2017 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2017 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 23 through 28. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2017 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[1][2]

2017 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Tournament Logo
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Spectrum Field Clearwater, FL
Champions	Houston (2nd title)
Winning coach	Todd Whitting (2nd title)
MVP	Jake Scheiner (Houston)
Television	CBS Sports Network, ESPNU
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2017 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UCF  ‍†‍‍^y	15	–	9		.625			40	–	22		.645
No. 27 Houston  ‍†‍‡‍^y	15	–	9		.625			42	–	21		.667
South Florida  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10		.583			42	–	19		.689
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			33	–	25		.569
Tulane  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			27	–	31		.466
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			28	–	30		.483
Memphis  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			30	–	29		.508
East Carolina  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			32	–	28		.533
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

All eight baseball teams in The American will be seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament will use a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed	Tiebreaker
UCF	15	9	.625	0	1	2–1 vs Houston
Houston	15	9	.625	0	2	1–2 vs UCF
Connecticut	14	10	.583	1	3	2–1 vs USF
South Florida	14	10	.583	1	4	1–2 vs UConn
Tulane	13	11	.542	2	5
Cincinnati	10	14	.417	5	6
Memphis	8	16	.333	7	7
East Carolina	7	17	.292	8	8

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	UCF	3
	8	East Carolina	14
						8	East Carolina	6
						4	South Florida	5
	4	South Florida	7
	5	Tulane	6
											8	East Carolina	4	-
											1	UCF	0	-
	1	UCF	8
	5	Tulane	3			1	UCF	12
						4	South Florida	0
																	8	East Carolina	0
	2	Houston	6
																	2	Houston	6
	7	Memphis	5
						2	Houston	7
						3	Connecticut	6
	3	Connecticut	12
	6	Cincinnati	3
											2	Houston	13	-
											3	Connecticut	3	-
	6	Cincinnati	14
	7	Memphis	15^10			3	Connecticut	7
						7	Memphis	5

References

1. "2016–17 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.