2021 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2021 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	BayCare Ballpark; Clearwater, Florida;
Champions	South Florida (1st title)
Winning coach	Billy Mohl (1st title)
MVP	Daniel Cantu (South Florida)
Television	ESPN+
	← 2020; AAC baseball tournament; 2022 →;

The 2021 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida, from May 25 through 30. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2021 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament, South Florida, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

2021 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 East Carolina ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	8	.714	44	–	17	.721
Tulane ‍‍‍	17	–	10	.630	31	–	24	.564
Wichita State ‍‍‍	18	–	13	.581	31	–	23	.574
Cincinnati ‍‍‍	18	–	14	.563	29	–	26	.527
UCF ‍‍‍	18	–	14	.563	31	–	30	.508
South Florida ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	14	.500	31	–	30	.508
Houston ‍‍‍	7	–	21	.250	19	–	34	.358
Memphis ‍‍‍	7	–	25	.219	18	–	39	.316

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2021^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding edit

The top 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.

Bracket edit

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

5	UCF	14

4	Cincinnati	10
			5	UCF	17⁷

			8	Memphis	1
8	Memphis	11⁷

1	East Carolina	1
						5	UCF	2	2

						1	East Carolina	5	1
4	Cincinnati	9

1	East Carolina	10
			8	Memphis	0

			1	East Carolina	12⁷



										5	UCF	7

										6	South Florida	8
7	Houston	1

2	Tulane	4
			2	Tulane	0

			6	South Florida	5
6	South Florida	7

3	Wichita State	2
						6	South Florida	6	7

						2	Tulane	16	1
7	Houston	3

3	Wichita State	5
			2	Tulane	12⁷

			3	Wichita State	2

References edit

^ "2021 Baseball Standings". theamerican.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
^ "American Athletic Conference". theamerican.org.

[1] "2021 Baseball Standings". theamerican.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

[2] "American Athletic Conference". theamerican.org.

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