2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament

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Classification Division I
Season 2008
Teams 8
Format Double elimination with flipped brackets
Site Regions Park
Hoover, Alabama
Champions LSU (7th title)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri (1st title)
MVP Blake Dean (LSU)
Attendance 124,139
Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2008 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
Georgia x 20 – 9   .690     45 – 25   .643
Florida 17 – 13   .567     34 – 24   .586
Kentucky 16 – 14   .533     44 – 19   .698
Vanderbilt 15 – 14   .517     41 – 22   .651
South Carolina 15 – 15   .500     40 – 23   .635
Tennessee 12 – 18   .400     27 – 29   .482
Western
LSU x‡ 18 – 11   .621     49 – 19   .721
Alabama 16 – 14   .533     35 – 28   .556
Ole Miss 15 – 15   .500     39 – 26   .600
Arkansas 14 – 15   .483     34 – 24   .586
Auburn 11 – 19   .367     28 – 28   .500
Mississippi State 9 – 21   .300     23 – 33   .411
x – Division champion
‡ – 2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2008[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 21st through May 25th. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Regular Season Results

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.

 Eastern Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Georgia 20 9 1 .683 -- 1
Florida 17 13 0 .567 3.5 3
Kentucky 16 14 0 .533 4.5 4
Vanderbilt 15 14 0 .517 5.0 6
South Carolina 15 15 0 .500 5.5 7
Tennessee 12 18 0 .400 8.5 --
Western Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
LSU 18 11 1 .617 -- 2
Alabama 16 14 0 .533 2.5 5
Ole Miss 15 15 0 .500 3.5 8
Arkansas 14 15 0 .483 4.0 --
Auburn 11 19 0 .367 7.5 --
Mississippi State 9 21 0 .300 9.5 --

Format

The 2008 tournament will feature a "flipped bracket" for the first time. This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket will move into the other bracket. This reduces the amount of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament.[2]

Tournament

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
7  South Carolina 4*  
2  LSU 5*  
  2  LSU 8  
  6  Vanderbilt 2  
6  Vanderbilt 7
3  Florida 3  
  8  Ole Miss 4 8  
  6  Vanderbilt 7 7  
7  South Carolina 11  
3  Florida 3  
  7  South Carolina 5
  6  Vanderbilt 7  
  2  LSU 8
  8  Ole Miss 2
8  Ole Miss 4  
1  Georgia 1  
  8  Ole Miss 8
  4  Kentucky 7  
5  Alabama 3
4  Kentucky 9  
  2  LSU 12 -
  5  Alabama 8 -  
1  Georgia 2  
5  Alabama 5  
  5  Alabama 13
  4  Kentucky 4  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Matt Clark LSU
1B Andrew Giobbi Vanderbilt
2B Ryan Schimpf LSU
3B Chris McClendon Kentucky
SS Ryan Flaherty Vanderbilt
C Alex Avila Alabama
OF Michael Guerrero Ole Miss
OF Jordan Henry Ole Miss
OF Kent Matthes Alabama
OF Sawyer Carroll Kentucky
DH Blake Dean LSU
P Lance Lynn Ole Miss
P Blake Martin LSU
P Austin Hyatt Alabama
MVP Blake Dean LSU

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ SEC BASEBALL: Tourney big for all eight teams
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