1996 Southwest Conference baseball tournament
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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.
Quick Facts Teams, Format ...
Teams | 7 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Rice (1st title) |
Winning coach | Wayne Graham (1st title) |
MVP | Jacques Landry (Rice) |
Attendance | 31,542 (Total) 2,628 (Average) |
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More information Conf, Overall ...
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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 |
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The sixth-seeded Rice Owls went undefeated to win the team's first SWC tournament under fifth-season head coach Wayne Graham.[2]