# 2005 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2005 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2005 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from May 25 through 29, 2005. Both TCU and Tulane were declared co-champions due to inclement weather but Tulane was given the automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final that was cancelled due to inclement weather.

## Regular season results

| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| Tulane | 24 | 6 | .800 | -- | 1 |
| TCU | 20 | 10 | .667 | 4 | 2 |
| Southern Miss | 20 | 10 | .667 | 4 | 3 |
| East Carolina | 18 | 12 | .600 | 6 | 4 |
| Houston | 16 | 13 | .552 | 7.5 | 5 |
| South Florida | 15 | 14 | .517 | 8.5 | 6 |
| Louisville | 15 | 14 | .517 | 8.5 | 7 |
| UAB | 14 | 16 | .467 | 10 | 8 |
| Charlotte | 13 | 17 | .433 | 11 | -- |
| Cincinnati | 10 | 19 | .344 | 13.5 | -- |
| Saint Louis | 8 | 22 | .267 | 16 | -- |
| Memphis | 5 | 25 | .167 | 19 | -- |
* Records listed are conference play only. Marquette and DePaul did not field baseball teams. Charlotte, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, and Memphis did not make the tournament.

## Bracket

| First round May 25–26 | First round May 25–26 | First round May 25–26 | | | Second round May 26–27 | Second round May 26–27 | Second round May 26–27 | Semi-finals May 27–28 | Semi-finals May 27–28 | Semi-finals May 27–28 | Finals May 29 | Finals May 29 |
| 5 | Houston | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | East Carolina | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | East Carolina | 6 | | | 4 | East Carolina | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1 | Tulane | 16 | | | | | |
| 8 | UAB | 6 | | | 1 | Tulane | 16 | | | | | |
| 1 | Tulane | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Tulane | 8 | | | | | | 5 | Houston | 1 | | |
| Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | 5 | Houston | 1 | | |
| Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | 1 | Tulane | 10 | | |
| 8 | UAB | 5 | | | | | | 1 | Tulane | 10 | | |
| 5 | Houston | 7 | | | 4 | East Carolina | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Houston | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | TCU |
| 7 | Louisville | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | TCU |
| 7 | Louisville | 2 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Tulane |
| 2 | TCU | 4 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Tulane |
| 2 | TCU | 4 | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | TCU | 8 | | | | | |
| 6 | USF | 3 | | | 2 | TCU | 8 | | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 5 | | | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 7 | | |
| Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | 3 | Southern Miss | 7 | | |
| Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | 2 | TCU | 13 | | |
| 7 | Louisville | 1 | | | | | | 2 | TCU | 13 | | |
| 6 | USF | 11 | | | 6 | USF | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 9 | | | | | |
* 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 | Tulane$^†$ | 3 | 0 | | 1.000 | 1 | |
| 1 | TCU$^#$ | 3 | 0 | | 1.000 | 2 | |
| 3 | Southern Miss$^#$ | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3 | TCU |
| 4 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 5 | Tulane |
| 5 | South Florida | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 6 | Southern Miss |
| 6 | East Carolina$^#$ | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 4 | Houston |
| 7 | Louisville | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | South Florida |
| 8 | UAB | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 8 | Houston |
| $^†$ - 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 | Brian Baisley | South Florida |
| IF | Brad Emaus | Tulane |
| IF | Chad Huffman | TCU |
| IF | Dustin Kingsbury | Houston |
| IF | Trey Sutton | Southern Mississippi |
| OF | Keith Conlon | TCU |
| OF | Jason Lowery | Southern Mississippi |
| OF | Nathan Southard | Tulane |
| DH | Mike Grace | East Carolina |
| P | Brian Bogusevic | Tulane |
| P | Lance Broadway | TCU |
| P | Sam Demel | TCU |
| P | Micah Owings | Tulane |
| MVP | Nathan Southard | Tulane |