1996 Conference USA Tournament

The 1996 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, MS. #2 Tulane University defeated #1 University of South Florida for the title. Jason Fitzgerald of Tulane was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of South Florida	20-4	Eddie Cardieri
2	Tulane University	18-6	Rick Jones
3	University of Southern Mississippi	14-10	Hill Denson
4	University of Alabama at Birmingham	13-11	Pete Rancont
5	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	11-13	Loren Hibbs
6	University of Memphis	9-11	Jeff Hopkins
7	Saint Louis University	9-12	Bob Hughes
8	University of Louisville	6-15	Lelo Prado
9	University of Cincinnati	1-19	Bruce Gordon

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 14
Game 1	University of Louisville	4-2	University of Cincinnati	Play-in game
May 15
Game 2	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	17-9	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 3	University of Louisville	13-9	University of South Florida
Game 4	Tulane University	14-5	Saint Louis University
Game 5	University of Southern Mississippi	9-4	University of Memphis
May 16
Game 6	University of South Florida	9-7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB eliminated
Game 7	Saint Louis University	9-8 (10)	University of Memphis	Memphis eliminated
Game 8	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	23-3	University of Louisville
Game 9	Tulane University	9-5	University of Southern Mississippi
May 17
Game 10	University of South Florida	14-11	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 11	University of Southern Mississippi	9-5	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis eliminated
May 18
Game 12	University of South Florida	13-2	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 13	Tulane University	10-8	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated
Game 14	University of South Florida	17-6	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNC Charlotte eliminated
May 19
Game 15	Tulane University	2-0	University of South Florida	Tulane advances to NCAA tournament