2022 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsEast Carolina (3rd title)
Winning coachCliff Godwin (3rd title)
MVPJacob Jenkins-Cowart (East Carolina)
2022 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 10 East Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 20–4–0 .83342–18–0 .700
UCF  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58335–25–0 .583
Houston  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54237–24–0 .607
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50024–31–0 .436
Tulane ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45833–26–1 .558
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .37521–36–0 .368
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .37526–29–0 .473
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .33328–29–0 .491
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of January 9, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida, from May 24 through 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2022 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

The Tournament has been held since 2014, the first year of the rebranding as the American Athletic Conference. Since then, Houston and East Carolina have each won the event twice, while among current members Cincinnati and South Florida have each won once.

Format and seeding

The top eight baseball teams in The American will be seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament will use a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 East Carolina 7
8 South Florida 4
1 East Carolina 157
4 Cincinnati 5
4 Cincinnati 8
5 Tulane 1
1 East Carolina 8 –
5 Tulane 5 –
8 South Florida 6
5 Tulane 9
4 Cincinnati 5
5 Tulane 13
1 East Carolina 6
3 Houston 1
2 UCF 6
7 Memphis 7
7 Memphis 7
3 Houston 8
3 Houston 10
6 Wichita State 7
3 Houston 8 9
2 UCF 910 6
2 UCF 12
6 Wichita State 4
7 Memphis 2
2 UCF 157

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Tuesday, May 24
1 9:00am No. 4 Cincinnati vs No. 5 Tulane 8–1 ESPN+
2 12:30pm No. 1 East Carolina vs No. 8 South Florida 7–6
3 4:00pm No. 2 UCF vs No. 7 Memphis 6–7
4 7:30pm No. 3 Houston vs No. 6 Wichita State 10–7
Wednesday, May 25
5 3:00pm No. 5 Tulane vs No. 8 South Florida 9–6 ESPN+
6 7:30pm No. 2 UCF vs No. 6 Wichita State 12–4
Thursday, May 26
7 1:00pm No. 1 East Carolina vs No. 4 Cincinnati 15–57 ESPN+
8 4:30pm No. 3 Houston vs No. 7 Memphis 8–7
Friday, May 27
9 1:00pm No. 5 Tulane vs No. 4 Cincinnati 13–4 ESPN+
10 4:30pm No. 2 UCF vs No. 7 Memphis 15–2
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
11 9:00am No. 1 East Carolina vs No. 5 Tulane 8–5 ESPN+
12 12:30pm No. 2 UCF vs No. 3 Houston 9–810
13 4:00pm No. 2 UCF vs No. 3 Houston 9–6
Championship – Sunday, May 29
14 12:00pm No. 1 East Carolina vs No. 3 Houston 6–1 ESPNEWS
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball Standings". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  2. ↑ "2021–22 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
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