2021 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament
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Collegiate baseball tournament
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | South Florida (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Billy Mohl (1st title) |
| MVP | Daniel Cantu (South Florida) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 East Carolina †y | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | 44 | – | 17 | .721 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | 31 | – | 24 | .564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | 31 | – | 23 | .574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | 29 | – | 26 | .527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | 31 | – | 30 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida ‡y | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | 31 | – | 30 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | 19 | – | 34 | .358 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | 18 | – | 39 | .316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2021[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida, from May 25 through 30. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2021 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament, South Florida, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
Format and seeding
[edit ]The top 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.
Bracket
[edit ] First round
Second round
Semifinals
Finals
5
UCF
14
4
Cincinnati
10
5
UCF
177
8
Memphis
1
8
Memphis
117
1
East Carolina
1
5
UCF
2
2
1
East Carolina
5
1
4
Cincinnati
9
1
East Carolina
10
8
Memphis
0
1
East Carolina
127
5
UCF
7
6
South Florida
8
7
Houston
1
2
Tulane
4
2
Tulane
0
6
South Florida
5
6
South Florida
7
3
Wichita State
2
6
South Florida
6
7
2
Tulane
16
1
7
Houston
3
3
Wichita State
5
2
Tulane
127
3
Wichita State
2
References
[edit ]- ^ "2021 Baseball Standings". theamerican.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "American Athletic Conference". theamerican.org.