2018 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2018 Conference USA baseball tournament was held between May 24 and May 28 at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. As tournament champion, Southern Mississippi received the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2018 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	MGM Park Biloxi, Mississippi
Champions	Southern Miss (4th title)
Winning coach	Scott Berry (3rd title)
MVP	Mason Strickland (Southern Miss)
Television	ESPN3 (First round–semifinals) CBSSN (Championship game)
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2018 Conference USA baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 13 Southern Miss  ‍†‍‡‍	23	–	6	–	0		.793			39	–	15	–	0		.722
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍	21	–	9	–	0		.700			38	–	18	–	0		.679
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	19	–	8	–	1		.696			36	–	15	–	1		.702
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			31	–	22	–	0		.585
UTSA  ‍‍‍	16	–	13	–	0		.552			31	–	22	–	0		.585
FIU  ‍‍‍	14	–	12	–	0		.538			25	–	25	–	0		.500
Rice  ‍‍‍	11	–	14	–	2		.444			23	–	28	–	2		.453
UAB  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			21	–	31	–	0		.404
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	12	–	17	–	1		.417			27	–	27	–	1		.500
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	0		.379			21	–	31	–	0		.404
Marshall  ‍‍‍	7	–	22	–	0		.241			19	–	31	–	0		.380
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	7	–	22	–	0		.241			15	–	37	–	0		.288
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 21, 2024^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with seven, including 2017.

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.

Bracket and results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Southern Miss	2
	8	UAB	0
						1	Southern Miss	5
						5	UTSA	3
	4	Charlotte	1
	5	UTSA	11
											1	Southern Miss	4	6
											4	Charlotte	7	0
	8	UAB	0
	4	Charlotte	2
						4	Charlotte	10
						5	UTSA	4
																	1	Southern Miss	12
																	3	Florida Atlantic	3
	3	Florida Atlantic	7
	6	FIU	4
						3	Florida Atlantic	4
						7	Rice	5
	2	Louisiana Tech	2
	7	Rice	6
											7	Rice	4	8
											3	Florida Atlantic	7	9(10)
	6	FIU	5
	2	Louisiana Tech	7
						2	Louisiana Tech	6
						3	Florida Atlantic	8

Conference championship

Conference USA Championship
(3) Florida Atlantic Owls	vs.	(1) Southern Miss Golden Eagles

May 27, 2018, 1:06 p.m. (CDT) at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(3) Florida Atlantic	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	1
(1) Southern Miss	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	5	X	12	15	1
WP: Keller Bradford (3–1)   LP: Nick Prather (0–3) Home runs: FAU: Gunnar Lambert (1) USM: Gabe Montenegro (1); Matt Wallner (1); Bryant Bowen (1) Attendance: 2,206

References

1. "Conference USA - 2018 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
2. "2017-18 Conference USA Championship Schedule". Conference USA. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
3. Patrick Magee (November 11, 2015). "Biloxi to become Conference USA baseball tourney's new home in 2017-19". Sun Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. Retrieved November 12, 2015.