1996 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 1996 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from April 30 through May 3. Top seeded Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the Eagles first tournament win, having joined the league for the 1991 season. This was the final tournament held at College Park, as Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park opened and hosted the tournament beginning in 1997.

1996 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsGeorgia Southern (1st title)
MVPMark Hamiln (Georgia Southern)
1996 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 14 Georgia Southern †‡y  173 .8504614 .767
Western Carolina   177 .7083224 .571
Furman   159 .6252629 .473
The Citadel   1310 .5653326 .559
Appalachian State   1210 .5452719 .587
East Tennessee State   1112 .4782624 .520
VMI   716 .3041729 .370
Davidson   618 .2501633 .327
Marshall   417 .190735 .167
Conference champion
SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participated, so Marshall was not in the field.

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