2007 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2007 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2007 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina from May 23–May 27, 2007. Rice won tournament for the second consecutive time and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.[1]
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Eight-team double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Rice (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Wayne Graham (2nd title) |
| MVP | Aaron Luna (Rice) |
Regular season results
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 22 | 2 | .917 | -- | 1 | |
| East Carolina | 14 | 9 | .609 | 7.5 | 2 | |
| Southern Miss | 14 | 10 | .583 | 8 | 3 | |
| Houston | 12 | 12 | .500 | 10 | 4 | |
| Memphis | 12 | 12 | .500 | 10 | 5 | |
| UAB | 12 | 12 | .500 | 10 | 6 | |
| Tulane | 9 | 15 | .375 | 13 | 7 | |
| UCF | 7 | 17 | .292 | 15 | 8 | |
| Marshall | 5 | 18 | .217 | 16.5 | -- |
Bracket
| First Round May 23–24 | Second Round May 24–25 | Semifinals May 26 | Championship Game May 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Memphis | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Houston | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Memphis | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UCF | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Memphis | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Houston | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UCF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Memphis | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UCF | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | East Carolina | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UAB | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Southern Miss | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Southern Miss | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | East Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulane | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | East Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | East Carolina | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulane | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UAB | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulane | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Southern Miss | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulane | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
- Bold indicates the winner of the game.
- Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.
Finish order
| Finish | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice† | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1 | |
| 2 | East Carolina# | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2 | Rice |
| 3 | Memphis# | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 5 | Rice |
| 4 | Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 7 | East Carolina |
| 5 | Southern Miss# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 3 | Tulane |
| 6 | UCF | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 8 | Memphis |
| 7 | UAB | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 6 | Tulane |
| 8 | Houston | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 4 | UCF |
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† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. | |||||||
All-tournament team
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| C | Danny Lehmann | Rice |
| IF | Adam Amar | Memphis |
| IF | Stephen Batts | East Carolina |
| IF | Bill Moss | Memphis |
| IF | Joe Savery | Rice |
| OF | Harrison Eldridge | East Carolina |
| OF | Josh Irvin | Memphis |
| OF | Anthony Scelfo | Tulane |
| DH/UT | Aaron Luna | Rice |
| P | Bobby Bowden | Southern Mississippi |
| P | Jaager Good | Central Florida |
| P | Matt Langwell | Rice |
| P | Shane Mathews | East Carolina |
| MVP | Aaron Luna | Rice |
References
- "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
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