2018 American Athletic Conference Tournament

The 2018 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Spectrum Field and Robin Roberts Field in Clearwater, FL. #4 East Carolina University defeated #3 University of Connecticut for the title. Infielder Spencer Brickhouse of East Carolina was named tournament Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Houston	16-8	Todd Whitting
2	University of South Florida	14-9-1	Billy Mohl
3	University of Connecticut	14-10	Jim Penders
4	East Carolina University	14-10	Cliff Godwin
5	University of Central Florida	13-10	Greg Lovelady
6	University of Cincinnati	12-12	Scott Googins
7	Wichita State University	9-14-1	Todd Butler
8	Tulane University	9-14	Travis Jewett

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Houston	6
	8	Tulane	1
						8	Tulane	5
						4	East Carolina	6
	4	East Carolina	8
	5	Central Florida	4
											4	East Carolina	3	12
										1	Houston	5	1
	1	Houston	6
	5	Central Florida	2
						8	Tulane	7
						1	Houston	18
																4	East Carolina	4	x	x
																3	Connecticut	3	x	x
	2	South Florida	3
	7	Wichita State	4
						7	Wichita State	5
						3	Connecticut	7
	3	Connecticut	6
	6	Cincinnati	2
											3	Connecticut	0	3
										2	South Florida	13	2
	2	South Florida	9
	6	Cincinnati	4
						7	Wichita State	2
						2	South Florida	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	East Carolina University	8-4	University of Central Florida
Game 2	Tulane University	11-6	University of Houston
May 23
Game 3	Wichita State University	4-3	University of South Florida
Game 4	University of Houston	6-2	University of Central Florida	Central Florida eliminated
Game 5	University of Connecticut	6-2	University of Cincinnati
Game 6	East Carolina University	6-5	Tulane University
Game 7	University of Connecticut	7-5	Wichita State University
Game 8	University of South Florida	9-4	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
May 24
Game 9	University of Houston	18-7 (7)	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
Game 10	University of South Florida	7-2	Wichita State University	Wichita State eliminated
Game 11	University of Houston	5-3	East Carolina University
Game 12	University of South Florida	13-0 (7)	University of Connecticut
May 25
Game 13	University of Connecticut	3-2	University of South Florida	South Florida eliminated
Game 14	East Carolina University	12-1 (7)	University of Houston	Houston eliminated
May 26
Game 15	East Carolina University	4-3	University of Connecticut	East Carolina advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Jacob Wallace, Connecticut
• P Colin Sullivan, South Florida
• P Jake Kuchmaner, East Carolina
• C Tyler Dietrich, South Florida
• IF Spencer Brickhouse, East Carolina
• IF Turner Brown, East Carolina
• IF Anthony Prato, Connecticut
• IF Coco Montes, South Florida
• OF Troy Stefanski, Connecticut
• OF Drew Henrickson, East Carolina
• OF Grant Witherspoon, Tulane
• UT Joe Davis, Houston