2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team

2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record26-29-1 (13-10-1 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • John Lackaff (2nd season)
  • Ted Tom (1st season)
  • Dustin Coffman (3rd season)
Home stadiumMarge Schott Stadium
2016 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 25 Tulane  ‍‍‍y 15 7 0   .682 39 19 0   .672
No. 15 East Carolina  ‍‍‍y 15 8 1   .646 34 21 1   .616
Connecticut  ‍‍y 14 9 0   .609 37 23 0   .617
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 13 10 1   .563 26 30 1   .465
Houston  ‍‍‍ 11 12 0   .478 36 23 0   .610
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 9 15 0   .375 22 39 0   .361
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 24 33 0   .421
UCF  ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 26 33 0   .441
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 2, 2016
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bearcats played their home games at Marge Schott Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by head coach Ty Neal, in his third season at Cincinnati. The UC Baseball team was the youngest team in the nation in 2015. The 2016 team featured 29 underclassmen (14 freshmen, two redshirt freshmen, 12 sophomores and one redshirt sophomore) to just six upperclassmen (two juniors, one redshirt junior and three seniors).

On March 21, 2016 Cincinnati defeated Northwestern 10–3 for the 8th straight win, also the 200th win at Marge Schott Stadium. The 8–0 record at home was the best start for any UC team at home since going a perfect 10–0 at home in 1961. Cincinnati finished the home schedule with an 18–7 record, the best winning percentage in the history of Marge Schott Stadium