1978 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

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The 1978 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held April 28 - 30 in Mobile, AL. #2 University of New Orleans defeated #4 University of South Florida for the title. Roy Weimer of New Orleans was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Overall Record Head Coach
1 University of South Alabama 38-14 Eddie Stanky
2 University of New Orleans 35-16 Ron Maestri
3 Jacksonville University 35-28 Jack Lamabe
4 University of South Florida 25-26 Robin Roberts

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  1 South Alabama 5  
  4 South Florida 13    
      4 South Florida 8  
      2 New Orleans 12    
  2 New Orleans 3          
  3 Jacksonville 2        
      2 New Orleans 1 14
        4 South Florida 2 7
       
    4 South Florida 10    
  1 South Alabama 9     1 South Alabama 5  
  3 Jacksonville 7  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 University of New Orleans 3-2 Jacksonville University
Game 2 University of South Florida 13-5 University of South Alabama
Game 3 University of South Alabama 9-7 Jacksonville University Jacksonville eliminated
Game 4 University of New Orleans 12-8 University of South Florida
Game 5 University of South Florida 10-5 University of South Alabama South Alabama eliminated
Game 6 University of South Florida 2-1 University of New Orleans
Game 7 University of New Orleans 14-7 University of South Florida New Orleans wins Sun Belt Conference title
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