2006 Conference USA baseball tournament
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Teams | 8 |
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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
[edit]Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Finish | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By |
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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
[edit]Position | Player | School |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2009.