2004 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2004 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2004 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Cougar Field in Houston, Texas, from May 26 through 30, 2004. The TCU Horned Frogs won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.

2004 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Cougar Field Houston, Texas
Champions	TCU (1st title)
Winning coach	Jim Schlossnagle (1st title)
MVP	Austin Adams (TCU)

Regular season results

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Seed
East Carolina	25	5	0	.833	--	1
Tulane	21	9	0	.700	4	2
Southern Miss	21	9	0	.700	4	3
TCU	19	11	0	.633	6	4
Houston	19	11	0	.633	6	5
Memphis	15	14	0	.517	9.5	6
UAB	13	16	0	.448	11.5	7
Louisville	13	17	0	.433	12	8
South Florida	12	17	0	.414	12.5	--
Charlotte	9	21	0	.300	16	--
Cincinnati	6	24	0	.200	19	--
Saint Louis	5	24	0	.172	19.5	--

• Records listed are conference play only. Marquette and DePaul did not field baseball teams. South Florida, Charlotte, Cincinnati, and Saint Louis did not make the tournament.

Bracket

	First round May 26–27					Second round May 27–28					Semi-finals May 28–29						Finals May 30
	6	Memphis	10
	3	Southern Miss	5
						7	UAB	7
						6	Memphis	6
	7	UAB	10
	2	Tulane	4
											7	UAB	10	7
											3	Southern Miss	16	9
	3	Southern Miss	16
	2	Tulane	4			6	Memphis	0
						3	Southern Miss	13
																	4	TCU	3
	1	East Carolina	13
																	3	Southern Miss	1
	8	Louisville	2
						5	Houston	6
						1	East Carolina	5
	5	Houston	9
	4	TCU	5
											5	Houston	3	4
											4	TCU	8	5
	8	Louisville	3
	4	TCU	4			4	TCU	5
						1	East Carolina	4

• Bold indicates the winner of the game.
• Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

Finish order

Finish	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Seed	Eliminated By
1	TCU†	5	1	0	.833	4
2	Southern Miss#	4	2	0	.667	3	TCU
3	Houston	2	2	0	.500	5	TCU
4	UAB	2	2	0	.500	7	Southern Miss
5	East Carolina#	1	2	0	.333	1	TCU
6	Memphis	1	2	0	.333	6	Southern Miss
7	Louisville	0	2	0	.000	8	TCU
8	Tulane#	0	2	0	.000	2	Southern Miss
† - 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	Brad Willcutt	Southern Mississippi
IF	Matt Shepherd	Southern Mississippi
IF	Jarrett Hoffpauir	Southern Mississippi
IF	Chris Neuman	TCU
IF	Bo Cogbill	TCU
OF	Ryan Frith	Southern Mississippi
OF	Chad Huffman	TCU
OF	Austin Adams	TCU
DH	Kevin Roberts	Houston
P	Mike Cashion	Southern Mississippi
P	Eugene Espinelli	TCU
P	Clayton Jerome	TCU
P	Ryan Weems	TCU
MVP	Austin Adams	TCU