The 2014 Conference USA baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. The tournament champion received the league's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This is the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2013–14 academic year.
The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Tulane and Rice have won the most championships, with five. Among current, returning teams, only Marshall has never won a title. The conference adds eight new teams for 2014.
Seeding and format The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. The tournament returned to a double-elimination format, previously used from 1996 through 2010.
Team W L Pct GB Seed 23 7 – 1 20 10 3 2 19 11 4 3 17 13 6 4 Old Dominion 17 13 6 5 16 14 7 6 16 14 7 7 16 14 7 8 14 16 9 – 10 18 12 – 10 19 12.5 – 10 19 12.5 – 5 25 18 –
Bracket and results
Schedule G# Game Date Kickoff (CT) TV First round 1 Old Dominion vs Middle Tennessee May 21, 2014 9:00 am CUSADN 2 FIU vs Rice May 21, 2014 12:30 pm CUSADN 3 UTSA vs UAB May 21, 2014 4:00 pm CUSADN 4 East Carolina vs Southern Miss May 21, 2014 7:30 pm CUSADN 5 Old Dominion vs FIU May 22, 2014 9:00 am CUSADN 6 Southern Miss vs UAB May 22, 2014 12:30 pm CUSADN Second round 7 Middle Tennessee vs Rice May 22, 2014 4:00 pm CUSADN 8 UTSA vs East Carolina May 22, 2014 7:30 pm CUSADN 9 Middle Tennessee vs Old Dominion May 23, 2014 3:00 pm CUSADN 10 Southern Miss vs East Carolina May 23, 2014 6:30 pm CUSADN Semifinals 11 Rice vs Old Dominion May 24, 2014 9:00 am CUSADN 12 UTSA vs Southern Miss May 24, 2014 12:30 pm CUSADN Finals 13 Rice vs UTSA May 25, 2014 1:00 pm CBSSN
Game 11 would have a necessary if winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11. If so the game would be played on May 24 at 4:00 pm.
Game 12 would have a necessary if winner of Game 10 also wins Game 11. If so the game would be played on May 24 at 7:30 pm.
Conference championship Conference USA Championship(1) Rice Owlsvs.(7) UTSA Roadrunners
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Rice outfielder Michael Aquino, one of five Owls selected, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Pos. Name Team C John Bormann UTSA IF Nick Dawson Southern Miss IF Skyler Ewing Rice IF Ford Stainback Rice IF Tyler Urps Old Dominion OF Michael Aquino Rice OF Nick Walker Old Dominion OF John Welborn UTSA DH Chase McDowell Rice P Justin Anderson UTSA P Blake Fox Rice P Cameron Giannini Southern Miss P Brock Hartson UTSA
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