1999 Conference USA Tournament

The 1999 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at USA Stadium in Millington, TN. #2 Tulane University defeated #1 University of Houston for the title. Mickey McKee of Tulane was named MVP.

Participating Teams

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

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Houston	14
	10	Saint Louis	4
						1	Houston	14
						5	South Florida	3
	4	Memphis	6
	5	South Florida	8
											1	Houston	3	x
										10	Saint Louis	0	x
	10	Saint Louis	11
	4	Memphis	9
						5	South Florida	5
						10	Saint Louis	16
																1	Houston	9	x	x
																2	Tulane	12	x	x
	2	Tulane	10
	8	Cincinnati	5
						2	Tulane	11
						3	Southern Miss	4
	3	Southern Miss	10
	6	Louisville	5
											2	Tulane	13	x
										3	Southern Miss	7	x
	8	Cincinnati	9
	6	Louisville	10
						3	Southern Miss	5
						6	Louisville	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 18
Game 1	University of Cincinnati	8-7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Play-in game
Game 2	Saint Louis University	5-2	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Play-in game
May 19
Game 3	University of Southern Mississippi	10-5	University of Louisville
Game 4	Tulane University	10-5	University of Cincinnati
Game 5	University of Houston	14-4	Saint Louis University
Game 6	University of South Florida	8-6	University of Memphis
May 20
Game 7	University of Louisville	10-9	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
Game 8	Saint Louis University	11-9	University of Memphis	Memphis eliminated
Game 9	Tulane University	11-4	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 10	University of Houston	14-3	University of South Florida
May 21
Game 11	University of Southern Mississippi	5-2	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 12	Saint Louis University	16-5	University of South Florida	South Florida eliminated
May 22
Game 13	Tulane University	13-7	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated
Game 14	University of Houston	3-0	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis eliminated
May 23
Game 15	Tulane University	12-9	University of Houston	Tulane advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF Andy Cannizaro, Tulane
• IF Brandon Caraway, Houston
• IF Jake Gautreau, Tulane
• IF Mickey McKee, Tulane
• OF Michael Artman, Southern Miss
• OF Matt Groff, Tulane
• OF Luke Williams, Louisville
• C Jarrod Bitter, Houston
• P Shane Nance, Houston
• RP Bryan Moore, Houston
• DH Chad Sutter, Tulane