2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

2012 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament

2012 CUSA baseball tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 8
Format 2 division round robin and
championship game
Site Trustmark Park
Pearl, MS
Champions UAB (1st title)
Winning coach Brian Shoop (1st title)
MVP Michael Busby (UAB)
Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
«2011  2013»
2012 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#9 Rice †y 17 – 7 – 0   .708     40 – 17 – 0   .702
#18 UCF y 16 – 8 – 0   .667     43 – 15 – 0   .741
Tulane 14 – 10 – 0   .583     38 – 20 – 0   .655
Southern Miss 14 – 10 – 0   .583     32 – 24 – 0   .571
Memphis 14 – 10 – 0   .583     31 – 28 – 0   .525
East Carolina y 13 – 10 – 1   .563     35 – 22 – 1   .612
UAB ‡y 9 – 15 – 0   .375     32 – 28 – 0   .533
Houston 5 – 18 – 1   .229     18 – 35 – 1   .343
Marshall 5 – 19 – 0   .208     17 – 37 – 0   .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of May 30 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was held at Trustmark Park in Pearl, MS from May 23 to May 27, 2012. The tournament used the format from the previous season, with the top eight teams from the regular season divided into two four-team pods. After round robin play, the teams with the best record in each pod will met in a championship game. UAB won their first championship and claimed the Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.

Team W L T PCT GB Seed
Rice 17 7 0 .708
–
1
UCF 16 8 0 .667
1
2
Tulane 14 10 0 .583
3
3
Southern Miss 14 10 0 .583
3
4
Memphis 14 10 0 .583
3
5
East Carolina 13 10 1 .563
3.5
6
UAB 9 15 0 .375
8
7
Houston 5 18 1 .229
11.5
8
Marshall 5 19 0 .208
12
–

Results

Division A Rice Southern Miss Memphis Houston Overall
1 Rice L 2–4 L 2-3 W 7–5 1–2
4 Southern Miss W 4–2 L 3–14 W 8-7 2–1
5 Memphis W 3-2 W 14–3 L 3-7 2–1
8 Houston L 5–7 L 7-8 W 7-3 1–2
Division B UCF Tulane East Carolina UAB Overall
2 UCF W 6–2 W 11-1 L 1–15 2–1
3 Tulane L 2–6 W 4–3 L 3-6 1–2
6 East Carolina L 1-11 L 3–4 W 10–3 1–2
7 UAB W 15–1 W 6-3 L 3–10 2–1
  Finals
       
A  Memphis 0
B  UAB 5

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Pos. Name School
C Keaton Aldridge Memphis
IF Keith DePew UAB
IF John Frost UAB
IF Ashley Graeter Southern Miss
IF Corey Thompson East Carolina
OF Landon Appling Houston
OF Jeff Schalk UAB
OF Michael Sterling Southern Miss
DH Eli Hynes Memphis
P Michael Busby UAB
P Dan Langfield Memphis
P Chase Mallard UAB
P Ryan Nance UAB

Most Valuable Player

Michael Busby was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Busby was a pitcher for UAB.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Baseball Standings" (PDF). c-usa.org. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Championship Central". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Graeter, Sterling Named to C-USA All-Tournament Team". conferenceusa.com. May 27, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
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