2021 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2021 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida, from May 25 through 30. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2021 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament, South Florida, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

2021 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	BayCare Ballpark Clearwater, Florida
Champions	South Florida (1st title)
Winning coach	Billy Mohl (1st title)
MVP	Daniel Cantu (South Florida)
Television	ESPN+
← 2020 AAC baseball tournament 2022 →

2021 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 East Carolina  ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	8		.714			44	–	17		.721
Tulane  ‍‍‍	17	–	10		.630			31	–	24		.564
Wichita State  ‍‍‍	18	–	13		.581			31	–	23		.574
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	18	–	14		.563			29	–	26		.527
UCF  ‍‍‍	18	–	14		.563			31	–	30		.508
South Florida  ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	14		.500			31	–	30		.508
Houston  ‍‍‍	7	–	21		.250			19	–	34		.358
Memphis  ‍‍‍	7	–	25		.219			18	–	39		.316
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2021^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding

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

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	5	UCF	14
	4	Cincinnati	10
						5	UCF	17^7
						8	Memphis	1
	8	Memphis	11^7
	1	East Carolina	1
											5	UCF	2	2
											1	East Carolina	5	1
	4	Cincinnati	9
	1	East Carolina	10
						8	Memphis	0
						1	East Carolina	12^7
																	5	UCF	7
																	6	South Florida	8
	7	Houston	1
	2	Tulane	4
						2	Tulane	0
						6	South Florida	5
	6	South Florida	7
	3	Wichita State	2
											6	South Florida	6	7
											2	Tulane	16	1
	7	Houston	3
	3	Wichita State	5
						2	Tulane	12^7
						3	Wichita State	2

References

1. "2021 Baseball Standings". theamerican.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
2. "American Athletic Conference". theamerican.org.