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May 19, 2008

2008 Entergy Conference USA Championship Bracket in PDF Format

NEW ORLEANS, La. - After finishing the regular season with a 36-18-1 overall record and a 13-9-1 mark in Conference USA action, the Tulane University baseball team will be the No. 3 seed in the 2008 Entergy Conference USA Baseball Championship hosted by Tulane from May 21-25 at the new Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

The eight-team, double-elimination tournament features two brackets of four teams. Tulane is joined in the afternoon bracket by second-seeded Southern Miss, No. 6 seed Marshall and No. 7 seed UCF. The other side of the bracket, meanwhile, features top-seeded Rice, No. 4 seed Houston, fifth-seeded East Carolina and No. 8 seed UAB. The C-USA Tournament culminates on Sunday, May 25, with the championship game, and the winner of that contest will receive the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals.

All Tulane tournament games will be broadcast on the flagship station of Tulane baseball, WRBH 88.3 fm. In addition, live streaming video for every tourney contest is available on the web to paid members of the All-Access Pass, and live stats are provided for free via GameTracker.

The championship will get underway at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday when No. 5 seed East Carolina (39-17, 13-11) takes on No. 4 seed Houston (34-21, 14-10). The Pirates and Cougars met during the opening weekend of conference play, with UH taking two-of-three in Greenville, N.C. From there, Rice (42-11, 21-3) will face UAB (24-32, 7-17) in the second game of the tournament on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

Southern Miss (38-18, 15-9) earned the No. 2 seed and opens its tourney play against UCF (31-25, 8-16) at 4 p.m., before Tulane and Marshall (26-28-1, 10-13-1) close out day one of tournament action.

For tickets to the 2008 Entergy Conference USA Baseball Championship, contact the Tulane Athletics Ticket Office at 504-861-WAVE or log onto the internet at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.

2008 ENTERGY CONFERENCE USA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Wednesday, May 21
Game 1 - No. 5 East Carolina vs. No. 4 Houston   9:00 a.m.
Game 2 - No. 8 UAB vs. No. 1 Rice               12:30 p.m.
Game 3 - No. 8 UCF vs. No. 2 Southern Miss       4:00 p.m.
Game 4 - No. 6 Marshall vs. No. 3 Tulane         7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 22
Game 5 - Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser           9:00 a.m.
Game 6 - Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser          12:30 p.m.
Game 7 - Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner         4:00 p.m.
Game 8 - Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner         7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 23
Game 9 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 7 Loser          3:00 p.m.
Game 10 - Game 6 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser         6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 24
Game 11 - Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner        9:00 a.m.
Game 12 - Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner      12:30 p.m.
Game 13 - Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner        4:00 p.m. (If Necessary)
Game 14 - Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner       7:30 p.m. (If Necessary
Sunday, May 25
Conference USA Championship Game                 1:00 p.m.
(CBS College Sports Network - tape delayed)