2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016
Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Site	Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, MS
Television	CBS SN (championship)
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2016 Conference USA baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#23 Florida Atlantic †	21	–	8		.724			38	–	17		.691
Marshall	21	–	9		.700			34	–	21		.618
Southern Miss ‡	20	–	10		.667			40	–	18		.690
Rice	19	–	10		.655			35	–	22		.614
Louisiana Tech	19	–	11		.633			40	–	18		.690
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 As of May 26, 2016; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be held from May 25 through May 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	3	2
Southern Miss	20	10	.667	4	3
Rice	19	10	.655	6	4
Louisiana Tech	19	11	.633	6	5
Old Dominion	15	15	.500	7	6
FIU	15	15	.500	7	7
Charlotte	12	17	.414	7	8
UAB	12	18	.400	9	–
Western Kentucky	10	20	.333	12	–
UTSA	8	20	.286	12.5	–
Middle Tennessee	5	24	.172	12.5	–

Bracket and Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	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
						1	Florida Atlantic	4
						5	Louisiana Tech	5
																4	Rice	2
																3	Southern Miss	3
	3	Southern Miss	17
	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
						2	Marshall	7
						7	FIU	6