2008 Conference USA Tournament

The 2008 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, LA. #4 University of Houston defeated #6 Marshall University for the title. Bryan Pounds of Houston was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Rice University	21-3	Wayne Graham
2	University of Southern Mississippi	15-9	Corky Palmer
3	Tulane University	13-9-1	Rick Jones
4	University of Houston	14-10	Rayner Noble
5	East Carolina University	13-11	Billy Godwin
6	Marshall University	10-13-1	Jeff Waggoner
7	University of Central Florida	8-16	Craig Cozart
8	University of Alabama at Birmingham	7-17	Brian Shoop

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Rice	2
	8	UAB	8
						8	UAB	5
						4	Houston	4
	4	Houston	5
	5	East Carolina	4
											8	UAB	5	1
										4	Houston	10	3
	1	Rice	3
	5	East Carolina	4
						4	Houston	2
						5	East Carolina	1
																4	Houston	3
																6	Marshall	2
	2	Southern Miss	8
	7	Central Florida	5
						2	Southern Miss	5
						6	Marshall	3
	3	Tulane	5
	6	Marshall	10
											2	Southern Miss	3	3
										6	Marshall	6	5
	7	Central Florida	2
	3	Tulane	5
						6	Marshall	8
						3	Tulane	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	University of Houston	5-4 (10)	East Carolina University
Game 2	University of Alabama at Birmingham	8-2	Rice University
Game 3	University of Southern Mississippi	8-5	University of Central Florida
Game 4	Marshall University	10-5	Tulane University
May 22
Game 5	East Carolina University	4-3	Rice University	Rice eliminated
May 23
Game 6	Tulane University	5-2	University of Central Florida	Central Florida eliminated
Game 7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	5-4	University of Houston
Game 8	University of Southern Mississippi	5-3	Marshall University
Game 9	University of Houston	2-1	East Carolina University	East Carolina eliminated
May 24
Game 10	Marshall University	8-7	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
Game 11	University of Houston	10-5	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 12	Marshall University	6-3	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 13	University of Houston	3-1	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB eliminated
May 25
Game 14	Marshall University	5-3	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated
Game 15	University of Houston	3-2	Marshall University	Houston advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Allen Aubin, UAB
• IF Jimmy Cesario, Houston
• IF Ryan Keedy, UAB
• IF Bryan Pounds, Houston
• IF Adam Yeager, Marshall
• OF Drew Carson, Southern Miss
• OF Nate Lape, Marshall
• OF Zak Presley, Houston
• DH Kyle Roller, East Carolina
• P Steve Blevins, Marshall
• P Jared Ray, Houston
• P Kyle Roberson, UAB
• P Dan Straily, Marshall