2010 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

The 2010 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2010 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Cougar Field in Houston, Texas from May 26–May 30, 2010. Southern Miss won the tournament and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

2010 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatTwo groups of round robin
followed by a championship game
Finals site
ChampionsSouthern Mississippi (2nd title)
Winning coachScott Berry (1st title)
MVPScott Copeland (Southern Mississippi)
2010 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 26 Rice  ‍†‍‍ 17–7 .70840–23 .635
Southern Miss  ‍‍‡‍ 14–10 .58336–24 .600
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50028–30 .483
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50027–31 .466
Houston  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45825–32 .439
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45832–27 .542
UAB  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45828–25 .528
UCF  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41733–22 .600
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41732–24 .571
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2010[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament format changed from that which had been used since the 2000 tournament. It consisted of six teams split into two three-team pods. Each team played a total of three preliminary games, two against its podmates and one against a team from the opposite pod. The team with the best record in each pod going advanced to a single-game final.[2]

Regular season results
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Rice177.708--1
Southern Miss1410.58332
Memphis1212.50053
Marshall1212.50054
Houston1113.45865
East Carolina1113.45866
UAB1113.4586--
UCF1014.4177--
Tulane1014.4177--

Bracket
Houston vs. Marshall in the 2010 C-USA Baseball Tournament
Pod 1 Rice MAR HOU Pod 2Overall
1 Rice W 18-07 W 24-37 ECU W 11-33-0
4 Marshall L 0-187 L 7-11 MEM W 10-71-2
5 Houston L 3-247 W 11-7 USM L 6-101-2
Pod 2 USM MEM ECU Pod 1Overall
2 Southern Miss W 8-2 L 1-8 HOU W 10-62-1
3 Memphis L 2-8 W 3-2 MAR L 7-101-2
6 East Carolina W 8-1 L 2-3 Rice L 3-111-2
Finals
   
A Rice 4
B Southern Miss 7

# indicates the number of innings if not 9.

Finish order
FinishTeamWLPctSeedRSRADiff
1†Southern Miss310.750226206
2#Rice310.7501571344
3East Carolina120.33361315-2
4Memphis120.33331220-8
5Marshall120.33341736-19
6Houston120.33352041-21

† - 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
PositionPlayerSchool
CDiego SeastrunkRice
IFRick HagueRice
IFAnthony RendonRice
IFB.A. VollmuthSouthern Miss
IFTaylor WalkerSouthern Miss
OFMichael FudaRice
OFChad MozingoRice
OFSteven SultzbaughRice
DHM.P. CokinosHouston
PScott CopelandSouthern Miss
PSeth ManessEast Carolina
PBrennon MartinMemphis
PJared RogersRice
MVPScott CopelandSouthern Miss

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

References
  1. Conference USA Baseball Record Book (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  2. "2010 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
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