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2024 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTulane (2nd title)
Winning coachJay Uhlman (2nd title)
2024 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 East Carolina ‍†‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 43 – 15   .741
UTSA ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 32 – 24   .571
Tulane ‍‍‡‍ 15 – 12   .556 35 – 24   .593
Wichita State ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 32 – 29   .525
UAB ‍‍‍ 13 – 14   .481 26 – 29   .473
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 28 – 29   .491
Charlotte ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 24 – 34   .414
Rice ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 23 – 36   .390
South Florida ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 26 – 29   .473
Memphis ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 23 – 32   .418
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 26, 2024
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida from May 21 through May 26. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2022 season. The Tulane Green Wave won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Format and seeding

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

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 East Carolina 12
8 Rice 4
1 East Carolina 4
4 Wichita State 14
4 Wichita State 8
5 UAB 2
4 Wichita State 4 12^
1 East Carolina 5 2
8 Rice 9
5 UAB 0
8 Rice 7
1 East Carolina 8
4 Wichita State 10
3 Tulane 11
2 UTSA 5
7 Charlotte 9*
7 Charlotte 5
3 Tulane 7
3 Tulane 14^
6 Florida Atlantic 2
3 Tulane 13^ –
6 Florida Atlantic 1 –
2 UTSA 5
6 Florida Atlantic 12
6 Florida Atlantic 10
7 Charlotte 8
  • * Game went to extra innings
  • ^ Game ended after 7 innings because of mercy rule

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup Score Television
Tuesday, May 21
1 9:00am No. 4 Wichita State vs No. 5 UAB 8–2 ESPN+
2 12:30pm No. 1 East Carolina vs No. 8 Rice 12–4 ESPN+
3 4:00pm No. 2 UTSA vs No. 7 Charlotte 5–9 ESPN+
4 7:30pm No. 3 Tulane vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic 14–2 ESPN+
Wednesday, May 22
5 1:00pm No. 5 UAB vs No. 8 Rice 0–9 ESPN+
6 4:30pm No. 2 UTSA vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic 5–12 ESPN+
Thursday, May 23
7 1:00pm No. 4 Wichita State vs No. 1 East Carolina 14–4 ESPN+
8 4:30pm No. 7 Charlotte vs No. 3 Tulane 5–7 ESPN+
Friday, May 24
9 1:00pm No. 8 Rice vs No. 1 East Carolina 7–8 ESPN+
10 4:30pm No. 6 Florida Atlantic vs No. 7 Charlotte 10–8 ESPN+
Semifinals – Saturday, May 25
11 9:00am No. 4 Wichita State vs No. 1 East Carolina 4–5 ESPN+
12 12:30pm No. 3 Tulane vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic 13–1 ESPN+
13 4:00pm No. 1 East Carolina vs No. 4 Wichita State 2–12 ESPN+
Championship – Sunday, May 26
15 12:00pm No. 4 Wichita State vs No. 3 Tulane 10–11 ESPNEWS
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

  1. "Baseball Standings". theamerican.com. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  2. "2023–24 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  3. "Tulane wins AAC championship on Jackson Linn's walk-off HR - ESPN Video". ESPN.com. 26 May 2024.
  4. "2024 American Baseball Championship presented by Regions -". theamerican.org.
  5. "Seeding Set for 2024 American Baseball Championship presented by Regions". theamerican.org. 18 May 2024.
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