The 2021 Conference USA baseball tournament was held from May 26 through 30 at J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park in Ruston, Louisiana. The annual tournament determines the tournament champion of Division I Conference USA in college baseball. The tournament champion will then earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The tournament has been held every year since 1996, except for 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rice Owls has claimed seven championships, the most of any school, with the Owls latest win in 2017. This was the tournaments first appearance at J. C. Love Field.

Format and seeding The tournament will consist the top eight teams in regular season play. The top three teams in each division will receive automatic bid, plus two teams with the best winning percentage regardless of division will receive at-large bids. The format will consist of two double-elimination brackets, with a single-elimination championship game. Team W–L Pct Seed East Division xy – Charlotte 24–8 0.750 1 x – Old Dominion 22–10 0.688 4 x – Florida Atlantic 18–14 0.563 5 x – Western Kentucky 15–17 0.469 6 FIU 11–19 0.367 X Marshall 6–26 0.188 X Team W–L Pct Seed West Division xy – Louisiana Tech 22–8 0.733 2 x – Southern Miss 22–9 0.710 3 x – UTSA 14–17 0.452 7 x – Middle Tennessee 12–19–1 0.391 8 Rice 11–20–1 0.359 UAB 11–21 0.344

As of May 16, 2021 x – Clinched C-USA tournament berth y – Clinched division title

For the first time since joining Conference USA in 2005, Rice did not qualify for this season's conference tournament. The Owls break their 14-year streak. Southern Miss currently holds the most appearances at 25. The Golden Eagles have appeared in every tournament since the creation of the tournament in 1996.

Bracket and results

Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision Wednesday, May 26 1 11:00 a.m. No. 4 Old Dominion vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic – ESPN+ 2 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Charlotte vs. No. 8 – 3 6:30 p.m. No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 UTSA – Thursday, May 27 4 12:15 a.m. No. 3 Southern Miss vs. No. 6 – ESPN+ 5 9:00 a.m. No. 5 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 1 Charlotte – 6 1:15 p.m. No. 4 Old Dominion vs. No. 8 Middle Tennessee – 7 5:00 p.m. No. 7 UTSA vs. No. 6 Western Kentucky – 8 9:50 p.m. No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 3 Southern Miss – Friday, May 28 9 3:00 p.m. No. 5 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 8 Middle Tennessee – ESPN+ 10 6:30 p.m. No. 6 Western Kentucky vs. No. 2 Louisiana Tech – Saturday, May 29 11 9:00 a.m. No. 4 Old Dominion vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic – ESPN+ 12 12:30 p.m. No. 3 Southern Miss vs. No. 2 Louisiana Tech – 13 4:00 p.m. If necessary – 14 7:30 p.m. No. 3 Southern Miss vs. No. 2 Louisiana Tech – Championship – Sunday, May 30 15 1:00 p.m. No. 4 Old Dominion vs. No. 2 Louisiana Tech – CBS Sports Network *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Notes

Conference championship Conference USA Championship(4) Old Dominion Monarchsvs.(2) Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

All–Tournament Team

Position Player Team C Brock Gagliardi Old Dominion IF Hunter Wells Louisiana Tech IF Manny Garcia Louisiana Tech IF Tommy Bell (MVP) Old Dominion IF Christopher Sargent Southern Miss OF Bobby Morgensen Florida Atlantic OF Parker Bates Louisiana Tech OF Andy Garriola Old Dominion UT Steele Netterville Louisiana Tech P Greg Martinez Louisiana Tech P Aaron Brown Middle Tennessee P Hunter Gregory Old Dominion P Hunter Stanley Southern Miss

Tournament site In June 2020, Louisiana Tech University won the bid to host the tournament on their campus for the first time since joining the conference. This will also be the first campus site for the tournament since 2016, as since then the games were played at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. The tournament returns to the state of Louisiana for the first time since the 2008 tournament, where it was played in New Orleans.

Pat Patterson Park, is a newly reconstructed stadium that opened for the 2021 season. The former stadium, along with other sports facilities was destroyed in 2019 by a F3 tornado.

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