# 2010 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2010 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2010 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Cougar Field in Houston, Texas, from May 26–May 30, 2010. Southern Miss won the tournament and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The tournament format changed from that which had been used since the 2000 tournament. It consisted of six teams split into two three-team pods. Each team played a total of three preliminary games, two against its podmates and one against a team from the opposite pod. The team with the best record in each pod going advanced to a single-game final.

## Regular season results

| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| Rice | 17 | 7 | .708 | -- | 1 |
| Southern Miss | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3 | 2 |
| Memphis | 12 | 12 | .500 | 5 | 3 |
| Marshall | 12 | 12 | .500 | 5 | 4 |
| Houston | 11 | 13 | .458 | 6 | 5 |
| East Carolina | 11 | 13 | .458 | 6 | 6 |
| UAB | 11 | 13 | .458 | 6 | -- |
| UCF | 10 | 14 | .417 | 7 | -- |
| Tulane | 10 | 14 | .417 | 7 | -- |
* SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP do not field baseball teams. Tulane, UAB, and UCF did not make the tournament.

## Bracket

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Rice | 3 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 6 | +47 | 1.000 | Advance to Finals |
| 2 | Marshall | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 36 | −19 | .333 | |
| 3 | Houston | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 41 | −21 | .333 | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | .667 | Advance to Finals |
| 2 | Memphis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 20 | −8 | .333 | |
| 3 | East Carolina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | .333 | |
| Finals | Finals |
| Rice | 4 |
| Southern Miss | 7 |

## Results

| Game | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 8–2 | Memphis |
| 2 | Rice | 11–3 | East Carolina |
| 3 | Houston | 11–7 | Marshall |
| 4 | East Carolina | 8–1 | Southern Miss |
| 5 | Marshall | 10–7 | Memphis |
| 6 | Rice | 24–3 | Houston |
| 7 | Memphis | 3–2 | East Carolina |
| 8 | Rice | 18–0 | Marshall |
| 9 | Southern Miss | 10–6 | Houston |
| 10 | Southern Miss | 7–4 | Rice |

## Finish order

| Finish | Team | W | L | Pct | Seed | RS | RA | Diff |
| 1 | $^†$Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 6 |
| 2 | $^#$Rice | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | 1 | 57 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | East Carolina | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 |
| 4 | Memphis | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 3 | 12 | 20 | -8 |
| 5 | Marshall | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 4 | 17 | 36 | -19 |
| 6 | Houston | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 5 | 20 | 41 | -21 |
$^†$ - 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 | Diego Seastrunk | Rice |
| IF | Rick Hague | Rice |
| IF | Anthony Rendon | Rice |
| IF | B.A. Vollmuth | Southern Miss |
| IF | Taylor Walker | Southern Miss |
| OF | Michael Fuda | Rice |
| OF | Chad Mozingo | Rice |
| OF | Steven Sultzbaugh | Rice |
| DH | M.P. Cokinos | Houston |
| P | Scott Copeland | Southern Miss |
| P | Seth Maness | East Carolina |
| P | Brennon Martin | Memphis |
| P | Jared Rogers | Rice |
| MVP | Scott Copeland | Southern Miss |
(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection