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1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Format Play-in round followed by
eight-team double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Tulane (1st title)
Winning coach Rick Jones (1st title)
MVP Jason Fitzgerald (Tulane)
1996 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
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; 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.

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.

- Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
# - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.


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