Baseball Takes Seventh Seed Into C-USA Tournament
May 22, 2011 | Baseball
May 22, 2011
Tournament Release (PDF) | Final Standings (PDF)
IRVING, Texas - Entering the weekend, the top seven seeds in the Conference USA Tournament were up for grabs. The Tulane baseball team was unable to capitalize in their series with East Carolina and will enter the Conference USA Tournament hosted at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss. as the seventh seed.
Rice won a share of the C-USA title and will be the No.1 seed at the championships, which are presented by Trustmark. Southern Miss also earned a share of their first regular season Conference USA Championship since 2003 and will take the number two seed into Trustmark Park.
The 2011 Conference USA Championship presented by Trustmark will feature the top eight teams in regular-season league play. Those eight will be split into two four-team pools (or pods), with the winner of each pod playing in a single championship game. Teams are assigned pods based on seed, which are determined by the order of finish in regular-season conference play.
Each team is guaranteed to play three games. Teams in each pod will play all three other teams in its pod. The team with the best composite record in each pod advances to the championship game. Two-way ties in a pod will be broken by head-to-head play. In the case of a three-way tie, the highest seed will advance.
The Green Wave will open play on Wednesday, May 25 versus Southern Miss at 7:30, play East Carolina on Thursday, May 26 at 4:00 and close out pool play against Houston on May 27 at 4:00. Thursday's game will be broadcast live by CSS and locally on Cox Sports Television (CST).
Makeup of the Pods and Schedule of Play
Pod 1 (Seeds 1, 4 5, and 8)
#1 Rice
#4 UCF
#5 Memphis
#8 UAB
Pod 2 (Seeds 2, 3 6 and 7)
#2 Southern Miss
#3 East Carolina
#6 Houston
#7 Tulane
<>Wednesday, May 25
Game 1 - (5) Memphis vs. (4) UCF, 9:00a
Game 2 - (8) UAB vs. (1) Rice, 12:30p
Game 3 - (6) Houston vs. (3) East Carolina, 4:00p
Game 4 - (7) Tulane vs. (2) Southern Miss, 7:30p
Thursday, May 26 (all games televised by CSS)
Game 5 - (4) UCF vs. (8) UAB, 9:00a
Game 6 - (5) Memphis vs. (1) Rice, 12:30p
Game 7 - (7) Tulane vs. (3) East Carolina, 4:00p (Also televised on CST)
Game 8 - (6) Houston vs. (2) Southern Miss, 7:30p
Friday, May 27
Game 9 - (5) Memphis vs. (8) UAB, 9:00a
Game 10 - (4) UCF vs. (1) Rice, 12:30p
Game 11 - (6) Houston vs. (7) Tulane, 4:00p
Game 12 - (3) East Carolina vs. (2) Southern Miss, 7:30p
<>Saturday, May 28 (televised by CBS Sports Network)
Championship Game 7:00p
Each game of the championship on Wednesday and Friday will be streamed live on ConferenceUSA.com. All four games on Thursday will be televised live by CCS, with the Green Wave's game being carried on CST, as well. The championship game of the tournament on Saturday, May 28 will be televised live by CBS Sports Network, beginning at 7 p.m. CDT. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
Tickets for the championship are available via Ticketmaster.com or by calling 601-932-8788.
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