2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

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2016 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
MVP()
Television CBS SN (championship)
2016 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Florida Atlantic  y218 .7243918 .684
Marshall  219 .7003421 .618
No. 27 Southern Miss  y2010 .6674119 .683
No. 30 Rice  y1910 .6553824 .613
Louisiana Tech  y1911 .6334119 .683
Old Dominion  1515 .5003224 .571
FIU  1515 .5002929 .500
Charlotte  1217 .4142332 .418
UAB  1218 .4002134 .382
Western Kentucky  1020 .3332430 .444
UTSA  820 .2861734 .333
Middle Tennessee  524 .1722035 .364
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 5, 2016 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be held from May 25 through May 29 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. The tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with six.

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format. [4]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Florida Atlantic 218.7241
Marshall 219.7000.52
Southern Miss 2010.6671.53
Rice 1910.65524
Louisiana Tech 1911.6332.55
Old Dominion 1515.5006.56
FIU 1515.5006.57
Charlotte 1217.41498
UAB 1218.4009.5
Western Kentucky 1020.33311.5
UTSA 820.28612.5
Middle Tennessee 524.17216

Bracket and Results

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Florida Atlantic 7
8 Charlotte 5
1 Florida Atlantic 4
4 Rice6
4 Rice 13
5 Louisiana Tech 12
4 Rice10 11
5 Louisiana Tech 139
8 Charlotte 3
5 Louisiana Tech13
5 Louisiana Tech5
1 Florida Atlantic 4
4 Rice 2
3 Southern Miss3
3 Southern Miss 17
6 Old Dominion 5
3 Southern Miss9
2 Marshall 3
2 Marshall 5
7 FIU 3
3 Southern Miss3X
2 Marshall 2 X
6 Old Dominion 1
7 FIU3
7 FIU 6
2 Marshall7

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