# 1996 Conference USA baseball tournament

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. 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.

## Regular season results

| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| South Florida | 20 | 4 | .833 | -- | 1 |
| Tulane | 18 | 6 | .750 | 2 | 2 |
| Southern Miss | 14 | 10 | .583 | 6 | 3 |
| UAB | 13 | 11 | .542 | 7 | 4 |
| Charlotte | 11 | 13 | .468 | 9 | 5 |
| Memphis | 9 | 11 | .450 | 9 | 6 |
| Saint Louis | 9 | 12 | .429 | 9.5 | 7 |
| Louisville | 6 | 15 | .286 | 12.5 | 8 |
| 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 game May 14 | Play-in game May 14 | Play-in game May 14 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 2 |
| 8 | Louisville | 4 |

### Main Bracket

| First round May 15–16 | First round May 15–16 | First round May 15–16 | Second round May 16–17 | Second round May 16–17 | Second round May 16–17 | Semifinals May 17–18 | Semifinals May 17–18 | Semifinals May 17–18 | Semifinals May 17–18 | Championship Game May 19 | Championship Game May 19 | Championship Game May 19 |
| 5 | Charlotte | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | UAB | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | UAB | 9 | 9 | Louisville | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Charlotte | 23 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Louisville | 13 | 5 | Charlotte | 23 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | South Florida | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | South Florida | 9 | | | | 5 | Charlotte | 2 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | South Florida | 13 | 17 | | | |
| 4 | UAB | 7 | | | | 1 | South Florida | 13 | 17 | | | |
| 1 | South Florida | 9 | 9 | Louisville | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | South Florida | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tulane | 2 |
| 7 | Saint Louis | 5 | | | | | | | | 2 | Tulane | 2 |
| 7 | Saint Louis | 5 | | | | | | | | 1 | South Florida | 0 |
| 2 | Tulane | 14 | | | | | | | | 1 | South Florida | 0 |
| 2 | Tulane | 14 | 3 | Southern Miss | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Tulane | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Memphis | 4 | 2 | Tulane | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 9 | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Tulane | 10 | | | | |
| 7 | Saint Louis | 9 | | | | 2 | Tulane | 10 | | | | |
| 6 | Memphis | 8 | 7 | Saint Louis | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 9 | | | | | | | |
* 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 By |
| 1 | Tulane$^†$ | 4 | 0 | .1000 | 2 | |
| 2 | South Florida$^#$ | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1 | Tulane |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3 | Tulane |
| 4 | Charlotte | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5 | South Florida |
| 5 | Saint Louis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | Southern Miss |
| 6 | Louisville | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | South Florida |
| 7 | Memphis | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | Saint Louis |
| 8 | 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 |