1997 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

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1997 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1997
Teams 10
Format Play-in round followed by
eight-team double-elimination tournament
Site Turchin Stadium
New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions Houston (1st title)
Winning coach Rayner Noble (1st title)
MVP Scottie Scott (Houston)
Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
«1996  1998»
1997 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Tulane † 19 – 7   .731     40 – 21   .656
Houston ‡y 19 – 8   .704     40 – 23   .635
South Florida y 18 – 8   .692     39 – 24   .619
Southern Miss 16 – 10   .615     34 – 23   .596
Charlotte 14 – 12   .538     30 – 26   .536
UAB 14 – 13   .519     31 – 29   .517
Louisville 11 – 15   .423     23 – 32   .418
Memphis 9 – 17   .346     20 – 31   .392
Saint Louis 8 – 19   .296     21 – 30   .412
Cincinnati 4 – 23   .148     12 – 46   .207
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 1997 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 13–18. Houston defeated Charlotte in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

With the completion of Houston's move from the Southwest Conference, the conference expanded to 10 teams in baseball.[3] As a result, the tournament's play-in round was expanded to include the 7th–10th seeds, instead of only the 8th and 9th.[2]

Regular season results

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Tulane 19 7 .731
-
1
Houston 19 8 .704
0.5
2
South Florida 18 8 .692
1
3
Southern Miss 16 10 .615
3
4
Charlotte 14 12 .538
5
5
UAB 14 13 .519
5.5
6
Louisville 11 15 .423
8
7
Memphis 9 17 .346
10
8
Saint Louis 8 19 .296
11.5
9
Cincinnati 4 23 .148
15.5
10
  • Records reflect conference play only.[4]

Bracket

Play-in games

Two play-in games among the four teams with the worst regular season records decided which two teams would have the final two spots in the eight-team double-elimination bracket.

Play-In Game
     
9 Saint Louis 9
8 Memphis 2
Play-In Game
     
10 Cincinnati 8
7 Louisville] 5

Double-elimination

  First Round Second Round Semifinals Championship Game
                                       
5  Charlotte 14  
4  Southern Miss 9  
  5  Charlotte 8  
  1  Tulane 6  
10  Cincinnati 0
1  Tulane 10  
  5  Charlotte 4 9  
  1  Tulane 13 2  
10  Cincinnati 0  
4  Southern Miss 5  
  4  Southern Miss 2
  1  Tulane 6  
  5  Charlotte 7
  2  Houston 22
7  St. Louis 4  
2  Houston 13  
  3  South Florida 0
  2  Houston 2  
6  UAB 2
3  South Florida 5  
  6  UAB 6 8
  2  Houston 5 10  
7  Saint Louis 2  
6  UAB 6  
  6  UAB 5
  3  South Florida 3  
  • Bold indicates the winner of the game.
  • Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

All-tournament team

Position Player School
C Scottie Scott Houston
IF Keith Graffagnini Tulane
IF Joey Hammond Charlotte
IF Jason Hill Charlotte
IF Shaun Skrehot Houston
OF Jason Fitzgerald Tulane
OF Nick Rhodes Charlotte
OF Goefrey Tomlinson Houston
DH Jason Schreiber Houston
P Gary Shuford Charlotte
RP Chris Mason UAB
MVP Scottie Scott Houston

References

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