1997 Conference USA baseball tournament

August 2023 July 2026 1997 Conference USA C-USA I 10 Play-in round followed byeight-team double-elimination tournament Turchin Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana 1997 Houston Cougars Houston 1st Rayner Noble 1st Scottie Scott Houston The 1997 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 1997 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 13 through 18. 1997 Houston Cougars Houston defeated 1997 Charlotte 49ers Charlotte in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/c-usa-m-basebl-guide-2012.pdf 21 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112132014/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/c-usa-m-basebl-guide-2012.pdf 12 November 2012 75–93 dead With the completion of Houston's move from the Southwest Conference, the conference expanded to 10 teams in baseball.Jauss Bill Conference USA a Double Threat: New League Pushes Football as Well as Basketball https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/04/25/conference-usa-a-double-threat/ The Chicago Tribune 22 June 2012 25 April 1995 As a result, the tournament's play-in round was expanded to include the 7th–10th seeds, instead of only the 8th and 9th. Regular season results Team W L PCT GB Seed 1997 Tulane Green Wave Tulane 19 7 .731 - 1 1997 Houston Cougars Houston 19 8 .704 0.5 2 1997 South Florida Bulls South Florida 18 8 .692 1 3 1997 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss 16 10 .615 3 4 1997 Charlotte 49ers Charlotte 14 12 .538 5 5 1997 UAB Blazers UAB 14 13 .519 5.5 6 1997 Louisville Cardinals Louisville 11 15 .423 8 7 1997 Memphis Tigers Memphis 9 17 .346 10 8 1997 Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis 8 19 .296 11.5 9 1997 Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati 4 23 .148 15.5 10 Records reflect conference play only.College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997 http://www.boydsworld.com/data/standings/standings1997.html BoydsWorld.com 21 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207062331/http://www.boydsworld.com/data/standings/standings1997.html 7 February 2012 live Bracket Play-in games Two play-in games among the four teams with the worst regular season records decided which two teams would have the final two spots in the eight-team double-elimination bracket. Play-in game 9 1997 Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis 9 8 1997 Memphis Tigers Memphis 2 Play-in game 10 1997 Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati 8 7 1997 Louisville Cardinals Louisville 5 Double-elimination y 2 5 1997 Charlotte 49ers Charlotte 14 4 1997 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss 9 10 Cincinnati 0 1 1997 Tulane Green Wave Tulane 10 10 Cincinnati 0 4 Southern Miss 5 7 St. Louis 4 2 1997 Houston Cougars Houston 13 6 1997 UAB Blazers UAB 2 3 1997 South Florida Bulls South Florida 5 7 Saint Louis 2 6 UAB 6 5 Charlotte 8 1 Tulane 6 4 Southern Miss 2 1 Tulane 6 3 South Florida 0 2 Houston 2 6 UAB 5 3 South Florida 3 5 Charlotte 4 9 1 Tulane 13 2 6 UAB 6 8 2 Houston 5 10 5 Charlotte 7 2 Houston 22 Bold indicates the winner of the game. Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament. All-tournament team Position Player School C Scottie Scott Houston IF Keith Graffagnini Tulane IF Joey Hammond Charlotte IF Jason Hill Charlotte IF Shaun Skrehot Houston OF Jason Fitzgerald Tulane OF Nick Rhodes Charlotte OF Goefrey Tomlinson Houston DH Jason Schreiber Houston P Gary Shuford Charlotte RP Chris Mason UAB MVP Scottie Scott Houston References Tournament Category:Conference USA baseball tournament Conference USA baseball tournament Conference USA baseball tournament Category:1990s in New Orleans Category:College baseball tournaments in Louisiana Category:Baseball competitions in New Orleans