The American Athletic Conference basetball tournament is the conference championship tournament in
college baseball for the
American Athletic Conference. It is a
round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship each season. The Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular season record.
The American is one of two successors to the
original Big East Conference, which split after the 2013 season. The tournament was held in the same location as the previous six
Big East Conference baseball tournaments in 2014, at
Bright House Field in
Clearwater, Florida
Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, northwest of Tampa and St. Petersburg. To the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and to the southeast lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2020 census, the city had a populat ...
.
Format
Unlike the previous Big East Tournament, the American adopted a
round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
format in 2014. The top eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with each team facing the others in the group. The winners of each group then faced off in a single championship game. This format was similar to the format used by several new members from the
Conference USA baseball tournament from 2010 to 2013.
In 2015, the event reverted to the traditional two-bracket,
double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.
Champions
By year
By school
This table of championship statistics is updated after each event. It is current as of the end of the 2022 Tournament.
''Italics indicate school no longer sponsors baseball in the American.''
References
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2014 establishments in Florida
Recurring sporting events established in 2014
Baseball in Florida
College sports in Florida
Sports in Clearwater, Florida
Sports competitions in Florida
Tourist attractions in Pinellas County, Florida