| Year: | 2005 |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Shortconference: | C-USA |
| Division: | I |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Format: | Eight-team double-elimination tournament |
| Ballpark: | Pete Taylor Park |
| City: | Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| Champions: | TCU, Tulane |
| Titlecount: | 2nd, 5th |
| Coach: | Jim Schlossnagle, Rick Jones |
| Coachcount: | 2nd, 5th |
| Mvp: | Nathan Southard |
| Mvpteam: | Tulane |
The 2005 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2005 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from May 25 through 29, 2005. Both TCU and Tulane were declared co-champions due to inclement weather but Tulane was given the automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final that was cancelled due to inclement weather.[1]
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 6 | .800 | -- | 1 | ||
| 20 | 10 | .667 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 20 | 10 | .667 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 12 | .600 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 13 | .552 | 7.5 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 14 | .517 | 8.5 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 14 | .517 | 8.5 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 16 | .467 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 17 | .433 | 11 | -- | ||
| 10 | 19 | .344 | 13.5 | -- | ||
| 8 | 22 | .267 | 16 | -- | ||
| 5 | 25 | .167 | 19 | -- | ||
| Finish | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulane† | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | |||
| 1 | TCU# | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Southern Miss# | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3 | TCU | |
| 4 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 5 | Tulane | |
| 5 | South Florida | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 6 | Southern Miss | |
| 6 | East Carolina# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 4 | Houston | |
| 7 | Louisville | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | South Florida | |
| 8 | UAB | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 8 | Houston | |
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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| Position | Player | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Brian Baisley | South Florida | |
| IF | Brad Emaus | Tulane | |
| IF | Chad Huffman | TCU | |
| IF | Dustin Kingsbury | Houston | |
| IF | Trey Sutton | Southern Mississippi | |
| OF | Keith Conlon | TCU | |
| OF | Jason Lowery | Southern Mississippi | |
| OF | Nathan Southard | Tulane | |
| DH | Mike Grace | East Carolina | |
| P | Brian Bogusevic | Tulane | |
| P | Lance Broadway | TCU | |
| P | Sam Demel | TCU | |
| P | Micah Owings | Tulane | |
| MVP | Nathan Southard | Tulane |