1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

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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
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Florida  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 4   .833 47 – 19   .712
Tulane  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 6   .750 43 – 20   .683
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 32 – 28   .533
UAB  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 33 – 25   .569
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 29 – 30   .492
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 26 – 28   .481
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 25 – 24   .510
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 18 – 36   .333
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 1 – 19   .050 5 – 34   .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 14–19. 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[]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
South Florida 20 4 .833 -- 1
Tulane 18 6 .750 2 2
Southern Miss 14 10 .583 6 3
UAB 13 11 .542 7 4
Charlotte 11 13 .468 9 5
Memphis 9 11 .450 9 6
Saint Louis 9 12 .429 9.5 7
Louisville 6 15 .286 12.5 8
Cincinnati 1 19 .050 17 9

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
First Round
May 15–16 		Second Round
May 16–17 		Semifinals
May 17–18 		Championship Game
May 19
             
5 Charlotte 17
4 UAB 9
9 Louisville 3
5 Charlotte 23
9 Louisville 13
1 South Florida 9
5 Charlotte 2 6
1 South Florida 13 17
4 UAB 7
1 South Florida 9
9 Louisville 11
1 South Florida 14
2 Tulane 2
1 South Florida 0
7 Saint Louis 5
2 Tulane 14
3 Southern Miss 5
2 Tulane 9
6 Memphis 4
3 Southern Miss 9
3 Southern Miss 8
2 Tulane 10
7 Saint Louis 9
6 Memphis 8
7 Saint Louis 5
3 Southern Miss 9
  • Bold indicates the winner of the game.
  • Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

Finish order[]

Finish Team W L Pct Seed Eliminated By
1 Tulane† 4 0 .1000 2
2 South Florida# 4 2 .667 1 Tulane
3 Southern Miss 2 2 .500 3 Tulane
4 Charlotte 2 2 .500 5 South Florida
5 Saint Louis 1 2 .333 7 Southern Miss
6 Louisville 1 2 .333 9 South Florida
7 Memphis 0 2 .000 6 Saint Louis
8 UAB 0 2 .000 7 South 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 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
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