2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2014 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#12 Louisville †^y	19	–	5	.792	48	–	15	.762
UCF	17	–	7	.708	36	–	23	.610
#16 Houston ‡^y	14	–	9	.609	48	–	16	.750
Rutgers	14	–	9	.609	30	–	25	.545
South Florida	10	–	14	.417	27	–	31	.466
Temple	9	–	14	.391	15	–	32	.319
Connecticut	9	–	14	.391	27	–	31	.466
Memphis	8	–	16	.333	30	–	29	.508
Cincinnati	6	–	18	.250	22	–	31	.415

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 6, 2014^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 21 through May 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2014 season. Houston won the round-robin tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format and seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. The tournament used a round-robin format, with the field divided into two groups. The winners of each group, Louisville and Houston, faced off in a single championship game. With nine teams in the league, the last-place regular season finisher, Cincinnati, was not in the field.^[5]^[6]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Louisville	19	5	.792	–	1
UCF	17	7	.708	2	2
Houston	14	9	.609	4.5	3
Rutgers	14	9	.609	4.5	4
South Florida	10	14	.417	9	5
Temple	9	14	.391	9.5	6
Connecticut	9	14	.391	9.5	7
Memphis	8	16	.333	11	8
Cincinnati	6	18	.250	13	–

Bracket

	Division A	UL	RU	USF	Mem	Overall
1	Louisville		W 9–3	L 1–2	W 13–3	2–1
4	Rutgers	L 3–9		W 10–0	L 1–5	1–2
5	South Florida	W 2–1	L 0–10		L 1–2	1–2
8	Memphis	L 3–13	W 5–1	W 2–1		2–1

	Division B	UCF	Hou	Tem	UConn	Overall
2	UCF		L 8–13	W 6–2	W 7–1	2–1
3	Houston	W 13–8		W 3–0	L 2–7	2–1
6	Temple	L 2–6	L 0–3		W 9–4	1–2
7	Connecticut	L 1–7	W 7–2	L 4–9		1–2

Finals

A	Louisville	4
B	Houston	10

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

Pos	Name	School
P	Andrew Lantrip	Houston
P	Jimmy Herget	USF
C	Kyle Gibson	Louisville
C	Keaton Aldridge	Memphis
IF	James Vasquez	UCF
IF	Casey Grayson	Houston
IF	Josh Vidales	Houston
IF	Kyle Teaf	USF
OF	Jeff Gardner	Louisville
OF	Kyle Survance	Houston
OF	Vinny Zarrillo	Rutgers
DH	Nick Solak	Louisville

Most Outstanding Player

Josh Vidales was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Vidales was a second baseman for Houston.^[4]

References

↑ "2014 Baseball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
↑ "2013-14 Championships". The American. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
↑ "Clearwater, Fla. to host first American Athletic Conference championship". NCAA. July 1, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
1 2 3 "Houston Claims American Baseball Championship". The American. May 25, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
↑ "First American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship To Be Held At Bright House Field". The American. July 1, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
↑ "Louisville Earns Top Seed For American Baseball Championship". The American. May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.

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