Conference USA
Tournament
May 23–27, 2012
Trustmark Park
Pearl, Miss.
C–USA Championship Format
The 2012 Conference USA Championship
will feature the top eight teams in regular-season
league play. Those six will be split into two four-team pools (or pods), with the winner of each pod
playing in a single championship game. Teams
will be assigned pods based on seed, which will
be determined by the order of finish in regular-season conference play.
Each team will be guaranteed to play three
games. Teams in each pod will play the other
three teams in its pod. The team with the best
composite record in each pod would advance to
the championship game. Two-way ties in a pod
would be broken by head-to-head play. In case of
a three-way tie, the highest seed would advance.
Games are played at 11 am, 3 pm and 7 pm
the first four days of the Championship, with the
championship game Sunday at 1 pm. Pairings
with game times are announced after seeds are
determined following the final league series of the
season.
Makeup of the Pods and
Schedule of Play
Pod 1
(Seeds 1, 4, 5 and 8)
1 vs. 4, 5 and 8
4 vs. 1, 5 and 8
5 vs. 1, 4 and 8
8 vs. 1, 4 and 5
Pod 2
(Seeds 2, 3, 6 and 7)
2 vs. 3, 6 and 7
3 vs. 2, 6 and 7
6 vs. 2, 3 and 7
7 vs. 2, 3 and 6
Game Schedule
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Wed. Thurs. Fri.
11:00a 11:00a 11:00a
3:00p 3:00p 3:00p
7:00p 7:00p 7:00p
Day 4
Sat.
11:00a
3:00p
7:00p
Day 5
Sun.
1:00p
Championship
Trustmark Park
The 2012 Conference USA Championship
will be played at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss.
The stadium in suburban Jackson is the home of
Mississippi Braves, the AA affiliate of the Atlanta
Braves. The ballpark, which opened April 18,
2005, has capacity for nearly 7,500 fans. There
are 5,500 chair-back seats in the reserved seating
areas. The grass berm beyond the outfield walls
has room for an additional 2,000 general admission customers.
The Farm Bureau Grill, beyond the right-field
wall, is a full-service restaurant and there are
nine baseball-themed concession stands that
offer a wide variety of ballpark treats. Twenty-two luxury suites that seat between 16 and 20
fans are equipped with hardwood floors, a bar,
flat screen TVs, refrigerator and sliding doors that
open up to two rows of seats. The ballpark also
includes the Alltel picnic pavilion, 150 closed-circuit monitors positioned around the park televising the game, two merchandise shops and a
kids play area beyond the center-field wall.
The field dimensions are 330 feet down the
leftfield line, 332 feet down the right-field line,
and 400 feet to center-field.
NCAA Baseball
Championship
June 3 – June 29, 2011
Tournament Format
The 64–team bracket provides for 16 four–
team double elimination Regionals; and eight
two–team, best–of–three Super Regionals, with
the eight winners advancing to Omaha for the
NCAA College World Series.
NCAA Regionals
June 1– June 4, 2012
At campus host sites
64 teams at 16 sites
Super Regionals
June 8–11, 2012
At campus host sites
16 teams at eight sites
College World Series
June 15–26, 2012
TD Ameritrade Stadium
Omaha, Neb.
Eight teams
Southern Miss in the NCAA
Postseason
2011: NCAA Atlanta Regional (0-2)
2010: NCAA Auburn Regional ( 1-2)
2009: College World Series (0– 2)
NCAA Gainesville Super Regional ( 2–0)
NCAA Atlanta Regional ( 3–1)
2008: NCAA Baton Rouge Regional ( 2–2)
2007: NCAA Oxford Regional ( 1–2)
2006: NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional ( 1–2)
2005: NCAA Oxford Regional (0– 2)
2004: NCAA Baton Rouge Regional ( 1–2)
2003: NCAA Hattiesburg Regional ( 2–2)
1999: NCAA Southeast Regional
– Tuscaloosa, Ala. ( 2–2)
1990: NCAA Central Regional
– Austin, Texas ( 1–2)
All time record: 16–23
NCAA Appearances (Most Recent): 12 (2011)
