1996 Conference USA baseball tournament

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
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 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]

  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.