2016 Conference USA baseball tournament

2016 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Champions	Southern Miss (3rd title)
Winning coach	Scott Berry (2nd title)
MVP	Daniel Keating (Southern Miss)
Television	CUSADN (First round–semifinals) CBSSN (Championship game)

2016 Conference USA baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Florida Atlantic  ‍†‍‍y	21	–	8		.724			39	–	18		.684
Marshall  ‍‍‍	21	–	9		.700			34	–	21		.618
No. 27 Southern Miss  ‍‍‡‍y	20	–	10		.667			41	–	19		.683
No. 30 Rice  ‍‍‍y	19	–	10		.655			38	–	24		.613
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			41	–	19		.683
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			32	–	24		.571
FIU  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			29	–	29		.500
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			23	–	32		.418
UAB  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			21	–	34		.382
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			24	–	30		.444
UTSA  ‍‍‍	8	–	20		.286			17	–	34		.333
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	5	–	24		.172			20	–	35		.364
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2016 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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