2011 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2011 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi, from May 25 through 29, 2011. The winner received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consists of eight teams split into two four-team pods, with the teams with the best record in each pod going on to a single-game final.

2011 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	2 division round robin and championship game
Finals site	Trustmark Park Pearl, MS
Champions	Rice Owls (4th title)
Winning coach	Wayne Graham (4th title)
MVP	Tyler Duffey (Rice Owls)

2011 Conference USA baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 Rice  ‍†‍‡‍	16	–	8		.667			42	–	21		.667
Southern Miss  ‍†‍‍	16	–	8		.667			39	–	19		.672
East Carolina  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			41	–	21		.661
UCF  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			39	–	23		.629
Memphis  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			30	–	27		.526
Houston  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			27	–	32		.458
Tulane  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			31	–	26		.544
UAB  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			29	–	28		.509
Marshall  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			20	–	31		.392
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 30, 2011 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season results

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Rice	16	8	.667	--	1
Southern Miss	16	8	.667	0	2
East Carolina	14	10	.583	2	3
UCF	12	12	.500	4	4
Memphis	12	12	.500	4	5
Houston	12	12	.500	4	6
Tulane	10	14	.417	6	7
UAB	9	15	.375	7.5	8
Marshall	7	17	.202	9	--

• SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP do not field baseball teams. Marshall did not make the tournament.
• In the event of a tie, the team that won the series is designated the higher seed.

Bracket

	Pod 1	Rice	UCF	MEM	UAB	Overall
1	Rice		W 4-2	W 8-5	L 8-9	2-1
4	UCF	L 2-4		W 16-9	W 6-4	2-1
5	Memphis	L 5-8	L 9-16		W 5-4	1-2
8	UAB	W 9-8	L 4-6	L 4-5		1-2

	Pod 2	USM	ECU	HOU	TUL	Overall
2	Southern Miss		L 0-4	L 6-714	W 6-1	1-2
3	East Carolina	W 4-0		L 5-8	W 4-211	2-1
6	Houston	W 7-614	W 8-5		L 1-7	2-1
7	Tulane	L 1-6	L 2-411	W 7-1		1-2

	Finals
	A	Rice	410
	B	Houston	3

^# indicates the number of innings if not 9.

Finish order

Finish	Team	W	L	Pct	Seed	RS	RA	Diff
1	†Rice	3	1	0.750	1	20	16	4
2	Houston	2	2	0.500	6	16	18	-2
3	East Carolina	2	1	0.667	3	13	10	3
4	UCF	2	1	0.667	4	24	17	7
5	Southern Miss	1	2	0.333	2	12	12	0
6	Memphis	1	2	0.333	5	19	28	-9
7	Tulane	1	2	0.333	7	10	11	-1
8	UAB	1	2	0.333	8	17	19	-2

^† - 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	Craig Manuel	Rice
INF	Joseph Frost	UAB
INF	Jonathan Griffin	UCF
INF	Ryan Still	Houston
INF	Corey Thompson	East Carolina
OF	Landon Appling	Houston
OF	Ryan Lewis	Rice
OF	Caleb Ramsey	Houston
DH	D.J. Hicks	UCF
P	Tyler Duffey	Rice
P	Seth Maness	East Carolina
P	Todd McInnis	Southern Miss
P	Jared Ray	Houston
MVP	Tyler Duffey	Rice

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

External links

• 2011 C-USA Baseball Championship