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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 26 Rice  ‍‍‍ 17 7   .708 40 23   .635
Southern Miss  ‍‍ 14 10   .583 36 24   .600
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 28 30   .483
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 27 31   .466
Houston  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 25 32   .439
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 32 27   .542
UAB  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 28 25   .528
UCF  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 33 22   .600
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 32 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

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Team W L Pct GB Seed
Rice 17 7 .708 -- 1
Southern Miss 14 10 .583 3 2
Memphis 12 12 .500 5 3
Marshall 12 12 .500 5 4
Houston 11 13 .458 6 5
East Carolina 11 13 .458 6 6
UAB 11 13 .458 6 --
UCF 10 14 .417 7 --
Tulane 10 14 .417 7 --

Bracket

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Houston vs. Marshall in the 2010 C-USA baseball tournament
Pod 1
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 Rice 3 3 0 53 6 +47 1.000 Advance to Finals
2 Marshall 3 1 2 17 36 −19 .333
3 Houston 3 1 2 20 41 −21 .333
Source: [citation needed]
Pod 2
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 Southern Miss 3 2 1 19 16 +3 .667 Advance to Finals
2 Memphis 3 1 2 12 20 −8 .333
3 East Carolina 3 1 2 13 15 −2 .333
Source: [citation needed]
Finals
  
Rice 4
Southern Miss 7

Results

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Game Winning Team Score Losing Team
1 Southern Miss 8–2 Memphis
2 Rice 11–3 East Carolina
3 Houston 11–7 Marshall
4 East Carolina 8–1 Southern Miss
5 Marshall 10–7 Memphis
6 Rice 24–3 Houston
7 Memphis 3–2 East Carolina
8 Rice 18–0 Marshall
9 Southern Miss 10–6 Houston
10 Southern Miss 7–4 Rice

Finish order

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Finish Team W L Pct Seed RS RA Diff
1 Southern Miss 3 1 0.750 2 26 20 6
2 #Rice 3 1 0.750 1 57 13 44
3 East Carolina 1 2 0.333 6 13 15 -2
4 Memphis 1 2 0.333 3 12 20 -8
5 Marshall 1 2 0.333 4 17 36 -19
6 Houston 1 2 0.333 5 20 41 -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

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Position Player School
C Diego Seastrunk Rice
IF Rick Hague Rice
IF Anthony Rendon Rice
IF B.A. Vollmuth Southern Miss
IF Taylor Walker Southern Miss
OF Michael Fuda Rice
OF Chad Mozingo Rice
OF Steven Sultzbaugh Rice
DH M.P. Cokinos Houston
P Scott Copeland Southern Miss
P Seth Maness East Carolina
P Brennon Martin Memphis
P Jared Rogers Rice
MVP Scott Copeland Southern Miss

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

References

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  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 May 29, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
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