2008 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2008 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2008 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 21–May 25, 2008. Houston won their third C-USA tournament, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.^[1]

2008 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Turchin Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	Houston (3rd title)
Winning coach	Rayner Noble (3rd title)
MVP	Bryan Pounds (Houston)
← 2007 C-USA baseball tournament 2009 →

Regular season results

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Seed
Rice	21	3		.875	--	1
Southern Miss	15	9		.625	6	2
Tulane	13	9		.591	7	3
Houston	14	10		.583	7	4
East Carolina	13	11		.542	8	5
Marshall	10	13		.435	10.5	6
UCF	8	16		.333	13	7
UAB	7	17		.292	14	8
Memphis	5	18		.217	15	--

• SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP did not field baseball teams. Memphis did not make the tournament.

Bracket

	First round May 21–23					Second round May 23–24					Semi-finals May 24–25						Finals May 25
	5	East Carolina	4
	4	Houston	5
						4	Houston	4
						8	UAB	5
	8	UAB	8
	1	Rice	2
											8	UAB	5	1
	Bracket One
											4	Houston	10	3
	5	East Carolina	4
	1	Rice	3			5	East Carolina	1
						4	Houston	2
																	4	Houston	3
	7	UCF	5
																	6	Marshall	2
	2	Southern Miss	8
						2	Southern Miss	5
						6	Marshall	3
	6	Marshall	10
	3	Tulane	5
											2	Southern Miss	3	3
	Bracket Two
											6	Marshall	6	5
	7	UCF	2
	3	Tulane	5			6	Marshall	8
						2	Tulane	7

• Bold indicates the winner of the game.
• Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

Finish order

Finish	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Seed	Eliminated By
1	Houston†	5	1	0	.833	4
2	Marshall	4	2	0	.667	6	Houston
3	Southern Miss#	2	2	0	.500	2	Marshall
4	UAB	2	2	0	.500	8	Houston
5	Tulane#	1	2	0	.333	3	Marshall
6	East Carolina#	1	2	0	.333	5	Houston
7	UCF	0	2	0	.000	7	Tulane
8	Rice#	0	2	0	.000	1	East Carolina
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. # - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

All-tournament team

Position	Player	School
C	Allen Aubin	Alabama–Birmingham
IF	Adam Amar	Memphis
IF	Ryan Keedy	Alabama–Birmingham
IF	Bryan Pounds	Houston
IF	Adam Yeager	Marshall
OF	Drew Carson	Southern Mississippi
OF	Nate Lape	Marshall
OF	Zak Presley	Houston
DH	Kyle Roller	East Carolina
P	Steve Blevins	Marshall
P	Jared Ray	Houston
P	Kyle Roberson	Alabama–Birmingham
P	Dan Straily	Marshall
MVP	Bryan Pounds	Houston

References

1. "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• 2008 Entergy C-USA Baseball Championship