2003 Conference USA Tournament

The 2003 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, LA. #1 University of Southern Mississippi defeated #3 Tulane University for the title. Clint King of Southern Miss was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Southern Mississippi	23-7	Corky Palmer
2	Texas Christian University	22-8	Lance Brown
3	Tulane University	20-10	Rick Jones
4	University of Houston	18-12	Rayner Noble
5	East Carolina University	17-13	Randy Mazey
6	University of South Florida	14-14	Eddie Cardieri
7	University of Louisville	14-15	Lelo Prado
8	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	11-15	Loren Hibbs

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Southern Miss	13
	8	UNC Charlotte	0
						1	Southern Miss	7
						4	Houston	2
	4	Houston	2
	5	East Carolina	1
											1	Southern Miss	3	x
										5	East Carolina	1	x
	8	UNC Charlotte	5
	5	East Carolina	8
						4	Houston	0
						5	East Carolina	5
																1	Southern Miss	7	x	x
																3	Tulane	5	x	x
	2	TCU	1
	7	Louisville	5
						7	Louisville	1
						3	Tulane	3
	3	Tulane	4
	6	South Florida	3
											3	Tulane	5	x
										7	Louisville	3	x
	2	TCU	6
	6	South Florida	10
						7	Louisville	11
						6	South Florida	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	University of Houston	2-1	East Carolina University
Game 2	University of Southern Mississippi	13-0	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 3	University of Louisville	5-1	Texas Christian University
Game 4	Tulane University	4-3	University of South Florida
May 22
Game 5	East Carolina University	8-5	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNC Charlotte eliminated
Game 6	University of South Florida	10-6	Texas Christian University	Texas Christian eliminated
Game 7	University of Southern Mississippi	7-2	University of Houston
Game 8	Tulane University	3-1	University of Louisville
May 23
Game 9	East Carolina University	5-0	University of Houston	Houston eliminated
Game 10	University of Louisville	11-4	University of South Florida	South Florida eliminated
May 24
Game 11	University of Southern Mississippi	3-1	East Carolina University	East Carolina eliminated
Game 12	Tulane University	5-3	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
May 25
Game 13	University of Southern Mississippi	7-5	Tulane University	Southern Mississippi advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF Darryl Lawhorn, East Carolina
• IF J.T. La Fountain, Louisville
• IF Beau Griffin, Southern Miss
• IF Tommy Manzella, Tulane
• OF Jeff Cook, Southern Miss
• OF Clint King, Southern Miss
• OF Jason Lowery, Southern Miss
• C Brian Bormaster, Tulane
• DH Allen Shirley, USF
• P Jason Tourangeau, East Carolina
• P Billy Mohl, Tulane