Thursday is scheduled to be the two winner’s bracket games.ĮCU, which went a combined 12-0 against teams on its side of the bracket during the regular season, will play Thursday at 1 p.m. If a team loses Tuesday, it has to turn around and play an elimination game immediately on Wednesday. Winning the first two games will net a 2-0 team off days on both Wednesday and Friday, before the semifinals on Saturday. It’s highly advantageous to stay in the winner’s bracket of the tournament. Tulane and Houston will play Game 3 of the tournament at 4 p.m., followed by Memphis and Wichita State in the night cap. ECU is scheduled to take on USF 47 minutes after the opening game, likely putting first pitch around 12:30 or 1 p.m. The action gets underway on Tuesday, when Cincinnati and UCF open the tournament at 9 a.m. Both sides of the bracket are a double-elimination tournament, with the winners advancing to a winner-take-all single game on Sunday at 12 noon for the championship and league’s automatic bid. On the other side of the bracket, its second-seeded Houston, third-seeded Wichita State, sixth-seeded Memphis, and seventh-seeded Tulane. East Carolina is joined on its side of the bracket by fourth-seeded UCF and fifth-seeded Cincinnati. They will try and accomplish the same this postseason, starting with a first-round matchup, and rematch, against the USF Bulls on Tuesday.ĮCU earned the top seed in the tournament with a weekend sweep of USF, vaulting past Houston - which dropped a game to Cincinnati - by a half-game. The Pirates became the only team in the history of the league a season ago to win both the regular season and conference tourney. Fresh off winning its fourth consecutive American Athletic Conference regular season championship, East Carolina’s baseball team will try and repeat as conference tournament champions this week as well inside Ba圜are Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla.
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