The 2014 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 21 through 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2014 season. Houston won the round-robin tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. The tournament used a round-robin format, with the field divided into two groups. The winners of each group, Louisville and Houston, faced off in a single championship game. With nine teams in the league, the last-place regular season finisher, Cincinnati, was not in the field. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Louisville 19 5 – 1 UCF 17 7 2 2 Houston 14 9 4.5 3 14 9 4.5 4 10 14 9 5 9 14 9.5 6 Connecticut 9 14 9.5 7 8 16 11 8 6 18 13 –
Bracket
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Andrew Lantrip Houston P Jimmy Herget USF C Kyle Gibson Louisville C Keaton Aldridge Memphis IF James Vasquez UCF IF Casey Grayson Houston IF Josh Vidales Houston IF Kyle Teaf USF OF Jeff Gardner Louisville OF Kyle Survance Houston OF Vinny Zarrillo Rutgers DH Nick Solak Louisville
Most Outstanding Player Josh Vidales was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Vidales was a second baseman for Houston.
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