2018 Conference USA baseball tournament

2018 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSouthern Miss (4th title)
Winning coachScott Berry (3rd title)
MVPMason Strickland (Southern Miss)
TelevisionESPN3 (First round–semifinals)
CBSSN (Championship game)
2018 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 13 Southern Miss  ‍ 23 6 0   .793 39 15 0   .722
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 21 9 0   .700 38 18 0   .679
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 19 8 1   .696 36 15 1   .702
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 31 22 0   .585
UTSA  ‍‍‍ 16 13 0   .552 31 22 0   .585
FIU  ‍‍‍ 14 12 0   .538 25 25 0   .500
Rice  ‍‍‍ 11 14 2   .444 23 28 2   .453
UAB  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 21 31 0   .404
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12 17 1   .417 27 27 1   .500
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 18 0   .379 21 31 0   .404
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 7 22 0   .241 19 31 0   .380
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ 7 22 0   .241 15 37 0   .288
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 17, 2024[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2018 Conference USA baseball tournament was held between May 24 and May 28 at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. As tournament champion, Southern Mississippi received the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with seven, including 2017.

  1. ^ "Conference USA - 2018 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "2017-18 Conference USA Championship Schedule". Conference USA. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Patrick Magee (November 11, 2015). "Biloxi to become Conference USA baseball tourney's new home in 2017-19". Sun Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. Retrieved November 12, 2015.