The 1996 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1996, near the close of the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top four finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bush Stadium on the campus of Butler in Indianapolis. Second seeded won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's teams are seeded one through four based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The top seed plays the fourth seed while the second seed plays the third seed in the opening round. Butler claimed the third seed and Northern Illinois the fourth seed over Detroit by tiebreker. Team W L PCT GB Seed 14 7 — 1 13 8 1 2 12 10 2.5 3 12 10 2.5 4 12 10 2.5 — 10 12 4.5 — 4 20 11.5 —
Bracket and results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Paul Erschen Northern Illinois Jason Henry UIC C Clay Schwartz Milwaukee 1B John Kravarik UIC 2B Joe Waszak UIC 3B Matt Buczkowski Butler SS Mike O’Neill Northern Illinois OF Gerad Gast Northern Illinois Jason King Northern Illinois Jon Piazza UIC DH Tim Kuncis Northern Illinois
Most Valuable Player Jason King of Northern Illinois was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.
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