1996 Conference USA baseball tournament

College baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

1996 Conference USA
baseball tournamentTeams| 9

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Format| Play-in round followed by
eight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* Pete Taylor Park
* Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Champions| Tulane (1st title)
Winning coach| Rick Jones (1st title)
MVP| Jason Fitzgerald (Tulane)

*   * C-USA baseball tournament
* 1997 →

1996 Conference USA baseball standings

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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]

## Regular season results

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Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed

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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

* Records listed are conference play only. Marquette and DePaul did not field baseball teams. Houston participated in the Southwest Conference for baseball.

## Bracket

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### Play-in game

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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 |

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| 9 | Cincinnati | 2 |
| 8 | Louisville | 4 |

### Main Bracket

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

## Finish order

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Finish | Team | W | L | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By

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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

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Position  | Player  | School

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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

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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.

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