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 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
Team W   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

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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.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Texas 17 7 .708
1
Texas Tech 15 9 .625
2
2
Texas A&M 12 12 .500
5
3
TCU 11 13 .458
6
4
Baylor 11 13 .458
6
5
Rice 9 15 .375
8
6
Houston 9 15 .375
8
7

Tournament

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First roundSecond roundThird roundFinals
1Texas7
4TCU5
4TCU12
5Baylor5
1Texas6
6Rice9
3Texas A&M7
6Rice9
6Rice7
2Texas Tech3
2Texas Tech11
7Houston5
6Rice16
1Texas8
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Texas A&M1
3Texas A&M125Baylor81Texas8
7Houston105Baylor42Texas Tech7
2Texas Tech10
4TCU6
2Texas Tech10

References

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  1. ^ Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. Texas Tech University. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  2. ^ 2014 Baseball Fact Book (PDF). Rice Owls. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.