1997 Conference USA baseball tournament

1997 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams10
FormatPlay-in round followed by
eight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsHouston (1st title)
Winning coachRayner Noble (1st title)
MVPScottie Scott (Houston)
1997 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 19 7   .731 40 21   .656
Houston  ‍‍y 19 8   .704 40 23   .635
South Florida  ‍‍‍y 18 8   .692 39 24   .619
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 16 10   .615 34 23   .596
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 14 12   .538 30 26   .536
UAB  ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 31 29   .517
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 11 15   .423 23 32   .418
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 9 17   .346 20 31   .392
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 21 30   .412
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 4 23   .148 12 46   .207
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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. Houston defeated Charlotte in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

With the completion of Houston's move from the Southwest Conference, the conference expanded to 10 teams in baseball.[3] As a result, the tournament's play-in round was expanded to include the 7th–10th seeds, instead of only the 8th and 9th.[2]

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 75–93. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  3. ^ Jauss, Bill (April 25, 1995). "Conference USA a Double Threat: New League Pushes Football as Well as Basketball". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2012.