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
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 16 Texas  y 177 .7083924 .619
No. 17 Texas Tech  y 159 .6254915 .766
Texas A&M   1212 .5003721 .638
Baylor   1113 .4583227 .542
Texas Christian   1113 .4583433 .507
Houston   915 .3752928 .509
No. 25 Rice  y 915 .3754223 .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.