May 17, 2008

Complete Championship Bracket in PDF Format

BOCA RATON, FL - Florida Atlantic University is the No. 4 seed in next week's Sun Belt Conference postseason tournament, drawing No. 5 seed Western Kentucky University in the Championship's opening game Wednesday, May 21 at 9 a.m. CT in Lafayette Louisiana. The Owls (29-25-1; 15-12-1 SBC) took two-of-three from WKU (29-24; 16-14 SBC) earlier this season.

Tournament Seeds
No. 1 - Louisiana-Monroe (20-10, .667)
No. 2 - New Orleans (18-11, .621)
No. 3 - Troy (18-12, .600)
No. 4 - Florida Atlantic (15-12-1, .554)
No. 5 - Western Kentucky (16-14, .533)*
No. 6 - Louisiana-Lafayette (16-14, .533)*
No. 7 - South Alabama (15-15, .500)
No. 8 - Middle Tennessee (13-16, .448)

WKU and ULL both have 16-14 records, but WKU wins the tiebreaker having won 2 of 3 head-to-head games.

The host institution, Louisiana-Lafayette, reserves the right to choose its first round game time. The Cajuns chose to play at 7:30 on Wednesday night.

Schedule of Events
Tuesday, May 20 - Sun Belt Family Night Schedule
6:00 - Autographs, Cajun Band
7:00 - National Anthem
7:05 - Academic & All-Conference Awards
7:35 - Media Home Run Derby
7:55 - Sun Belt Home Run Derby
8:30 - Fireworks Show

Wednesday, May 21
9 a.m. - Game 3 - No. 4 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 5 Western Kentucky University
12:30 p.m. - Game 2 - No. 2 New Orleans vs. No. 7 South Alabama
4 p.m. - Game 4 - No. 1 ULM vs. No. 8 Middle Tennessee
7:30 p.m. - Game 1 - No. 3 Troy vs. No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette

Thursday, May 22
9 a.m. - Game 6 - G3 Loser vs. G4 Loser
12:30 p.m. - Game 5 - G1 Loser vs. G2 Loser
4 p.m. - Game 7 - G1 Winner vs. G2 Winner
7:30 p.m. - Game 8 - G3 Winner vs. G4 Winner

Friday, May 23
9 a.m. - Game 9 - G7 Loser vs. G5 Winner
12:30 p.m. - Game 10 - G8 Loser vs. G6 Winner
4 p.m. - Game 11 - G7 Winner vs. G9 Winner
7:30 p.m. - Game 12 - G8 Winner vs. G10 Winner

Saturday, May 24
* Game 13 will be necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11
* Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12
2 p.m. - Championship Game

* If only one of the two early games is necessary on Saturday, the first game will be played at 10:00 a.m., and the Championship Game will start at 2 p.m. A thirty minute rest period will be given should the first game end after 1:30 p.m. If both "if necessary games" are played, the first game will begin at 9 a.m. and the second game will start 30 minutes after the completion of the first game. The championship game will then be played 30 minutes after the completion of the second game, but no earlier than 2 p.m.