2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2015 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Houston †^y	16	–	8	–	0	.667	43	–	20	–	0	.683
East Carolina‡^y	15	–	9	–	0	.625	40	–	22	–	0	.645
Tulane ^y	13	–	11	–	0	.542	35	–	25	–	0	.583
South Florida^y	13	–	11	–	0	.542	34	–	26	–	1	.566
Memphis	12	–	12	–	0	.500	37	–	21	–	0	.638
Connecticut	11	–	13	–	0	.458	35	–	25	–	0	.583
UCF	10	–	14	–	0	.417	31	–	27	–	0	.534
Cincinnati	6	–	18	–	0	.250	15	–	41	–	0	.268

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2015^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 19 through May 24. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2015 season. East Carolina claimed their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2]^[3]

Format and seeding

All eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed	Tiebreaker
Houston	16	8	.667	–	1
East Carolina	15	9	.625	1	2
Tulane	13	11	.542	3	3	2–1 vs. South Florida
South Florida	13	11	.542	3	4	1–2 vs. Tulane
Memphis	12	12	.500	4	5
Connecticut	11	13	.458	5	6
UCF	10	14	.417	6	7
Cincinnati	6	18	.250	10	8

Bracket

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Houston	8
8	Cincinnati	4
			1	Houston	7

			4	South Florida	3
4	South Florida	10

5	Memphis	6
						1	Houston	17	–

						5	Memphis	3	–
5	Memphis	14

8	Cincinnati	9
			5	Memphis	4

			4	South Florida	1



										1	Houston	1

										2	East Carolina	9
2	East Carolina	4

7	UCF	3
			2	East Carolina	3

			3	Tulane	1
3	Tulane	3

6	Connecticut	1
						2	East Carolina	4	–

						6	Connecticut	2	–
7	UCF	3

6	Connecticut	4¹¹
			6	Connecticut	7

			3	Tulane	6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

Pos	Name	School
P	Joe Ingle	East Carolina
P	Andrew Lantrip	Houston
IF	Vinny Siena	Connecticut
IF	Hunter Allen	East Carolina
IF	Connor Wong	Houston
IF	Brandon Montgomery	Memphis
OF	Luke Lowery	East Carolina
OF	Corey Julks	Houston
OF	Darien Tubbs	Memphis
C	Ian Rice	Houston
UTY	Reid Love	East Carolina
DH	Joe DeRoche-Duffin	Connecticut

Most Outstanding Player

Hunter Allen was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Allen, a shortstop for East Carolina, was 9 for 18 over the course of the event, scoring 6 runs. He was 3 for 5 and scored 2 runs in the final game.^[3]

References

↑ "2015 Baseball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
↑ "2014-15 Championships". The American. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
1 2 3 "East Carolina Wins American Baseball Championship". The American. May 24, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.

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