2023 Conference USA baseball tournament
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA Baseball Conference Tournament |
| Year=2023
| Conference=Conference USA
| ShortConference=CUSA
| Teams=8
| Format=See below
| Ballpark=Reckling Park
| City=Houston, Texas
| Champions=Charlotte
| TitleCount=1st
| Coach=Robert Woodard
| CoachCount=1st
| MVP=Cam Fisher
| MVPTeam=Charlotte
| Attendance=
| Television=ESPN+,
CBSSN (Championship game)
}}
{{2023 Conference USA baseball standings}}
The 2023 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through May 28 at Reckling Park in Houston to determine the tournament champion of Division I Conference USA in college baseball.{{cite web|url=https://conferenceusa.com/sports/2022/6/5/2022-23Championships.aspx|publisher=Conference USA|title=2022-23 Championships|access-date=December 14, 2022}} Charlotte, the tournament champion, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The tournament has been held every year since 1996, except for 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rice Owls has claimed seven championships, the most of any school, with the Owls latest win in 2017.
Format and seeding
The tournament consisted the top eight teams in regular season play. The format consisted of two double-elimination brackets, with a single-elimination championship game.
Bracket and results
{{8TeamBracket-2Elim-D
| sets=1/1/2/1
| RD1-seed01=1
| RD1-team01=Dallas Baptist
| RD1-score01=13
| RD1-seed02=8
| RD1-team02=Rice
| RD1-score02=27
| RD1-seed03=4
| RD1-team03=Western Kentucky
| RD1-score03=10
| RD1-seed04=5
| RD1-team04=Florida Atlantic
| RD1-score04=9
| RD1-seed05=8
| RD1-team05=Rice
| RD1-score05=1
| RD1-seed06=5
| RD1-team06=Florida Atlantic
| RD1-score06=6
| RD1-seed07=3
| RD1-team07=Charlotte
| RD1-score07=8
| RD1-seed08=6
| RD1-team08=Louisiana Tech
| RD1-score08=13
| RD1-seed09=2
| RD1-team09=UTSA
| RD1-score09=1
| RD1-seed10=7
| RD1-team10=Middle Tennessee
| RD1-score10=5
| RD1-seed11=3
| RD1-team11= Charlotte
| RD1-score11=11
| RD1-seed12=2
| RD1-team12=UTSA
| RD1-score12=2
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=Dallas Baptist
| RD2-score01= 10
| RD2-seed02=4
| RD2-team02=Western Kentucky
| RD2-score02=2
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Western Kentucky
| RD2-score03=9
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=Florida Atlantic
| RD2-score04=7
| RD2-seed05=6
| RD2-team05=Louisiana Tech
| RD2-score05=6
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06=Middle Tennessee
| RD2-score06=7
| RD2-seed07=6
| RD2-team07=Louisiana Tech
| RD2-score07=1
| RD2-seed08=3
| RD2-team08=Charlotte
| RD2-score08=4
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Dallas Baptist
| RD3-score01-1=5
| RD3-seed02=4
| RD3-team02=Western Kentucky
| RD3-score02-1=0
| RD3-seed03=7
| RD3-team03=Middle Tennessee
| RD3-score03-1=9
| RD3-score03-2=8
| RD3-seed04=3
| RD3-team04=Charlotte
| RD3-score04-1=12
| RD3-score04-2=9
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=Dallas Baptist
| RD4-score01=2
| RD4-seed02=3
| RD4-team02=Charlotte
| RD4-score02=5
}}
Schedule
Source:{{cite web|url=https://conferenceusa.com/tournaments/?id=491|title=2023 Baseball Championship|website=conferenceusa.com|publisher=Conference USA|access-date=May 20, 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| align="center"
!Game !Time* !Matchup# !Score !Television !Attendance |
| colspan=6| Wednesday, May 24 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 9:00 a.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 3 Charlotte vs. No. 6 {{cbsb link|year=2023|team=Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|title=Louisiana Tech}} | style="text-align:center;" | 8-13 | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | ESPN+ | style="text-align:center;" | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 12:30 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 2 UTSA vs. No. 7 {{cbsb link|year=2023|team=Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|title=Middle Tennessee}} | style="text-align:center;" | 1-5 | style="text-align:center;" | 646 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 4:00 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 8 {{cbsb link|year=2023|team=Rice Owls|title=Rice}} | style="text-align:center;" | 13-2 | style="text-align:center;" | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 7:30 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 4 {{cbsb link|year=2023|team=Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|title=Western Kentucky}} vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic | style="text-align:center;" | 10-9 | style="text-align:center;" | 927 |
| colspan=6| Thursday, May 25 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 9:00 a.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 3 Charlotte vs. No. 2 UTSA | style="text-align:center;" | 11-2 | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | ESPN+ | style="text-align:center;" | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 12:30 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 6 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 Middle Tennessee | style="text-align:center;" | 7-6 | style="text-align:center;" | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 4:00 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 8 Rice vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic | style="text-align:center;" | 6-1 | style="text-align:center;" | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 7:00 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 4 Western Kentucky | style="text-align:center;" | 10-2 | style="text-align:center;" | |
| colspan=6| Friday, May 26 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 2:00 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 3 Charlotte vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech | style="text-align:center;" | 4-1 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | ESPN+ | style="text-align:center;" | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 5:30 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 5 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 4 Western Kentucky | style="text-align:center;" | 7-9 | style="text-align:center;" | 589 |
| colspan=6| Saturday, May 27 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 9:00 a.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 7 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 3 Charlotte | style="text-align:center;" | 9-12 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | ESPN+ | style="text-align:center;" | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 12:30 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 4 Western Kentucky | style="text-align:center;" | 5-0 | style="text-align:center;" | 662 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 4:00 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 7 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 3 Charlotte | style="text-align:center;" | 8-9 | style="text-align:center;" | |
| colspan=6| Championship – Sunday, May 28 |
| style="text-align:center;" | Championship
| style="text-align:center;" | 1:00 p.m. | style="text-align:center;" | No. 1 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 3 Charlotte | style="text-align:center;" | 2-5 | style="text-align:center;" | CBSSN | style="text-align:center;" | 587 |
| colspan=7| *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. |
References
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