1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament | |||
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Classification | Division I | ||
Season | 1996 | ||
Teams | 9 | ||
Format | Play-in round followed by eight-team double-elimination tournament | ||
Site | Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, Mississippi | ||
Champions | Tulane (1st title) | ||
Winning coach | Rick Jones (1st title) | ||
MVP | Jason Fitzgerald (Tulane) | ||
Conference USA Baseball Tournament
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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 14–19. 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
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
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 | ||
First Round May 15–16 |
Second Round May 16–17 |
Semifinals May 17–18 |
Championship Game May 19 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Charlotte | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | UAB | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Louisville | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Charlotte | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Louisville | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | South Florida | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Charlotte | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | South Florida | 13 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | UAB | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | South Florida | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Louisville | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | South Florida | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Tulane | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | South Florida | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Saint Louis | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Tulane | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Southern Miss | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Tulane | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Memphis | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Southern Miss | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Southern Miss | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Tulane | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Saint Louis | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Memphis | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Saint Louis | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Southern Miss | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
- Bold indicates the winner of the game.
- Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.
Finish order
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. |
All-Tournament Team
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
- ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1996". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-21.