2021 American Athletic Conference Tournament

The 2021 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, FL. #6 University of South Florida defeated #5 University of Central Florida for the title. Outfielder Daniel Cantu of South Florida was named tournament Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	East Carolina University	20-8	Cliff Godwin
2	Tulane University	17-10	Travis Jewett
3	Wichita State University	18-13	Eric Wedge
4	University of Cincinnati	18-14	Scott Googins
5	University of Central Florida	18-14	Greg Lovelady
6	University of South Florida	14-14	Billy Mohl
7	University of Houston	7-21	Todd Whitting
8	University of Memphis	7-25	Daron Schoenrock

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	East Carolina	1
	8	Memphis	11
						8	Memphis	1
						5	Central Florida	17
	4	Cincinnati	10
	5	Central Florida	14
											5	Central Florida	2	2
										1	East Carolina	5	1
	1	East Carolina	13
	4	Cincinnati	9
						8	Memphis	0
						1	East Carolina	12
																5	Central Florida	7	x	x
																6	South Florida	8	x	x
	2	Tulane	4
	7	Houston	1
						2	Tulane	0
						6	South Florida	5
	3	Wichita State	2
	6	South Florida	7
											6	South Florida	6	7
										2	Tulane	16	1
	7	Houston	3
	3	Wichita State	5
						2	Tulane	12
						3	Wichita State	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	University of Central Florida	14-10	University of Cincinnati
Game 2	University of Memphis	11-1 (7)	East Carolina University
Game 3	Tulane University	4-1	University of Houston
Game 4	University of South Florida	7-2	Wichita State University
May 26
Game 5	East Carolina University	13-9	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
Game 6	Wichita State University	5-3	University of Houston	Houston eliminated
May 27
Game 7	University of Central Florida	17-1 (7)	University of Memphis
Game 8	University of South Florida	5-0	Tulane University
May 28
Game 9	East Carolina University	12-0 (7)	University of Memphis	Memphis eliminated
Game 10	Tulane University	12-2 (7)	Wichita State University	Wichita State eliminated
May 29
Game 11	East Carolina University	5-2	University of Central Florida
Game 12	Tulane University	16-6 (8)	University of South Florida
Game 13	University of Central Florida	2-1	East Carolina University	East Carolina eliminated
Game 14	University of South Florida	7-1	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
May 30
Game 15	University of South Florida	8-7	University of Central Florida	South Florida advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Jack Jasiak, South Florida
• P Bad Lord, South Florida
• C Josh Crouch, Central Florida
• IF Alex Freeland, Central Florida
• IF Connor Norby, East Carolina
• IF Riley Hogan, South Florida
• IF Carmine Lane, South Florida
• IF Collin Burns, Tulane
• OF Gephry Pena, Central Florida
• OF Jordan Rathbone, Central Florida
• OF Daniel Cantu, South Florida