Collegiate baseball tournament
| Teams | 3 |
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| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Bucknell (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Gene Depew (1st title) |
| MVP | Pete Cann (Bucknell) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell †‡ | 14 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .700 | 24 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 12 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .600 | 18 | – | 20 | – | 1 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 24 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | 20 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .488 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | 12 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .250 | 7 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1996 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1996 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 4 and 5, 1996 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Regular season champion Bucknell won their first championship and then won a play-in round to advance to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Pete Cann of Bucknell was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.
Format and seeding
The top three finishers by conference winning percentage from the league's regular season advanced to the tournament. The top seed earned a first round by and the right to host the event. The second and third seeds played an elimination game, with the winner meeting the top seed in a best-of-three series.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
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| Bucknell | 14 | 6 | .700 | — | 1 |
| Lehigh | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2 | 2 |
| Navy | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3 | 3 |
| Army | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5 | — |
| Lafayette | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5 | — |
| Holy Cross | 5 | 15 | .250 | 9 | — |
Results
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Bucknell | 10 | 5 | 12 | |||||||
| 2 | Lehigh | 0 | 3 | Navy | 6 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Navy | 10 | |||||||||
References
- 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 3. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 3. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
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