2016 Conference USA Tournament

The 2016 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, MS. #3 University of Southern Mississippi defeated #4 Rice University for the title. Daniel Keating of Southern Miss was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Florida Atlantic University	21-8	John McCormack
2	Marshall University	21-9	Jeff Waggoner
3	University of Southern Mississippi	20-10	Scott Berry
4	Rice University	19-10	Wayne Graham
5	Louisiana Tech University	19-11	Greg Goff
6	Old Dominion University	15-15	Chris Finwood
7	Florida International University	15-15	Turtle Thomas
8	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	12-17	Loren Hibbs

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Florida Atlantic	7
	8	UNC Charlotte	5
						1	Florida Atlantic	4
						4	Rice	6
	4	Rice	13
	5	Louisiana Tech	12
											4	Rice	10	11
										5	Louisiana Tech	13	9
	8	UNC Charlotte	3
	5	Louisiana Tech	13
						1	Florida Atlantic	4
						5	Louisiana Tech	5
																4	Rice	2	x	x
																3	Southern Miss	3	x	x
	2	Marshall	5
	7	Florida International	3
						2	Marshall	3
						3	Southern Miss	9
	3	Southern Miss	17
	6	Old Dominion	5
											3	Southern Miss	3	x
										2	Marshall	2	x
	7	Florida International	3
	6	Old Dominion	1
						2	Marshall	7
						7	Florida International	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Rice University	13-12	Louisiana Tech University
Game 2	Florida Atlantic University	7-5	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 3	University of Southern Mississippi	17-5	Old Dominion University
Game 4	Marshall University	5-3	Florida International University
May 26
Game 5	Louisiana Tech University	13-3	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNC Charlotte eliminated
Game 6	Florida International University	3-1 (10)	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion eliminated
Game 7	Rice University	6-4 (10)	Florida Atlantic University
Game 8	University of Southern Mississippi	9-3	Marshall University
May 27
Game 9	Louisiana Tech University	5-4 (10)	Florida Atlantic University	Florida Atlantic eliminated
Game 10	Marshall University	7-6	Florida International University	Florida International eliminated
May 28
Game 11	Louisiana Tech University	13-10	Rice University
Game 12	University of Southern Mississippi	3-2	Marshall University	Marshall eliminated
Game 13	Rice University	11-9	Louisiana Tech University	Louisiana Tech eliminated
May 29
Game 14	University of Southern Mississippi	3-2	Rice University	Southern Miss advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament 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, Southern Miss
• P Cody Crouse, FIU
• P Chase Boster, Marshall
• P Sam Sinnen, Old Dominion
• P Jon Duplantier, Rice