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2004 Conference USA baseball tournament

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2004 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatEight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTCU (1st title)
Winning coachJim Schlossnagle (1st title)
MVPAustin Adams (TCU)

The 2004 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2004 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Cougar Field in Houston, Texas, from May 26 through 30, 2004. The TCU Horned Frogs won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 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
East Carolina 25 5 0 .833 -- 1
Tulane 21 9 0 .700 4 2
Southern Miss 21 9 0 .700 4 3
TCU 19 11 0 .633 6 4
Houston 19 11 0 .633 6 5
Memphis 15 14 0 .517 9.5 6
UAB 13 16 0 .448 11.5 7
Louisville 13 17 0 .433 12 8
South Florida 12 17 0 .414 12.5 --
Charlotte 9 21 0 .300 16 --
Cincinnati 6 24 0 .200 19 --
Saint Louis 5 24 0 .172 19.5 --

Bracket

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First round
May 26–27
Second round
May 27–28
Semi-finals
May 28–29
Finals
May 30
6Memphis10
3Southern Miss5
7UAB7
6Memphis6
7UAB10
2Tulane4
7UAB107
3Southern Miss169
3Southern Miss16
2Tulane46Memphis0
3Southern Miss13
4TCU3
1East Carolina13
3Southern Miss1
8Louisville2
5Houston6
1East Carolina5
5Houston9
4TCU5
5Houston34
4TCU85
8Louisville3
4TCU44TCU5
1East Carolina4
  • 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
1 TCU 5 1 0 .833 4
2 Southern Miss# 4 2 0 .667 3 TCU
3 Houston 2 2 0 .500 5 TCU
4 UAB 2 2 0 .500 7 Southern Miss
5 East Carolina# 1 2 0 .333 1 TCU
6 Memphis 1 2 0 .333 6 Southern Miss
7 Louisville 0 2 0 .000 8 TCU
8 Tulane# 0 2 0 .000 2 Southern Miss

- 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 Brad Willcutt Southern Mississippi
IF Matt Shepherd Southern Mississippi
IF Jarrett Hoffpauir Southern Mississippi
IF Chris Neuman TCU
IF Bo Cogbill TCU
OF Ryan Frith Southern Mississippi
OF Chad Huffman TCU
OF Austin Adams TCU
DH Kevin Roberts Houston
P Mike Cashion Southern Mississippi
P Eugene Espinelli TCU
P Clayton Jerome TCU
P Ryan Weems TCU
MVP Austin Adams TCU

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.