# 2004 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2004 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2004 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Cougar Field in Houston, Texas, from May 26 through 30, 2004. The TCU Horned Frogs won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.

## Regular season results

| Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
| East Carolina | 25 | 5 | 0 | .833 | -- | 1 |
| Tulane | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 4 | 2 |
| Southern Miss | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 4 | 3 |
| TCU | 19 | 11 | 0 | .633 | 6 | 4 |
| Houston | 19 | 11 | 0 | .633 | 6 | 5 |
| Memphis | 15 | 14 | 0 | .517 | 9.5 | 6 |
| UAB | 13 | 16 | 0 | .448 | 11.5 | 7 |
| Louisville | 13 | 17 | 0 | .433 | 12 | 8 |
| South Florida | 12 | 17 | 0 | .414 | 12.5 | -- |
| Charlotte | 9 | 21 | 0 | .300 | 16 | -- |
| Cincinnati | 6 | 24 | 0 | .200 | 19 | -- |
| Saint Louis | 5 | 24 | 0 | .172 | 19.5 | -- |
* Records listed are conference play only. Marquette and DePaul did not field baseball teams. South Florida, Charlotte, Cincinnati, and Saint Louis did not make the tournament.

## Bracket

| First round May 26–27 | First round May 26–27 | First round May 26–27 | Second round May 27–28 | Second round May 27–28 | Second round May 27–28 | Semi-finals May 28–29 | Semi-finals May 28–29 | Semi-finals May 28–29 | Semi-finals May 28–29 | Finals May 30 | Finals May 30 | Finals May 30 |
| 6 | Memphis | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 5 | 7 | UAB | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Memphis | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | UAB | 10 | 6 | Memphis | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Tulane | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Tulane | 4 | | | | 7 | UAB | 10 | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 16 | 9 | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 16 | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 16 | 9 | | | |
| 2 | Tulane | 4 | 6 | Memphis | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 13 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | TCU | 3 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 13 | | | | | | | | 4 | TCU | 3 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 13 | | | | | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 1 |
| 8 | Louisville | 2 | | | | | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 1 |
| 8 | Louisville | 2 | 5 | Houston | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | East Carolina | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Houston | 9 | 1 | East Carolina | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | TCU | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | TCU | 5 | | | | 5 | Houston | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | TCU | 8 | 5 | | | |
| 8 | Louisville | 3 | | | | 4 | TCU | 8 | 5 | | | |
| 4 | TCU | 4 | 4 | TCU | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | East Carolina | 4 | | | | | | | |
* Bold indicates the winner of the game.
* Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

## Finish order

| Finish | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By |
| 1 | TCU$^†$ | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 4 | |
| 2 | Southern Miss$^#$ | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 3 | TCU |
| 3 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 5 | TCU |
| 4 | UAB | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 7 | Southern Miss |
| 5 | East Carolina$^#$ | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1 | TCU |
| 6 | Memphis | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 6 | Southern Miss |
| 7 | Louisville | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 8 | TCU |
| 8 | Tulane$^#$ | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 2 | Southern Miss |
| $^†$ - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. $^#$ - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. ||||||||

## All-tournament team

| Position | Player | School |
| C | Brad Willcutt | Southern Mississippi |
| IF | Matt Shepherd | Southern Mississippi |
| IF | Jarrett Hoffpauir | Southern Mississippi |
| IF | Chris Neuman | TCU |
| IF | Bo Cogbill | TCU |
| OF | Ryan Frith | Southern Mississippi |
| OF | Chad Huffman | TCU |
| OF | Austin Adams | TCU |
| DH | Kevin Roberts | Houston |
| P | Mike Cashion | Southern Mississippi |
| P | Eugene Espinelli | TCU |
| P | Clayton Jerome | TCU |
| P | Ryan Weems | TCU |
| MVP | Austin Adams | TCU |