1996 Southwest Conference Tournament

The 1996 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was held in Lubbock, TX. #6 Rice University defeated #1 University of Texas at Austin for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Texas at Austin	17-7	Cliff Gustafson
2	Texas Tech University	15-9	Larry Hays
3	Texas A&M University	12-12	Mark Johnson
4	Texas Christian University	11-13	Lance Brown
5	Baylor University	11-13	Steve Smith
6	Rice University	9-15	Wayne Graham
7	University of Houston	9-15	Rayner Noble

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	Texas	7
						4	TCU	5
	4	TCU	12
	5	Baylor	5
											1	Texas	6
											6	Rice	9
	3	Texas A&M	7
	6	Rice	9
						6	Rice	7
						2	Texas Tech	3
	2	Texas Tech	11
	7	Houston	5																		6	Rice	16	x
																					1	Texas	8	x
	Loser's Bracket
	3	Texas A&M	12
	7	Houston	10			5	Baylor	8
						3	Texas A&M	1
											5	Baylor	4
											2	Texas Tech	10			1	Texas	8
						4	TCU	6								2	Texas Tech	7
						2	Texas Tech	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 15
Game 1	Texas Christian University	12-5	Baylor University
Game 2	Rice University	9-7	Texas A&M University
Game 3	Texas Tech University	11-5	University of Houston
May 16
Game 4	Texas A&M University	12-10	University of Houston	Houston eliminated
Game 5	University of Texas at Austin	7-5	Texas Christian University
Game 6	Rice University	7-3	Texas Tech University
May 17
Game 7	Baylor University	8-1	Texas A&M University	Texas A&M eliminated
Game 8	Texas Tech University	10-6	Texas Christian University	TCU eliminated
Game 9	Rice University	9-6	University of Texas at Austin
May 18
Game 10	Texas Tech University	10-4	Baylor University	Baylor eliminated
Game 11	University of Texas at Austin	8-7	Texas Tech University	Texas Tech eliminated
Game 12	Rice University	16-8	University of Texas at Austin	Rice advances to NCAA tournament