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2012 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
2012 cusa baseball championship logo.jpg
2012 CUSA baseball tournament logo
Teams 8
Format 2 division round robin and
championship game
Finals site
  • Trustmark Park
  • Pearl, MS
Champions [[{{{school}}}|UAB]] (1st title)
Winning coach Brian Shoop (1st title)
MVP Michael Busby (UAB)
  • 2011
  • Baseball Tournament
  • 2013 →
2012 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 9 [[{{{school}}}|Rice]]  ‍‍‍y 17 7 0   .708 40 17 0   .702
No. 18 UCF  ‍‍‍y 16 8 0   .667 43 15 0   .741
[[{{{school}}}|Tulane]]  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 38 20 0   .655
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 32 24 0   .571
[[{{{school}}}|Memphis]]  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 31 28 0   .525
[[{{{school}}}|East Carolina]]  ‍‍‍y 13 10 1   .563 35 22 1   .612
[[{{{school}}}|UAB]]  ‍‍y 9 15 0   .375 32 28 0   .533
[[{{{school}}}|Houston]]  ‍‍‍ 5 18 1   .229 18 35 1   .343
[[{{{school}}}|Marshall]]  ‍‍‍ 5 19 0   .208 17 37 0   .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of May 30 2012 ; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was a big baseball event. It happened at Trustmark Park in Pearl, MS. The tournament ran from May 23 to May 27, 2012.

Eight of the best teams from the regular season played in this tournament. They were split into two groups of four teams. Each team played every other team in their group. This is called a round robin. After these games, the top team from each group played in a final championship game. The team from [[{{{school}}}|UAB]] won their very first championship! This win also gave them a special spot in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

How Teams Were Ranked (Seeding)

Before the tournament started, the top eight teams were chosen. These teams earned their spot based on how well they played during the regular season. The better a team did, the higher their "seed" or rank was. A higher seed can sometimes give a team an advantage.

Team W L T PCT GB Seed
[[{{{school}}}|Rice]] 17 7 0 .708 1
UCF 16 8 0 .667 1 2
[[{{{school}}}|Tulane]] 14 10 0 .583 3 3
Southern Miss 14 10 0 .583 3 4
[[{{{school}}}|Memphis]] 14 10 0 .583 3 5
[[{{{school}}}|East Carolina]] 13 10 1 .563 3.5 6
[[{{{school}}}|UAB]] 9 15 0 .375 8 7
[[{{{school}}}|Houston]] 5 18 1 .229 11.5 8
[[{{{school}}}|Marshall]] 5 19 0 .208 12

Tournament Game Results

This section shows how the games played out during the tournament. The teams were divided into two groups. After playing each other, the best team from each group went on to the championship game. UAB won the final game against Memphis with a score of 5-0!


Division A Rice Southern Miss Memphis Houston Overall
1 [[{{{school}}}|Rice]] L 2–4 L 2-3 W 7–5 1–2
4 Southern Miss W 4–2 L 3–14 W 8-7 2–1
5 [[{{{school}}}|Memphis]] W 3-2 W 14–3 L 3-7 2–1
8 [[{{{school}}}|Houston]] L 5–7 L 7-8 W 7-3 1–2
Division B UCF Tulane East Carolina UAB Overall
2 UCF W 6–2 W 11-1 L 1–15 2–1
3 [[{{{school}}}|Tulane]] L 2–6 W 4–3 L 3-6 1–2
6 [[{{{school}}}|East Carolina]] L 1-11 L 3–4 W 10–3 1–2
7 [[{{{school}}}|UAB]] W 15–1 W 6-3 L 3–10 2–1
Finals
     
A Memphis 0
B UAB 5

Best Players: All-Tournament Team

After the tournament, a special "All-Tournament Team" was chosen. These are the players who performed the best throughout the games. It's like an all-star team for the tournament!

Pos. Name School
C Keaton Aldridge Memphis
IF Keith DePew UAB
IF John Frost UAB
IF Ashley Graeter Southern Miss
IF Corey Thompson East Carolina
OF Landon Appling Houston
OF Jeff Schalk UAB
OF Michael Sterling Southern Miss
DH Eli Hynes Memphis
P Michael Busby UAB
P Dan Langfield Memphis
P Chase Mallard UAB
P Ryan Nance UAB

Most Valuable Player

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) is the single player who was considered the best in the entire tournament. For the 2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, the MVP was Michael Busby. He was a pitcher for the winning team, UAB.

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