1996 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams9
FormatPlay-in round followed by
eight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTulane (1st title)
Winning coachRick Jones (1st title)
MVPJason Fitzgerald (Tulane)
1996 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Florida  y 204 .8334719 .712
Tulane  y 186 .7504320 .683
Southern Miss   1410 .5833228 .533
UAB   1311 .5423325 .569
Charlotte   1113 .4582930 .492
Memphis   911 .4502628 .481
Saint Louis   912 .4292524 .510
Louisville   615 .2861836 .333
Cincinnati   119 .050534 .128
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 1996 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from May 14 through 19. Tulane won the tournament and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of nine teams with a play-in game, two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.[2]

Regular season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
South Florida204.833--1
Tulane186.75022
Southern Miss1410.58363
UAB1311.54274
Charlotte1113.46895
Memphis911.45096
Saint Louis912.4299.57
Louisville615.28612.58
Cincinnati119.050179

Bracket

Play-in game

The two teams with the worst records in regular season conference play faced each other in a single elimination situation to earn the 8th spot in the conference tournament.

Play-in game
May 14
   
9 Cincinnati 2
8 Louisville 4

Main Bracket

First round
May 15–16
Second round
May 16–17
Semifinals
May 17–18
Championship Game
May 19
5Charlotte17
4UAB9
9Louisville3
5Charlotte23
9Louisville13
1South Florida9
5Charlotte26
1South Florida1317
4UAB7
1South Florida99Louisville11
1South Florida14
2Tulane2
7Saint Louis5
1South Florida0
2Tulane14
3Southern Miss5
2Tulane9
6Memphis4
3Southern Miss9
3Southern Miss8
2Tulane10
7Saint Louis9
6Memphis87Saint Louis5
3Southern Miss9
  • Bold indicates the winner of the game.
  • Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

Finish order

FinishTeamWLPctSeedEliminated By
1Tulane40.10002
2South Florida#42.6671Tulane
3Southern Miss22.5003Tulane
4Charlotte22.5005South Florida
5Saint Louis12.3337Southern Miss
6Louisville12.3339South Florida
7Memphis02.0006Saint Louis
8UAB02.0007South Florida

- Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
# - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
C Chad Sutter Tulane
1B Cliff Wren Southern Mississippi
2B Mike Pursell Tulane
SS Joe Hammond Charlotte
3B Chris Heintz South Florida
OF Joey Anderson Charlotte
OF Jason Fitzgerald Tulane
OF Jason Michonski South Florida
DH Jeff Davis Southern Mississippi
P Jack Cressend Tulane
RP Todd Ardoin Tulane
MVP Jason Fitzgerald Tulane

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1996". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  2. "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
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