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. 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.