1998 Conference USA Tournament

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

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

Bracket

	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

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

• 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 Jim McAuley, Louisville
• p Craig Brown, Tulane
• RP Brion Treadway, Charlotte
• DH Rob Partin, Louisville