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2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
2012 cusa baseball championship logo.jpg
2012 CUSA baseball tournament logo
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format 2 division round robin and
championship game
Site
Champions UAB (1st title)
Winning coach Brian Shoop (1st title)
MVP Michael Busby (UAB)
2012 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#9 Rice y 17 7 0   .708     40 17 0   .702
#18 UCF y 16 8 0   .667     43 15 0   .741
Tulane 14 10 0   .583     38 20 0   .655
Southern Miss 14 10 0   .583     32 24 0   .571
Memphis 14 10 0   .583     31 28 0   .525
East Carolina y 13 10 1   .563     35 22 1   .612
UAB y 9 15 0   .375     32 28 0   .533
Houston 5 18 1   .229     18 35 1   .343
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 held at Trustmark Park in Pearl, MS from May 23 to May 27, 2012. The tournament used the format from the previous season, with the top eight teams from the regular season divided into two four-team pods. After round robin play, the teams with the best record in each pod will met in a championship game. UAB won their first championship and claimed the Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Michael Busby was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Busby was a pitcher for UAB.


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