1997 Conference USA Tournament

The 1997 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, LA. #2 University of Houston defeated #5 University of North Carolina at Charlotte for the title. Scottie Scott of Houston was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Tulane University	19-7	Rick Jones
2	University of Houston	19-8	Rayner Noble
3	University of South Florida	18-8	Eddie Cardieri
4	University of Southern Mississippi	16-10	Hill Denson
5	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	14-12	Loren Hibbs
6	University of Alabama at Birmingham	14-13	Pete Rancont
7	University of Louisville	11-15	Lelo Prado
8	University of Memphis	9-17	Jeff Hopkins
9	Saint Louis University	8-19	Bob Hughes
10	University of Cincinnati	4-23	Brian Cleary

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Tulane	10
	10	Cincinnati	0
						1	Tulane	6
						5	UNC Charlotte	8
	4	Southern Miss	9
	5	UNC Charlotte	14
											5	UNC Charlotte	4	9
										1	Tulane	13	2
	10	Cincinnati	0
	4	Southern Miss	5
						1	Tulane	6
						4	Southern Miss	2
																5	UNC Charlotte	7	x	x
																2	Houston	22	x	x
	2	Houston	13
	9	Saint Louis	4
						2	Houston	2
						3	South Florida	0
	3	South Florida	5
	6	UAB	2
											2	Houston	5	10
										6	UAB	6	8
	9	Saint Louis	2
	6	UAB	6
						3	South Florida	3
						6	UAB	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 13
Game 1	Saint Louis University	9-2	University of Memphis	Play-in game
Game 2	University of Cincinnati	8-5	University of Louisville	Play-in game
May 14
Game 3	University of South Florida	5-2	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 4	University of Houston	13-4	Saint Louis University
Game 5	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	14-9	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 6	Tulane University	10-0	University of Cincinnati
May 15
Game 7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	6-2	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis eliminated
Game 8	University of Southern Mississippi	5-0	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
Game 9	University of Houston	2-0	University of South Florida
Game 10	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	8-6	Tulane University
May 16
Game 11	University of Alabama at Birmingham	5-3	University of South Florida	South Florida eliminated
Game 12	Tulane University	6-2	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated
May 17
Game 13	University of Alabama at Birmingham	6-5	University of Houston
Game 14	Tulane University	13-4	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 15	University of Houston	10-8	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB eliminated
Game 16	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	9-2	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
May 18
Game 17	University of Houston	22-7	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Houston advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF Keith Graffagnini, Tulane
• IF Joey Hammond, Charlotte
• IF Jason Hill, Charlotte
• IF Shaun Skrehot, Houston
• OF Jason Fitzgerald, Tulane
• OF Nick Rhodes, Charlotte
• OF Goefrey Tomlinson, Houston
• C Scottie Scott, Houston
• P Gary Shuford, Charlotte
• RP Chris Mason, UAB
• DH Jason Schreiber, Houston