2024 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2024 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	BayCare Ballpark Clearwater, FL

2024 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 East Carolina ‍†‍‍	19	–	8		.704			40	–	13		.755
UTSA ‍‍‍	17	–	10		.630			32	–	22		.593
Tulane ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			31	–	24		.564
Wichita State ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			29	–	27		.518
UAB ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			26	–	27		.491
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			26	–	27		.491
Charlotte ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			23	–	32		.418
Rice ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			22	–	34		.393
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 18, 2024 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament will be held at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida from May 21 through May 26. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2022 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Format and seeding

The top eight baseball teams in The American will be seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament will use 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
											1	East Carolina	5
	8	Rice	9
	5	UAB	0
						8	Rice	7
						1	East Carolina	8
																	3	Tulane
	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(12)	ESPN+
4	7:30pm	No. 3 Tulane vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic	14–2(7)	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	–	ESPN+
12	12:30pm	No. 3 Tulane vs No. 6 Florida Atlantic	–	ESPN+
13	TBD	Winner of Game 11 vs Loser of Game 11 (If Necessary)	–	ESPN+
14	TBD	Winner of Game 12 vs Loser of Game 12 (If Necessary)	–	ESPN+
Championship – Sunday, May 26
15	12:00pm	TBD vs TBD	–	ESPNEWS
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.