American Athletic Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
SportBaseball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Number of teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Current stadiumBayCare Ballpark
Current locationClearwater, Florida
Played2014–present
Last contest2023
Current championTulane
Most championshipsEast Carolina (3)
Host stadiums
BayCare Ballpark (2014–present)
Host locations
Clearwater, FL (2014–present)

The American Athletic Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college baseball for the American Athletic Conference. It is a round-robin tournament, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship each season. The Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular season record.

The American is one of two successors to the original Big East Conference, which split after the 2013 season. The tournament was held in the same location as the previous six Big East Conference baseball tournaments in 2014, at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida.[1]

Format

Unlike the previous Big East Tournament, the American adopted a round-robin tournament format in 2014. The top eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with each team facing the others in the group. The winners of each group then faced off in a single championship game. This format was similar to the format used by several new members from the Conference USA baseball tournament from 2010 to 2013.[1]

In 2015, the event reverted to the traditional two-bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

Champions

By year

YearChampionSiteMVP
2014HoustonBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLJosh Vidales, Houston
2015East CarolinaBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLHunter Allen, East Carolina
2016UConnBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLAnthony Kay, UConn
2017HoustonBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLJake Scheiner, Houston
2018East CarolinaBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLSpencer Brickhouse, East Carolina
2019CincinnatiBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLA.J. Bumpass, Cincinnati
2020Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
2021South FloridaBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLDaniel Cantu, South Florida
2022East CarolinaBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLJacob Jenkins-Cowart, East Carolina
2023TulaneBayCare Ballpark • Clearwater, FLTeo Banks, Tulane

By school

This table of championship statistics is updated after each event. It is current as of the end of the 2023 tournament.[2]

SchoolAppearancesWLPct.No. of TitlesYears
Cincinnati8514.26312019
East Carolina82211.66732015, 2018, 2022
Houston92013.60622014, 2017
Louisville122.5000
Memphis81115.4230
Rutgers112.3330
South Florida91315.46412021
Temple112.3330
Tulane81415.48312023
UCF91417.4520
UConn61510.60012016
Wichita State5410.2860

Italics indicate school no longer sponsors baseball in The American.

References

  1. 1 2 "First American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship To Be Held At Bright House Field". The American. July 1, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ "2021 American Baseball Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. 22 Apr 2020. Retrieved 7 Jul 2020.
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