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. 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.
Regular season results Team W L Pct GB Seed 20 4 .833 -- 1 18 6 .750 2 2 14 10 .583 6 3 13 11 .542 7 4 11 13 .468 9 5 9 11 .450 9 6 9 12 .429 9.5 7 6 15 .286 12.5 8 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.
Main Bracket
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 By1 Tulane† 4 0 .1000 2 2 South Florida# 4 2 .667 1 Tulane3 Southern Miss 2 2 .500 3 Tulane4 Charlotte 2 2 .500 5 South Florida5 Saint Louis 1 2 .333 7 Southern Miss6 Louisville 1 2 .333 9 South Florida7 Memphis 0 2 .000 6 Saint Louis8 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 Position Player School 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
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