2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament will be held at the Collins Family Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 12 through May 14, 2016.[2] The tournament winner earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games will be televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals will be shown on the American Digital Network while the championship will be broadcast on ESPN.[3]

2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams7
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Site
ChampionsTulsa (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Bargfeldt (1st title)
MVPMaddie Withee (Tulsa)
TelevisionESPN3
ESPNU
2016 American Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 24 South Florida  y 153 .833  4516 .738
No. 25 UCF  y 124 .750  3822 .633
Tulsa  y 99 .500  3521 .625
Houston   99 .500  2729 .482
Memphis   711 .389  2631 .456
East Carolina   513 .278  2331 .426
Connecticut   412 .250  1933 .365
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 23, 2016[1]; Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Tournament

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Finals
                           
  4 Houston 5    
  5 Memphis 4    
        1 South Florida 4  
            4 Houston 1    
               
      1 South Florida 0
  3 Tulsa 2               3 Tulsa 4
  6 East Carolina 0              
        3 Tulsa 4    
        2 UCF 0  
  2 UCF 3    
  7 Connecticut 2  

References

  1. "Standings & Leaders". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  2. "2016 American Athletic Conference Softball Championship Bracket Announced". The American. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  3. Derek Volner (May 9, 2016). "College Softball Conference Tournaments: More than 55 Games, 12 Championships in Five Days". ESPN. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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