2004 Conference USA baseball tournament explained

Year:	2004
Conference:	Conference USA
Shortconference:	C-USA
Division:	I
Teams:	8
Format:	Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Ballpark:	Cougar Field
City:	Houston, Texas
Champions:	TCU
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Jim Schlossnagle
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Austin Adams
Mvpteam:	TCU

The 2004 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2004 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Cougar Field in Houston, Texas, from May 26 through 30, 2004. The TCU Horned Frogs won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.^[1]

Regular season results

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Seed
	25	5	0	.833	--	1
	21	9	0	.700	4	2
	21	9	0	.700	4	3
	19	11	0	.633	6	4
	19	11	0	.633	6	5
	15	14	0	.517	9.5	6
	13	16	0	.448	11.5	7
	13	17	0	.433	12	8
	12	17	0	.414	12.5	--
	9	21	0	.300	16	--
	6	24	0	.200	19	--
	5	24	0	.172	19.5	--

• Records listed are conference play only. Marquette and DePaul did not field baseball teams. South Florida, Charlotte, Cincinnati, and Saint Louis did not make the tournament.

Bracket

• Bold indicates the winner of the game.
• Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

Finish order

Finish	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Seed	Eliminated By
1	TCU^†	5	1	0	.833	4
2	Southern Miss^#	4	2	0	.667	3	TCU
3	Houston	2	2	0	.500	5	TCU
4	UAB	2	2	0	.500	7	Southern Miss
5	East Carolina^#	1	2	0	.333	1	TCU
6	Memphis	1	2	0	.333	6	Southern Miss
7	Louisville	0	2	0	.000	8	TCU
8	Tulane^#	0	2	0	.000	2	Southern Miss
^† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

All-tournament team

Position	Player	School
C	Brad Willcutt	Southern Mississippi
IF	Matt Shepherd	Southern Mississippi
IF	Jarrett Hoffpauir	Southern Mississippi
IF	Chris Neuman	TCU
IF	Bo Cogbill	TCU
OF	Ryan Frith	Southern Mississippi
OF	Chad Huffman	TCU
OF	Austin Adams	TCU
DH	Kevin Roberts	Houston
P	Mike Cashion	Southern Mississippi
P	Eugene Espinelli	TCU
P	Clayton Jerome	TCU
P	Ryan Weems	TCU
MVP	Austin Adams	TCU

Notes and References

1. Web site: Conference USA Baseball Historical Records . Conference USA . 2009-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081222230718/http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/history-records . 2008-12-22 . live .