2008 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2008 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2008 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 21–May 25, 2008. Houston won their third C-USA tournament, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.[1]
Teams | 8 |
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Format | Eight-team double-elimination tournament |
Finals site |
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Champions | Houston (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Rayner Noble (3rd title) |
MVP | Bryan Pounds, Houston |
Regular season results
Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
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Rice | 21 | 3 | .875 | -- | 1 | |
Southern Miss | 15 | 9 | .625 | 6 | 2 | |
Tulane | 13 | 9 | .591 | 7 | 3 | |
Houston | 14 | 10 | .583 | 7 | 4 | |
East Carolina | 13 | 11 | .542 | 8 | 5 | |
Marshall | 10 | 13 | .435 | 10.5 | 6 | |
UCF | 8 | 16 | .333 | 13 | 7 | |
UAB | 7 | 17 | .292 | 14 | 8 | |
Memphis | 5 | 18 | .217 | 15 | -- |
Bracket
First Round May 21–23 |
Second Round May 23–24 |
Semi-Finals May 24–25 |
Finals May 25 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | East Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | UAB | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | UAB | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Rice | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | UAB | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Bracket One | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | East Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Rice | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | East Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | UCF | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Southern Miss | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Southern Miss | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Tulane | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Southern Miss | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Bracket Two | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | UCF | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Tulane | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Tulane | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
- 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 |
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1 | Houston† | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 4 | |
2 | Marshall | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 6 | Houston |
3 | Southern Miss# | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2 | Marshall |
4 | UAB | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 8 | Houston |
5 | Tulane# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 3 | Marshall |
6 | East Carolina# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 5 | Houston |
7 | UCF | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | Tulane |
8 | Rice# | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 1 | East Carolina |
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. |
All-tournament team
Position | Player | School |
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C | Allen Aubin | Alabama–Birmingham |
IF | Adam Amar | Memphis |
IF | Ryan Keedy | Alabama–Birmingham |
IF | Bryan Pounds | Houston |
IF | Adam Yeager | Marshall |
OF | Drew Carson | Southern Mississippi |
OF | Nate Lape | Marshall |
OF | Zak Presley | Houston |
DH | Kyle Roller | East Carolina |
P | Steve Blevins | Marshall |
P | Jared Ray | Houston |
P | Kyle Roberson | Alabama–Birmingham |
P | Dan Straily | Marshall |
MVP | Bryan Pounds | Houston |
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References
- "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
External links
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