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1997 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

1997 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Format Play-in round followed by
eight-team double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Houston (1st title)
Winning coach Rayner Noble (1st title)
MVP Scottie Scott (Houston)
1997 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Tulane † 19 – 7   .731     40 – 21   .656
Houston ‡y 19 – 8   .704     40 – 23   .635
South Florida y 18 – 8   .692     39 – 24   .619
Southern Miss 16 – 10   .615     34 – 23   .596
Charlotte 14 – 12   .538     30 – 26   .536
UAB 14 – 13   .519     31 – 29   .517
Louisville 11 – 15   .423     23 – 32   .418
Memphis 9 – 17   .346     20 – 31   .392
Saint Louis 8 – 19   .296     21 – 30   .412
Cincinnati 4 – 23   .148     12 – 46   .207
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 1997 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 13–18. Houston defeated Charlotte in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

With the completion of Houston's move from the Southwest Conference, the conference expanded to 10 teams in baseball. As a result, the tournament's play-in round was expanded to include the 7th–10th seeds, instead of only the 8th and 9th.

Two play-in games among the four teams with the worst regular season records decided which two teams would have the final two spots in the eight-team double-elimination bracket.


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