2017 Conference USA Tournament

The 2017 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at MGM Park in Biloxi, MS. #6 Rice University defeated #1 University of Southern Mississippi for the title. Glenn Otto of Rice was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Southern Mississippi	25-5	Scott Berry
2	Old Dominion University	19-11	Chris Finwood
3	Florida Atlantic University	18-12	John McCormack
4	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	18-12	Loren Hibbs
5	Louisiana Tech University	17-13	Lane Burroughs
6	Rice University	16-14	Wayne Graham
7	Florida International University	15-15	Mervyl Melendez
8	University of Texas at San Antonio	15-15	Jason Marshall

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Southern Miss	2
	8	Texas-San Antonio	9
						8	Texas-San Antonio	0
						4	UNC Charlotte	5
	4	UNC Charlotte	7
	5	Louisiana Tech	2
											4	UNC Charlotte	5	8
										1	Southern Miss	6	10
	1	Southern Miss	5
	5	Louisiana Tech	2
						8	Texas-San Antonio	1
						1	Southern Miss	7
																1	Southern Miss	5	x	x
																6	Rice	4	x	x
	2	Old Dominion	3
	7	Florida International	2
						2	Old Dominion	3
						6	Rice	4
	3	Florida Atlantic	3
	6	Rice	5
											6	Rice	13	x
										3	Florida Atlantic	2	x
	7	Florida International	4
	3	Florida Atlantic	8
						2	Old Dominion	2
						3	Florida Atlantic	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	Rice University	5-3	Florida Atlantic University
Game 2	Old Dominion University	3-2	Florida International University
Game 3	University of Texas at San Antonio	9-2	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 4	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	7-2	Louisiana Tech University
May 25
Game 5	Florida Atlantic University	8-4	Florida International University	Florida International eliminated
Game 6	University of Southern Mississippi	5-2	Louisiana Tech University	Louisiana Tech eliminated
Game 7	Rice University	4-3	Old Dominion University
Game 8	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	5-0	University of Texas at San Antonio
May 26
Game 9	Florida Atlantic University	6-2	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion eliminated
Game 10	University of Southern Mississippi	7-1	University of Texas at San Antonio	Tex. San Antonio eliminated
May 27
Game 11	Rice University	13-2	Florida Atlantic University	Florida Atlantic eliminated
Game 12	University of Southern Mississippi	6-5	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 13	University of Southern Mississippi	10-8	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNC Charlotte eliminated
May 28
Game 14	Rice University	5-4	University of Southern Mississippi	Rice advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Bryant Bowen, Southern Miss
• IF Stephen Kerr, Florida Atlantic
• IF Dane Myers, Rice
• IF Brett Netzer, Charlotte
• IF C.J. Pickering, UTSA
• OF Zach Jarrett, Charlotte
• OF Matt Wallner, Southern Miss
• OF Charlie Warren, Rice
• DH/UT Taylor Braley, Southern Miss
• P Matt Canterino, Rice
• P Colton Laws, Charlotte
• P Glenn Otto, Rice
• P Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss