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
Champions Tulane  (1st title)
Winning coach Rick Jones  (1st title)
MVP Jason Fitzgerald (Tulane)
1996 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Florida  y204 .8334719 .712
Tulane  y186 .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]

Contents

Regular season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
South Florida 204.833--1
Tulane 186.75022
Southern Miss 1410.58363
UAB 1311.54274
Charlotte 1113.46895
Memphis 911.45096
Saint Louis 912.4299.57
Louisville 615.28612.58
Cincinnati 119.050179

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
5 Charlotte 17
4 UAB 9
9Louisville3
5Charlotte23
9Louisville13
1 South Florida 9
5Charlotte26
1South Florida1317
4UAB7
1South Florida99Louisville11
1South Florida14
2Tulane2
7 Saint Louis 5
1South Florida0
2 Tulane 14
3Southern Miss5
2Tulane9
6 Memphis 4
3 Southern Miss 9
3Southern Miss8
2Tulane10
7Saint Louis9
6Memphis87Saint Louis5
3Southern Miss9

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

PositionPlayerSchool
CChad SutterTulane
1BCliff WrenSouthern Mississippi
2BMike PursellTulane
SSJoe HammondCharlotte
3B Chris Heintz South Florida
OFJoey AndersonCharlotte
OFJason FitzgeraldTulane
OFJason MichonskiSouth Florida
DHJeff DavisSouthern Mississippi
P Jack Cressend Tulane
RPTodd ArdoinTulane
MVPJason FitzgeraldTulane

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.