1996 Conference USA baseball tournament

College baseball tournament August 2023 July 2026 1996 Conference USA C-USA I 9 Play-in round followed byeight-team double-elimination tournament Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1996 Tulane Green Wave Tulane 1st Rick Jones 1st Jason Fitzgerald Tulane Yes 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. 1996 Tulane Green Wave 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.http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/history-records Conference USA Baseball Historical Records Conference USA 2009-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20081222230718/http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/history-records 2008-12-22 live Regular season results Team W L Pct GB Seed 1996 South Florida Bulls South Florida 20 4 .833 -- 1 1996 Tulane Green Wave Tulane 18 6 .750 2 2 1996 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss 14 10 .583 6 3 1996 UAB Blazers UAB 13 11 .542 7 4 1996 Charlotte 49ers Charlotte 11 13 .468 9 5 1996 Memphis Tigers Memphis 9 11 .450 9 6 1996 Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis 9 12 .429 9.5 7 1996 Louisville Cardinals Louisville 6 15 .286 12.5 8 1996 Cincinnati Bearcats 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 gameMay 14 9 1996 Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati 2 8 1996 Louisville Cardinals Louisville 4 Main Bracket y 2 First roundMay 15–16 Second roundMay 16–17 SemifinalsMay 17–18 Championship GameMay 19 5 1996 Charlotte 49ers Charlotte 17 4 1996 UAB Blazers UAB 9 9 Louisville 13 1 1996 South Florida Bulls South Florida 9 4 UAB 7 1 South Florida 9 7 1996 Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis 5 2 1996 Tulane Green Wave Tulane 14 6 1996 Memphis Tigers Memphis 4 3 1996 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss 9 7 Saint Louis 9 6 Memphis 8 9 Louisville 3 5 Charlotte 23 9 Louisville 11 1 South Florida 14 3 Southern Miss 5 2 Tulane 9 7 Saint Louis 5 3 Southern Miss 9 5 Charlotte 2 6 1 South Florida 13 17 3 Southern Miss 8 2 Tulane 10 2 Tulane 2 1 South Florida 0 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 References Tournament Category:Conference USA baseball tournament Conference USA baseball tournament Conference USA baseball tournament Category:Baseball competitions in Hattiesburg, Mississippi Category:College baseball tournaments in Mississippi