2017 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2017 Conference USA baseball tournament will be held from May 24 through 28 at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. The tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2017 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	MGM Park Biloxi, Mississippi
Champions	Rice (7th title)
Winning coach	Wayne Graham (7th title)
MVP	Glenn Otto (Rice)
Television	ESPN3 (First round–semifinals) CBSSN (Championship game)

2017 Conference USA baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 23 Southern Missy† ‍‍‍	25	–	5	–	0		.833			50	–	16	–	0		.758
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0		.633			37	–	21	–	0		.638
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			35	–	21	–	1		.623
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			34	–	24	–	0		.586
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			36	–	20	–	0		.643
Ricey  ‍‍‡‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			33	–	31	–	0		.516
FIU  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			31	–	27	–	0		.534
UTSA  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Marshall  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			25	–	29	–	0		.463
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			24	–	31	–	0		.436
UAB  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0		.200			16	–	39	–	0		.291
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with six.

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.

Bracket and results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	Southern Miss	2
	8	UTSA	9
						8	UTSA	0
						4	Charlotte	5
	4	Charlotte	7
	5	Louisiana Tech	2
											4	Charlotte	5	8
											1	Southern Miss	6	10
	1	Southern Miss	5
	5	Louisiana Tech	2			8	UTSA	1
						1	Southern Miss	7
																	1	Southern Miss	4
	3	Florida Atlantic	3
																	6	Rice	5
	6	Rice	5
						6	Rice	4
						2	Old Dominion	3
	2	Old Dominion	3
	7	FIU	2
											6	Rice	137	-
											3	Florida Atlantic	2	-
	3	Florida Atlantic	8
	7	FIU	4			3	Florida Atlantic	6
						2	Old Dominion	2

Conference championship

Conference USA Championship
(1) Southern Miss Golden Eagles	vs.	(6) Rice Owls

May 28, 2017, 1:07 p.m. (CDT) at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(1) Southern Miss	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	5	1
(6) Rice	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	5	12	2
WP: Glenn Otto (6–4)   LP: Trent Driver (2–1) Home runs: USM: Matt Wallner (1) Rice: None Attendance: 5,216