2023 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2023 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through May 28 at Reckling Park in Houston to determine the tournament champion of Division I Conference USA in college baseball.^[2] Charlotte, the tournament champion, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2023 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	See below
Finals site	Reckling Park Houston, Texas
Champions	Charlotte (1st title)
Winning coach	Robert Woodard (1st title)
MVP	Cam Fisher (Charlotte)
Television	ESPN+, CBSSN (Championship game)
← 2022 CUSA baseball tournament 2024 →

2023 Conference USA baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Dallas Baptist ‍†‍‍^y	25	–	5		.833			44	–	13		.772
UTSA ‍‍‍	21	–	8		.724			38	–	19		.667
Charlotte ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	12		.586			30	–	26		.536
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			32	–	25		.561
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			34	–	24		.586
Louisiana Tech ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			28	–	30		.483
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			27	–	27		.500
Rice ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			21	–	37		.362
FIU ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			21	–	34		.382
UAB ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			17	–	36		.321
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 21, 2023^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The tournament has been held every year since 1996, except for 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rice Owls has claimed seven championships, the most of any school, with the Owls latest win in 2017.

Format and seeding

The tournament consisted the top eight teams in regular season play. The format consisted of two double-elimination brackets, with a single-elimination championship game.

Bracket and results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Dallas Baptist	13
	8	Rice	2^7
						1	Dallas Baptist	10
						4	Western Kentucky	2
	4	Western Kentucky	10
	5	Florida Atlantic	9
											1	Dallas Baptist	5
											4	Western Kentucky	0
	8	Rice	1
	5	Florida Atlantic	6
						4	Western Kentucky	9
						5	Florida Atlantic	7
																	1	Dallas Baptist	2
																	3	Charlotte	5
	3	Charlotte	8
	6	Louisiana Tech	13
						6	Louisiana Tech	6
						7	Middle Tennessee	7
	2	UTSA	1
	7	Middle Tennessee	5
											7	Middle Tennessee	9	8
											3	Charlotte	12	9
	3	Charlotte	11
	2	UTSA	2
						6	Louisiana Tech	1
						3	Charlotte	4

Schedule

Source:^[3]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance
Wednesday, May 24
1	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 Charlotte vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech	8-13	ESPN+
2	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 UTSA vs. No. 7 Middle Tennessee	1-5		646
3	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 8 Rice	13-2
4	7:30 p.m.	No. 4 Western Kentucky vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic	10-9		927
Thursday, May 25
5	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 Charlotte vs. No. 2 UTSA	11-2	ESPN+
6	12:30 p.m.	No. 6 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 Middle Tennessee	7-6
7	4:00 p.m.	No. 8 Rice vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic	6-1
8	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 4 Western Kentucky	10-2
Friday, May 26
9	2:00 p.m.	No. 3 Charlotte vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech	4-1	ESPN+
10	5:30 p.m.	No. 5 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 4 Western Kentucky	7-9		589
Saturday, May 27
11	9:00 a.m.	No. 7 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 3 Charlotte	9-12	ESPN+
12	12:30 p.m.	No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 4 Western Kentucky	5-0		662
13	4:00 p.m.	No. 7 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 3 Charlotte	8-9
Championship – Sunday, May 28
Championship	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 3 Charlotte	2-5	CBSSN	587
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

1. "2023 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
2. "2022-23 Championships". Conference USA. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
3. "2023 Baseball Championship". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. Retrieved May 20, 2023.