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Conference USA Baseball 2022: Mid-May Roundup

May 13, 2022 By Matthew Bartlett

There’s been a lot going on in Conference USA Baseball. Here’s the latest from the teams on the diamond this week.

Team Last Weekend Record Up Next
Southern Miss vs ODU (L, 1-2) 36-13 (18-6) vs UTSA
UTSA vs Marshall (W, 2-1) 32-16 (16-8) at USM
FAU at LA Tech (W, 2-1) 30-19 (15-9) vs Charlotte
LA Tech vs FAU (L, 1-2) 33-17 (15-9) vs WKU
MTSU at FIU (W, 2-1) 26-20 (14-10) at Rice
Charlotte vs Rice (W, 3-0) 31-17 (14-10) at FAU
ODU at USM (W, 2-1) 31-15 (13-11) vs Marshall
UAB at WKU (L, 1-2) 27-19 (11-13) vs FIU
Marshall at UTSA (L, 1-2) 20-27-1 (9-15) at ODU
WKU vs UAB (W, 2-1) 17-30 (7-17) at LA Tech
Rice at Charlotte (L, 3-0) 13-36 (6-18) vs MTSU
FIU vs MTSU (L, 1-2) 14-30 (6-18) at UAB
Standings as of 5/12/2022

Conference Tournament Positioning

How it works

The tournament will consist of the top eight teams in regular season play based on winning percentage. Entering the final weekend only three teams (Southern Miss, UTSA and Louisiana Tech) have officially clinched spots in the tournament. (Even if the Bulldogs dropped their remaining games, they’d hold the tiebreaker over Marshall). No team has been eliminated, although several are hanging on by a thread.

The West

Southern Miss, UTSA and Louisiana Tech have distanced themselves fairly comfortably from the rest of the division. Louisiana Tech holds a six-game advantage over the current first-team out, Marshall.

The East

The race in East is much tighter with the gap between Florida Atlantic and Old Dominion (currently seeded No. 3 and No. 7) sitting at only two games. The next two weekends could see a fair amount of movement on the seeding line.

Spot 8

As it stands currently, UAB is the last team in. They have a two-game cushion over Marshall and the tiebreaker, which means they’re realistically in if they can split their remaining games against FIU and UTSA.  Things would get interesting if the Blazers struggle, opening the door for the teams on the outside to make a move, although Western Kentucky, Rice and FIU need to win out to have a chance.


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