1996 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

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 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. This was the first time the SWC tournament was held in Lubbock, and the final conference tournament before the conference disbanded.

The sixth-seeded Rice Owls went undefeated to win the team's first SWC tournament under fifth-season head coach Wayne Graham.