus | Tulane |
| IF | Chad Huffman | TCU |
| IF | Dustin Kingsbury | Houston |
| IF | Trey Sutton | Southern Mississippi |
| OF | Keith Conlon | TCU |
| OF | Jason Lowery | Southern Mississippi |
| OF | Nathan Southard | Tulane |
| DH | Mike Grace | East Carolina |
| P | Brian Bogusevic | Tulane |
| P | Lance Broadway | TCU |
| P | Sam Demel | TCU |
| P | Micah Owings | Tulane |
| MVP | Nathan Southard | Tulane |
Notes
- Tulane and TCU were declared co-champions as the game was cancelled due to inclement weather.
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References
- "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
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