2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament will be held at the Collins Family Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 12 through May 14, 2016.[2] The tournament winner earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games will be televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals will be shown on the American Digital Network while the championship will be broadcast on ESPN.[3]
| 2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Teams | 7 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
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| Champions | Tulsa (1st title) |
| Winning coach | John Bargfeldt (1st title) |
| MVP | Maddie Withee (Tulsa) |
| Television | ESPN3 ESPNU |
| 2016 American Athletic Conference softball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 South Florida †y | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 45 | – | 16 | .738 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 UCF y | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 38 | – | 22 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa ‡y | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 35 | – | 21 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 27 | – | 29 | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 26 | – | 31 | .456 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 23 | – | 31 | .426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 19 | – | 33 | .365 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 23, 2016[1]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tournament
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 4 | Houston | 5 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Memphis | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | South Florida | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Houston | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | South Florida | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Tulsa | 2 | 3 | Tulsa | 4 | ||||||||
| 6 | East Carolina | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Tulsa | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | UCF | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | UCF | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||||
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References
- "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- "2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Championship Bracket Announced". The American. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- Derek Volner (May 9, 2016). "College Softball Conference Tournaments: More than 55 Games, 12 Championships in Five Days". ESPN. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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