2012_Conference_USA_Baseball_Tournament

2012 Conference USA baseball tournament

2012 Conference USA baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

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 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]

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Seeding

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

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Results

Division A Rice Southern Miss Memphis HoustonOverall
1 Rice L 2–4 L 2–3 W 7–51–2
4 Southern Miss W 4–2 L 3–14 W 8–72–1
5 Memphis W 3–2 W 14–3 L 3–72–1
8 Houston L 5–7 L 7–8 W 7–3 1–2
Division B UCF Tulane East Carolina UABOverall
2 UCF W 6–2 W 11–1 L 1–152–1
3 Tulane L 2–6 W 4–3 L 3–61–2
6 East Carolina L 1–11 L 3–4 W 10–31–2
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]

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Most Valuable Player

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

References

  1. [1]
    "2012 Baseball Standings" (PDF). c-usa.org. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Championship Central". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Graeter, Sterling Named to C-USA All-Tournament Team". conferenceusa.com. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
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