1996 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1996 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament was held from May 15 through May 18 at Dan Law Field on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and drew a total attendance of 31,542.[1] This was the first time the SWC Tournament was held in Lubbock, and the final conference tournament before the conference disbanded.

1996 Southwest Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsRice (1st title)
Winning coachWayne Graham (1st title)
MVPJacques Landry, Rice
Attendance31,542 (Total)
2,628 (Average)
1996 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 16 Texas  ‍†‍‍y 17–7 .708  39–24 .619
No. 17 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y 15–9 .625  49–15 .766
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .500  37–21 .638
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  32–27 .542
Texas Christian  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  34–33 .507
Houston  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .375  29–28 .509
No. 25 Rice  ‍‍‡‍y 9–15 .375  42–23 .646
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1996; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The sixth-seeded Rice Owls went undefeated to win the team's first SWC Tournament under fifth-season head coach Wayne Graham.[2]

Format and seeding

The 1996 SWC Tournament was the first, and only, to feature all teams in a double-elimination tournament over four rounds.

The SWC regular season champion, Texas Longhorns, received the tournament's only first-round bye while the remaining six teams were seeded based on their regular season conference standings. TCU claimed the fourth seed by tiebreaker over Baylor, while Rice earned the sixth seed over Houston by tiebreaker.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Texas177.708
–
1
Texas Tech159.625
2
2
Texas A&M1212.500
5
3
TCU1113.458
6
4
Baylor1113.458
6
5
Rice915.375
8
6
Houston915.375
8
7

Tournament
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
    1 Texas 7  
      4 TCU 5    
  4 TCU 12          
  5 Baylor 5        
      1 Texas 6            
      6 Rice 9              
  3 Texas A&M 7              
  6 Rice 9                
      6 Rice 7          
      2 Texas Tech 3        
  2 Texas Tech 11          
  7 Houston 5         6 Rice 16 —
      1 Texas 8 —
  Loser's Bracket      
  3 Texas A&M 12        
  7 Houston 10     3 Texas A&M 1        
    5 Baylor 8          
      5 Baylor 4        
      2 Texas Tech 10     1 Texas 8    
  4 TCU 6         2 Texas Tech 7  
  2 Texas Tech 10  
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References
  1. Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. Texas Tech University. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  2. 2014 Baseball Fact Book (PDF). Rice Owls. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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