| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | 2 division round robin and championship game |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Rice Owls (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Wayne Graham (4th title) |
| MVP | Tyler Duffey (Rice Owls) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Rice †‡ | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 42 | – | 21 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss † | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 39 | – | 19 | .672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 41 | – | 21 | .661 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 39 | – | 23 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 30 | – | 27 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 27 | – | 32 | .458 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 31 | – | 26 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 29 | – | 28 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 7 | – | 17 | .292 | 20 | – | 31 | .392 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 30, 2011[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2011 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi, from May 25 through 29, 2011. The winner received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consists of eight teams split into two four-team pods, with the teams with the best record in each pod going on to a single-game final.[2]
Regular season results
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 16 | 8 | .667 | -- | 1 |
| Southern Miss | 16 | 8 | .667 | 0 | 2 |
| East Carolina | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2 | 3 |
| UCF | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4 | 4 |
| Memphis | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4 | 5 |
| Houston | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4 | 6 |
| Tulane | 10 | 14 | .417 | 6 | 7 |
| UAB | 9 | 15 | .375 | 7.5 | 8 |
| Marshall | 7 | 17 | .202 | 9 | -- |
Bracket
| Pod 1 | Rice | UCF | MEM | UAB | Overall | |
| 1 | Rice | W 4-2 | W 8-5 | L 8-9 | 2-1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | UCF | L 2-4 | W 16-9 | W 6-4 | 2-1 | |
| 5 | Memphis | L 5-8 | L 9-16 | W 5-4 | 1-2 | |
| 8 | UAB | W 9-8 | L 4-6 | L 4-5 | 1-2 |
| Pod 2 | USM | ECU | HOU | TUL | Overall | |
| 2 | Southern Miss | L 0-4 | L 6-714 | W 6-1 | 1-2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | East Carolina | W 4-0 | L 5-8 | W 4-211 | 2-1 | |
| 6 | Houston | W 7-614 | W 8-5 | L 1-7 | 2-1 | |
| 7 | Tulane | L 1-6 | L 2-411 | W 7-1 | 1-2 |
| Finals | ||||
| A | Rice | 410 | ||
| B | Houston | 3 | ||
# indicates the number of innings if not 9.
Finish order
| Finish | Team | W | L | Pct | Seed | RS | RA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | †Rice | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 4 |
| 2 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 |
| 3 | East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 |
| 5 | Southern Miss | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Memphis | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 5 | 19 | 28 | -9 |
| 7 | Tulane | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 7 | 10 | 11 | -1 |
| 8 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 8 | 17 | 19 | -2 |
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
# - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
All-Tournament Team
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| C | Craig Manuel | Rice |
| INF | Joseph Frost | UAB |
| INF | Jonathan Griffin | UCF |
| INF | Ryan Still | Houston |
| INF | Corey Thompson | East Carolina |
| OF | Landon Appling | Houston |
| OF | Ryan Lewis | Rice |
| OF | Caleb Ramsey | Houston |
| DH | D.J. Hicks | UCF |
| P | Tyler Duffey | Rice |
| P | Seth Maness | East Carolina |
| P | Todd McInnis | Southern Miss |
| P | Jared Ray | Houston |
| MVP | Tyler Duffey | Rice |
(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection
References
- ↑ Conference USA Baseball Record Book (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ↑ "2011 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
External links
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