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

Teams	6
Format	Two groups of round robin followed by a championship game
Finals site	Cougar Field Houston, Texas
Champions	Southern Mississippi (2nd title)
Winning coach	Scott Berry (1st title)
MVP	Scott Copeland (Southern Mississippi)
← 2009 C-USA baseball tournament 2011 →

2010 Conference USA baseball standings

v t e	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

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	--

• SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP do not field baseball teams. Tulane, UAB, and UCF did not make the tournament.

Bracket

 

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
	1	Rice	4
	2	Southern Miss	7

Results

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

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

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

1. Conference USA Baseball Record Book (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
2. "2010 C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA. from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010.

External links

• 2010 C-USA Baseball Championship