1998 Conference USA Tournament

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The 1998 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Zephyr Field in New Orleans, LA. #1 Tulane University defeated #3 University of North Carolina at Charlotte for the title. Brian Hughes of Tulane was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Tulane University 22-5 Rick Jones
2 University of Houston 21-6 Rayner Noble
3 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 19-8 Loren Hibbs
4 University of Alabama at Birmingham 15-12 Pete Rancont
5 University of Louisville 14-13 Lelo Prado
6 University of Southern Mississippi 12-15 Corky Palmer
7 University of Memphis 12-15 Jeff Hopkins
8 University of South Florida 9-18 Eddie Cardieri
9 Saint Louis University 4-20 Bob Hughes
10 University of Cincinnati 4-20 Brian Cleary

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                           
1  Tulane 7  
9  Saint Louis 3  
  1  Tulane 13  
  5  Louisville 2  
4  UAB 8
5  Louisville 9  
  1  Tulane 6 x  
 
  5  Louisville 3 x  
9  Saint Louis 1  
4  UAB 4  
  5  Louisville 11
  4  UAB 6  
  1  Tulane 5 x x
  3  UNC Charlotte 3 x x
2  Houston 3  
7  Memphis 2  
  2  Houston 5
  3  UNC Charlotte 6  
3  UNC Charlotte 13
6  Southern Miss 3  
  3  UNC Charlotte 6 x
 
  6  Southern Miss 5 x  
7  Memphis 6  
6  Southern Miss 7  
  2  Houston 5
  6  Southern Miss 6  



Game Results[edit]

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

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • IF Jeremy Schied, Southern Miss
  • IF Keith Graffagnini, Tulane
  • IF Gerald Parr, Charlotte
  • IF Bo Robinson, Charlotte
  • OF Brandon Caraway, Houston
  • OF Eric Lee, Houston
  • OF Brian Hughes, Tulane
  • C James McAuley, Louisville
  • p Craig Brown, Tulane
  • RP Brion Treadway, Charlotte
  • DH Rob Partin, Louisville