2004 Conference USA Tournament

The 2004 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Cougar Field in Houston, TX. #4 Texas Christian University defeated #3 University of Southern Mississippi for the title. Austin Adams of TCU was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	East Carolina University	25-5	Randy Mazey
2	Tulane University	21-9	Rick Jones
3	University of Southern Mississippi	21-9	Corky Palmer
4	Texas Christian University	19-11	Jim Schlossnagle
5	University of Houston	19-11	Rayner Noble
6	University of Memphis	16-15	Dave Anderson
7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	13-16	Larry Giangrosso
8	University of Louisville	13-17	Lelo Prado

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	East Carolina	13
	8	Louisville	2
						1	East Carolina	5
						5	Houston	6
	4	TCU	5
	5	Houston	9
											5	Houston	3	4
										4	TCU	8	5
	8	Louisville	3
	4	TCU	4
						1	East Carolina	4
						4	TCU	10
																4	TCU	3	x	x
																3	Southern Miss	1	x	x
	2	Tulane	4
	7	UAB	10
						7	UAB	7
						6	Memphis	6
	3	Southern Miss	5
	6	Memphis	10
											7	UAB	10	7
										3	Southern Miss	16	9
	2	Tulane	4
	3	Southern Miss	16
						6	Memphis	0
						3	Southern Miss	13

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 26
Game 1	University of Memphis	10-5	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 2	University of Alabama at Birmingham	10-4	Tulane University
Game 3	East Carolina University	13-2	University of Louisville
Game 4	University of Houston	9-5	Texas Christian University
May 27
Game 5	University of Southern Mississippi	16-4	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
Game 6	Texas Christian University	4-3	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	7-6	University of Memphis
Game 8	University of Houston	6-5	East Carolina University
May 28
Game 9	University of Southern Mississippi	13-0	University of Memphis	Memphis eliminated
Game 10	Texas Christian University	10-4	East Carolina University	East Carolina eliminated
May 29
Game 11	University of Southern Mississippi	16-10	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 12	Texas Christian University	8-3	University of Houston
Game 13	University of Southern Mississippi	9-7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB eliminated
Game 14	Texas Christian University	5-4	University of Houston	Houston eliminated
May 30
Game 15	Texas Christian University	3-1	University of Southern Mississippi	TCU advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF Matt Shepherd, Southern Miss
• IF Jarrett Hoffpauir, Southern Miss
• IF Chris Neuman, TCU
• IF Bo Cogbill, TCU
• OF Ryan Frith, Southern Miss
• OF Chad Huffman, TCU
• OF Austin Adams, TCU
• C Brad Willcutt, Southern Miss
• DH Kevin Roberts, Houston
• P Mike Cashion, Southern Miss
• P Eugene Espinel Ii, TCU
• P Clayton Jerome, TCU
• P Ryan Weems, TCU