2008 Conference USA baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2008 Conference USA
baseball tournamentTeams| 8

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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 →

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]

## Regular season results

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Team  | W  | L  | T  | Pct  | GB  | Seed

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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

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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| First round
May 21–23| | | Second round
May 23–24| | | Semi-finals
May 24–25| | | Finals
May 25
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| 5| East Carolina| 4
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| 4| Houston| 5| |
| | | 4| Houston| 4
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| | | 8| UAB| 5| |
| 8| UAB| 8| | | |
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| 1| Rice| 2| |
| | | 8| UAB| 5| 1
| Bracket One| | | |
| | | 4| Houston| 10| 3| |
| 5| East Carolina| 4| | | | | | |
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| 1| Rice| 3| | | 5| East Carolina| 1
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| | | | 4| Houston| 2| |
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| 4| Houston| 3
| 7| UCF| 5| | |
| | | | | 6| Marshall| 2
| 2| Southern Miss| 8| | | | | | | |
| | | 2| Southern Miss| 5|
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| | | 6| Marshall| 3| |
| 6| Marshall| 10| | | |
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| 3| Tulane| 5| |
| | | 2| Southern Miss| 3| 3
| Bracket Two| | | |
| | | 6| Marshall| 6| 5| |
| 7| UCF| 2| | | | | | |
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| 3| Tulane| 5| | | 6| Marshall| 8
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| | | | 2| Tulane| 7| |
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* Bold indicates the winner of the game.
* Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

## Finish order

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Finish | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By

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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

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Position  | Player  | School

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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

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

## External links

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* 2008 Entergy C-USA Baseball Championship

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