1996 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament

1996 Big West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1996
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Titan Field
Fullerton, CA
Champions UNLV (1st title)
Winning coach Fred Dallimore (1st title)
Big West Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1995  1997»
1996 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Long Beach State † 15 – 6   .714     34 – 26   .567
#26 UNLV ‡ 14 – 7   .667     43 – 17   .717
UC Santa Barbara 14 – 7   .667     32 – 20   .615
#13 Cal State Fullerton 13 – 8   .619     42 – 16   .724
Nevada 8 – 13   .381     28 – 18   .609
New Mexico State 8 – 13   .381     25 – 27   .481
San Jose State 7 – 14   .333     28 – 28   .500
Pacific 5 – 16   .238     24 – 25   .490
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1996 season. The teams met from May 10–12 at Cal State Fullerton's on campus stadium, Titan Field.[2]

Seeding and format

The top four teams at the end of the conference's round robin regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage, with head to head matchups used as a tiebreaker. UNLV claimed the season series over UC Santa Barbara, and therefore was seeded second.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Long Beach State 15 6 .714
–
1
UNLV 14 7 .667
1
2
UC Santa Barbara 14 7 .667
1
3
Cal State Fullerton 13 8 .619
2
4
Nevada 8 13 .381
7
–
New Mexico State 8 13 .381
7
–
San Jose State 7 14 .238
8
–
Pacific 5 16 .238
10
–

Bracket

The following bracket depicts the results of the tournament.[2][3][4][5]

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Long Beach State 1  
4  Cal State Fullerton 3  
  4  Cal State Fullerton 8  
  2  UNLV 9  
2  UNLV 6
3  UC Santa Barbara 3  
  2  UNLV 11 —
  1  Long Beach State 2 —
1  Long Beach State 2  
3  UC Santa Barbara 1  
  4  Cal State Fullerton 9
  1  Long Beach State 13  

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1996". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cal State Fullerton Titans Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton. p. 141. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ UNLV Baseball Guide (PDF). UNLV Rebels. p. 33. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ UC Santa Barbara Baseball Record Book (PDF). UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. p. 15. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ 2010 Long Beach State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Long Beach State. p. 52. Retrieved January 3, 2013.