2006 Conference USA baseball tournament
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Eight-team double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Rice (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Wayne Graham (1st title) |
| MVP | Joe Savery (Rice) |
The 2006 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2006 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas, from May 24–May 28, 2006. Rice won the tournament in its first year as a member of the conference, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.[1]
Regular season results
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 22 | 2 | .917 | -- | 1 | |
| Houston | 18 | 6 | .750 | 4 | 2 | |
| Tulane | 15 | 9 | .625 | 7 | 3 | |
| Memphis | 13 | 11 | .542 | 9 | 4 | |
| Southern Miss | 13 | 11 | .542 | 9 | 5 | |
| East Carolina | 10 | 14 | .417 | 12 | 6 | |
| Marshall | 6 | 18 | .250 | 16 | 7 | |
| UAB | 6 | 18 | .250 | 16 | 8 | |
| UCF | 5 | 19 | .208 | 17 | -- |
- Records listed are conference play only. SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP did not field baseball teams. UCF did not qualify for tournament play.
Bracket
| First round May 24–25 | Second round May 25–26 | Semifinals May 28 | Championship Game May 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | East Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tulane | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | East Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Marshall | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tulane | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tulane | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Marshall | 1 | 3 | Tulane | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | East Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UAB | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rice | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UAB | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis | 2 | 4 | Memphis | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Miss | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
- 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 | Rice† | 4 | 0 | 0 | .1000 | 1 | |
| 2 | Houston# | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2 | Rice |
| 3 | Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 4 | Rice |
| 4 | Tulane# | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3 | Houston |
| 5 | Southern Miss# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 5 | Memphis |
| 6 | East Carolina | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 6 | Tulane |
| 7 | UAB | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 8 | Rice |
| 8 | Marshall | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | Tulane |
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. | |||||||
All-tournament team
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| C | Ty Wallace | Tulane |
| IF | Greg Buchanan | Rice |
| IF | Isa Garcia | Houston |
| IF | Michael Murray | Memphis |
| IF | Joe Savery | Rice |
| OF | Jordan Dodson | Rice |
| OF | Will Petersen | Memphis |
| OF | Jake Stewart | Houston |
| DH/UT | Brad Lincoln | Houston |
| P | Bobby Bell | Rice |
| P | Bryce Cox | Rice |
| P | Luis Flores | Houston |
| P | Shane Mathews | East Carolina |
| MVP | Joe Savery | Rice |
References
- ^ "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
