2008 Conference USA Tournament
The 2008 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, LA. #4 University of Houston defeated #6 Marshall University for the title. Bryan Pounds of Houston was named MVP.
Participating Teams[edit]
Seed | School | Conf. Record | Head Coach |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rice University | 21-3 | Wayne Graham |
2 | University of Southern Mississippi | 15-9 | Corky Palmer |
3 | Tulane University | 13-9-1 | Rick Jones |
4 | University of Houston | 14-10 | Rayner Noble |
5 | East Carolina University | 13-11 | Billy Godwin |
6 | Marshall University | 10-13-1 | Jeff Waggoner |
7 | University of Central Florida | 8-16 | Craig Cozart |
8 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 7-17 | Brian Shoop |
Results[edit]
Bracket[edit]
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Rice | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | UAB | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | UAB | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | East Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | UAB | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Rice | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | East Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | East Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 3 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 2 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Southern Miss | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Central Florida | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Southern Miss | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Tulane | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Southern Miss | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Central Florida | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Tulane | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Marshall | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Tulane | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Results[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- C Allen Aubin, UAB
- IF Jimmy Cesario, Houston
- IF Ryan Keedy, UAB
- IF Bryan Pounds, Houston
- IF Adam Yeager, Marshall
- OF Drew Carson, Southern Miss
- OF Nate Lape, Marshall
- OF Zak Presley, Houston
- DH Kyle Roller, East Carolina
- P Steve Blevins, Marshall
- P Jared Ray, Houston
- P Kyle Roberson, UAB
- P Dan Straily, Marshall
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