# 2016 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2016 Conference USA baseball tournament will be held from May 25 through 29 at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. The tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Rice has won the most championships, with six.

## Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. The tournament will use a double elimination format.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| Florida Atlantic | 21 | 8 | .724 | – | 1 |
| Marshall | 21 | 9 | .700 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Southern Miss | 20 | 10 | .667 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Rice | 19 | 10 | .655 | 2 | 4 |
| Louisiana Tech | 19 | 11 | .633 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Old Dominion | 15 | 15 | .500 | 6.5 | 6 |
| FIU | 15 | 15 | .500 | 6.5 | 7 |
| Charlotte | 12 | 17 | .414 | 9 | 8 |
| UAB | 12 | 18 | .400 | 9.5 | – |
| Western Kentucky | 10 | 20 | .333 | 11.5 | – |
| UTSA | 8 | 20 | .286 | 12.5 | – |
| Middle Tennessee | 5 | 24 | .172 | 16 | – |

## Bracket and results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Charlotte | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Charlotte | 5 | 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Rice | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Rice | 13 | 4 | Rice | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | | | | 4 | Rice | 10 | 11 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 9 | | | |
| 8 | Charlotte | 3 | | | | 5 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 9 | | | |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 5 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Rice | 2 |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 17 | | | | | | | | 4 | Rice | 2 |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 17 | | | | | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 3 |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 5 | | | | | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 3 |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | Southern Miss | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Marshall | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Marshall | 5 | 2 | Marshall | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | FIU | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | FIU | 3 | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 3 | X | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Marshall | 2 | X | | | |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 1 | | | | 2 | Marshall | 2 | X | | | |
| 7 | FIU | 3 | 7 | FIU | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Marshall | 7 | | | | | | | |

## Conference championship

Conference USA Championship :
| (3) Southern Miss Golden Eagles | vs. | (4) Rice Owls |
May 29, 2016, 1:00 p.m. (CDT) at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| (3) Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| (4) Rice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| WP: Nick Johnson (3–1) LP: Jon Duplantier (7–6) Sv: Nick Sandlin (12) Home runs: USM: None Rice: None Attendance: 3,593 |||||||||||||

## All–Tournament Team

| Position | Player | Team |
| C | Chuckie Robinson | Southern Miss |
| IF | Aaron Bossi | Marshall |
| IF | Ford Proctor | Rice |
| IF | Connor Teykl | Rice |
| IF | Tim Lynch | Southern Miss |
| OF | Raphael Gladu | Louisiana Tech |
| OF | Corey Bird | Marshall |
| OF | Jake Sandlin | Southern Miss |
| DH | Daniel Keating (MVP) | Southern Miss |
| P | Cody Crouse | FIU |
| P | Chase Boster | Marshall |
| P | Sam Sinnen | Old Dominion |
| P | Jon Duplantier | Rice |