2006 Conference USA Tournament

The 2006 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Reckling Park in Houston, TX. #1 Rice University defeated #2 University of Houston for the title. Joe Savery of Rice was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Rice University	22-2	Wayne Graham
2	University of Houston	18-6	Rayner Noble
3	Tulane University	15-9	Rick Jones
4	University of Memphis	13-11	Daron Schoenrock
5	University of Southern Mississippi	13-11	Corky Palmer
6	East Carolina University	10-14	Billy Godwin
7	Marshall University	6-18	Dave Piepenbrink
8	University of Alabama at Birmingham	6-18	Larry Giangrosso

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Rice	9
	8	UAB	3
						1	Rice	5
						5	Southern Miss	1
	4	Memphis	2
	5	Southern Miss	6
											1	Rice	7	x
										4	Memphis	4	x
	8	UAB	2
	4	Memphis	13
						5	Southern Miss	5
						4	Memphis	8
																1	Rice	11	x	x
																2	Houston	5	x	x
	2	Houston	9
	7	Marshall	1
						2	Houston	7
						6	East Carolina	1
	3	Tulane	2
	6	East Carolina	4
											2	Houston	6	x
										3	Tulane	0	x
	7	Marshall	1
	3	Tulane	12
						6	East Carolina	1
						3	Tulane	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	East Carolina University	4-2	Tulane University
Game 2	University of Houston	9-1	Marshall University
Game 3	Rice University	9-3	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 4	University of Southern Mississippi	6-2	University of Memphis
May 25
Game 5	Tulane University	12-1 (8)	Marshall University	Marshall eliminated
Game 6	University of Memphis	13-2 (7)	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB eliminated
Game 7	University of Houston	7-1	East Carolina University
Game 8	Rice University	5-1	University of Southern Mississippi
May 26
Game 9	Tulane University	2-1 (10)	East Carolina University	East Carolina eliminated
Game 10	University of Memphis	8-5	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated
May 27
Game 11	University of Houston	6-0	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
Game 12	Rice University	7-4	University of Memphis	Memphis eliminated
May 28
Game 13	Rice University	11-5	University of Houston	Rice advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Ty Wallace, Tulane
• IF Greg Buchanan, Rice
• IF Isa Garcia, Houston
• IF Michael Murray, Memphis
• IF Joe Savery, Rice
• OF Jordan Dodson, Rice
• OF Will Petersen, Memphis
• OF Jake Stewart, Houston
• DH Brad Lincoln, Houston
• P Bobby Bell, Rice
• P Bryce Cox, Rice
• P Luis Flores, Houston
• P Shane Mathews, East Carolina