1996 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

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1996 Southwest Conference
baseball tournament
Teams7
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Rice  (1st title)
Winning coach Wayne Graham  (1st title)
MVP Jacques Landry (Rice)
Attendance31,542 (Total)
2,628 (Average)
1996 Southwest Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 16 Texas  y177 .7083924 .619
No. 17 Texas Tech  y159 .6254915 .766
Texas A&M  1212 .5003721 .638
Baylor  1113 .4583227 .542
Texas Christian  1113 .4583433 .507
Houston  915 .3752928 .509
No. 25 Rice  y915 .3754223 .646
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 15 through 18 at Dan Law Field on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and drew a total attendance of 31,542. [1] This was the first time the SWC tournament was held in Lubbock, and the final conference tournament before the conference disbanded.

Contents

The sixth-seeded Rice Owls went undefeated to win the team's first SWC tournament under fifth-season head coach Wayne Graham. [2]

Format and seeding

The 1996 SWC tournament was the first, and only, to feature all teams in a double-elimination tournament over four rounds.

The SWC regular season champion, Texas Longhorns, received the tournament's only first-round bye while the remaining six teams were seeded based on their regular season conference standings. TCU claimed the fourth seed by tiebreaker over Baylor, while Rice earned the sixth seed over Houston by tiebreaker.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Texas 177.708
1
Texas Tech 159.625
2
2
Texas A&M 1212.500
5
3
TCU 1113.458
6
4
Baylor 1113.458
6
5
Rice 915.375
8
6
Houston 915.375
8
7

Tournament

First roundSecond roundThird roundFinals
1 Texas 7
4TCU5
4 TCU 12
5 Baylor 5
1Texas6
6Rice9
3 Texas A&M 7
6 Rice 9
6Rice7
2Texas Tech3
2 Texas Tech 11
7 Houston 5
6Rice16
1Texas8
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Texas A&M1
3Texas A&M125Baylor81Texas8
7Houston105Baylor42Texas Tech7
2Texas Tech10
4TCU6
2Texas Tech10

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References

  1. Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. Texas Tech University. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  2. 2014 Baseball Fact Book (PDF). Rice Owls. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.