The 2016 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 24 through 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2016 season. The University of Connecticut won and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding All eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket. South Florida claimed the seventh seed over UCF by virtue of owning the third tie-breaker (season series tied 3-3; both teams 0–3 versus Tulane; USF 2–1 versus East Carolina, UCF 0–3 versus East Carolina). Team W L T Pct GB Seed 15 7 0 — 1 15 8 1 .5 2 Connecticut 14 9 0 1.5 3 Cincinnati 13 10 1 2.5 4 11 12 0 4.5 5 9 15 0 7 6 8 16 0 8 7 8 16 0 8 8
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All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Anthony Kay Connecticut P Nick Hernandez Houston IF Bryan Daniello Connecticut IF Aaron Hill Connecticut IF Bobby Melley Connecticut IF Brandon Grudzielanek Memphis OF John Toppa Connecticut OF Zac Taylor Houston OF Connor Wong Houston C Jake Rogers Tulane UTY Joe Davis Houston
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