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May 04 // Central Florida 13, Florida Atlantic 3
May 04 // Tulane 5, ULM 8
May 04 // UALR 5, Oklahoma 14
Apr 11 // Florida Atlantic 7, New Orleans 8
Apr 11 // FIU 6, Middle Tennessee 4
Apr 11 // Arkansas State 8, ULM 1
Apr 11 // Belmont 6, UALR 4
Apr 11 // South Alabama 7, Western Kentucky 5
Apr 11 // Troy 5, Louisiana-Lafayette 8
Apr 10 // Arkansas State 10, ULM 6
Apr 10 // Florida Atlantic 9, New Orleans 3
Apr 10 // South Alabama 4, Western Kentucky 12
Apr 10 // Belmont 5, UALR 8
Apr 10 // FIU 3, Middle Tennessee 4
Apr 10 // Troy 5, Louisiana-Lafayette 9
Apr 09 // Florida Atlantic 9, New Orleans 6
Apr 09 // Arkansas State 15, ULM 3
Apr 09 // South Alabama 3, Western Kentucky 13
Apr 09 // Belmont 2, UALR 13
Apr 09 // Troy 0, Louisiana-Lafayette 6
Apr 09 // FIU 5, Middle Tennessee 10
Apr 07 // Florida Atlantic 0, Miami FL 11
Apr 07 // UALR 9, Ole Miss 6
Apr 07 // South Alabama 2, Auburn 6
Apr 07 // Austin Peay 19, Middle Tennessee 13
Apr 07 // Belmont 2, Western Kentucky 3
Apr 06 // Miami FL 8, Florida Atlantic 5
Apr 06 // Murray State 2, Western Kentucky 12
Apr 06 // Southern U. 5, New Orleans 11
Apr 06 // ULM 5, Central Arkansas 15

Sun Belt Conference Announces Seeds and Game Times for Baseball Championship

Updated: 10/29/2009 03:33:29 (ET)
By Sun Belt Conference

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Championship Bracket

NEW ORLEANS – Following the conclusion of the baseball regular season Saturday evening, the Sun Belt Conference announced its seeds and game times for the upcoming Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship taking place May 21-24 in Lafayette, La.

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.

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.

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.