2015 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2015 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 19 through 24. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2015 season. East Carolina claimed their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2015 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Tournament Logo
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Bright House Field Clearwater, FL
Champions	East Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach	Cliff Godwin (1st title)
MVP	Hunter Allen (East Carolina)
Television	CBS Sports Network (Opening Round) ESPNU (Championship game)
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2015 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Houston  ‍†‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			43	–	20	–	0		.683
East Carolina‡y  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			40	–	22	–	0		.645
Tulane  ‍‍‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			35	–	25	–	0		.583
South Floriday  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			34	–	26	–	1		.566
Memphis  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			37	–	21	–	0		.638
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			35	–	25	–	0		.583
UCF  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			31	–	27	–	0		.534
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			15	–	41	–	0		.268
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2015[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

All 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.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed	Tiebreaker
Houston	16	8	.667	–	1
East Carolina	15	9	.625	1	2
Tulane	13	11	.542	3	3	2–1 vs. South Florida
South Florida	13	11	.542	3	4	1–2 vs. Tulane
Memphis	12	12	.500	4	5
Connecticut	11	13	.458	5	6
UCF	10	14	.417	6	7
Cincinnati	6	18	.250	10	8

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	Houston	8
	8	Cincinnati	4
						1	Houston	7
						4	South Florida	3
	4	South Florida	10
	5	Memphis	6
											1	Houston	17	–
											5	Memphis	3	–
	5	Memphis	14
	8	Cincinnati	9			5	Memphis	4
						4	South Florida	1
																	1	Houston	1
	2	East Carolina	4
																	2	East Carolina	9
	7	UCF	3
						2	East Carolina	3
						3	Tulane	1
	3	Tulane	3
	6	Connecticut	1
											2	East Carolina	4	–
											6	Connecticut	2	–
	7	UCF	3
	6	Connecticut	411			6	Connecticut	7
						3	Tulane	6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

Pos	Name	School
P	Joe Ingle	East Carolina
P	Andrew Lantrip	Houston
IF	Vinny Siena	Connecticut
IF	Hunter Allen	East Carolina
IF	Connor Wong	Houston
IF	Brandon Montgomery	Memphis
OF	Luke Lowery	East Carolina
OF	Corey Julks	Houston
OF	Darien Tubbs	Memphis
C	Ian Rice	Houston
UTY	Reid Love	East Carolina
DH	Joe DeRoche-Duffin	Connecticut

Most Outstanding Player

Hunter Allen was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Allen, a shortstop for East Carolina, was 9 for 18 over the course of the event, scoring 6 runs. He was 3 for 5 and scored 2 runs in the final game.^[3]