Inclement Weather Threat Alters AAC Baseball Championship Schedule
May 22, 2017 | Baseball
Revised Schedule (PDF)
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Eighth seed East Carolina (29-27) will open the 2017 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championships on Tuesday, May 23 when it plays top seed UCF at Spectrum Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.
Monday, the league announced that projected weather forecast for the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area in the coming days has forced an adjustment to the tournament schedule.
All four first-round games will now begin Tuesday, May 23. Memphis will face Houston at 9 a.m. (ET) in the tournament opener, while Cincinnati will face UConn at noon. Live video of those games will be on The American Digital Network. CBS Sports Network will televise the two later games Tuesday as Tulane faces USF at 3:30 p.m., and East Carolina faces UCF at 7 p.m.
The losing teams from the first day will meet Wednesday in a pair of elimination games. The first game will begin at 9 a.m., while the second will follow at noon. The winning teams from Tuesday will meet Thursday in two winners' bracket games, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The schedule for Friday, Saturday and Sunday remains unchanged.
Tickets for the championship will be available at Spectrum Field each day of the tournament or may be purchased in advance by calling the box office at 727-467-4457. The latest information on the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship is available on the conference's Championship Central page at www.TheAmerican.org/Baseball.
REVISED 2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
SPECTRUM Field · Clearwater, Fla.
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Tuesday, May 23
Game 1:  No. 7 Memphis (29-27) vs. No. 2 Houston (36-19) – 9 a.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 2:  No. 6 Cincinnati (28-28) vs. No. 3 UConn (31-23) – 12 Noon (American Digital Network)
Game 3:  No. 5 Tulane (27-29) vs. No. 4 USF (40-15) – 3:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Game 4: No. 8 East Carolina (29-27) vs. No. 1 UCF (38-18) – 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
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Wednesday, May 24
Game 5: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 – 9 a.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 6: Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 – 12 Noon (American Digital Network)
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Thursday, May 25
Game 7: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 – 3 p.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 8: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 – 7 p.m. (American Digital Network)
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Friday, May 26
Game 9: Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 5 – 11 a.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 10: Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 6 – 3 a.m. (American Digital Network)
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Saturday, May 27
Game 11: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9 –10 a.m. (American Digital Network).
Game 12: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10 – 1 p.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 13: Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 11 (if necessary) – 4:30 p.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 14: Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 12 (if necessary) – 7:30 p.m. (American Digital Network).
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Sunday, May 28
Game 15: Semifinal winners – 12 Noon (ESPNews)
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CLEARWATER, Fla. – Eighth seed East Carolina (29-27) will open the 2017 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championships on Tuesday, May 23 when it plays top seed UCF at Spectrum Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.
Monday, the league announced that projected weather forecast for the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area in the coming days has forced an adjustment to the tournament schedule.
All four first-round games will now begin Tuesday, May 23. Memphis will face Houston at 9 a.m. (ET) in the tournament opener, while Cincinnati will face UConn at noon. Live video of those games will be on The American Digital Network. CBS Sports Network will televise the two later games Tuesday as Tulane faces USF at 3:30 p.m., and East Carolina faces UCF at 7 p.m.
The losing teams from the first day will meet Wednesday in a pair of elimination games. The first game will begin at 9 a.m., while the second will follow at noon. The winning teams from Tuesday will meet Thursday in two winners' bracket games, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The schedule for Friday, Saturday and Sunday remains unchanged.
Tickets for the championship will be available at Spectrum Field each day of the tournament or may be purchased in advance by calling the box office at 727-467-4457. The latest information on the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship is available on the conference's Championship Central page at www.TheAmerican.org/Baseball.
REVISED 2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
SPECTRUM Field · Clearwater, Fla.
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Tuesday, May 23
Game 1:  No. 7 Memphis (29-27) vs. No. 2 Houston (36-19) – 9 a.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 2:  No. 6 Cincinnati (28-28) vs. No. 3 UConn (31-23) – 12 Noon (American Digital Network)
Game 3:  No. 5 Tulane (27-29) vs. No. 4 USF (40-15) – 3:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Game 4: No. 8 East Carolina (29-27) vs. No. 1 UCF (38-18) – 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
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Wednesday, May 24
Game 5: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 – 9 a.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 6: Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 – 12 Noon (American Digital Network)
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Thursday, May 25
Game 7: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 – 3 p.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 8: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 – 7 p.m. (American Digital Network)
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Friday, May 26
Game 9: Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 5 – 11 a.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 10: Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 6 – 3 a.m. (American Digital Network)
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Saturday, May 27
Game 11: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9 –10 a.m. (American Digital Network).
Game 12: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10 – 1 p.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 13: Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 11 (if necessary) – 4:30 p.m. (American Digital Network)
Game 14: Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 12 (if necessary) – 7:30 p.m. (American Digital Network).
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Sunday, May 28
Game 15: Semifinal winners – 12 Noon (ESPNews)
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Friday, May 29
Thursday, May 28
Sunday, May 24
Sunday, May 24
