Teams | 4 |
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Format | Four-team double elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Mississippi State (1st title) |
Winning coach | Ron Polk (1st title) |
MVP | Mike Kelley (Mississippi State) |
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No. 19 Florida xy | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 40 | – | 20 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 29 | – | 18 | .617 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 11 | – | 11 | .500 | 24 | – | 18 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 25 | – | 22 | .532 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 8 | – | 14 | .364 | 21 | – | 25 | .457 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 6 Mississippi State x‡y | 17 | – | 2 | .895 | 48 | – | 12 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 34 | – | 20 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 9 | – | 10 | .474 | 24 | – | 13 | .649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 7 | – | 14 | .333 | 21 | – | 21 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 4 | – | 17 | .190 | 18 | – | 27 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1979 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 1979 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi, from May 11 through 13. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA tournament.
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First round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Mississippi State | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | Kentucky | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Mississippi State | 12 | ||||||||||||
3 | LSU | 5 | ||||||||||||
3 | LSU | 5 | ||||||||||||
2 | Florida | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Mississippi State | 12 | – | |||||||||||
2 | Florida | 11 | – | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
2 | Florida | 5 | ||||||||||||
4 | Kentucky | 1 | 3 | LSU | 1 | |||||||||
2 | Florida | 7 | ||||||||||||
Position | Player | School |
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1B | Tim Weisheim | Mississippi State |
2B | Chuck Long | Florida |
3B | Bobby Mariano | LSU |
SS | Larry Hall | Florida |
C | John McDonald | Mississippi State |
OF | Mike Kelley | Mississippi State |
OF | Bob Kocol | Mississippi State |
OF | Jim Watkins | Florida |
DH | Tony Stevens | Florida |
UT | Steve Bollman | LSU |
P | Kerry Kellogg | Florida |
P | Ken Kurtz | Mississippi State |
MVP | Mike Kelley | Mississippi State |
The Southeastern Conference baseball tournament is the conference tournament in baseball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a partially double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season conference records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The SEC Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular season record.
The 2007 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 23 through 27. After being ranked #1 nationally for most of the season and taking the regular-season SEC crown, Vanderbilt won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1992 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA from May 13 through 17. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament.
The 2006 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 24 through 28. Ole Miss won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.
The 2005 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 25 through 29. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament.
The 1977 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Swayze Field in Oxford, Mississippi, from May 13 through 16. Ole Miss won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1977 NCAA tournament.
The 1978 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, from May 12 through 15. Auburn won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA tournament.
The 2004 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 26 through 30. South Carolina won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament.
The 1984 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, from May 11 through 14. Florida won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament.
The 1980 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, from May 9 through 11. Vanderbilt won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA tournament.
The 1981 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi, from May 15 through 17. Florida won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament.
The 1982 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, from May 14 through 16. Florida won their second consecutive tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament.
The 1983 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi, from May 13 through 15. Alabama won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament.
The 1987 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Foley Field in Athens, Georgia, from May 14 through 17. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament.
The 1990 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 17 through 20. LSU and Mississippi State were declared co-champions the tournament as a result of a weather-cancelled championship game.
The 1989 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, United States, from May 11 to May 14. Auburn won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament.
The 2008 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 21 through 25. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2001 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 16 through 20. Mississippi State defeated LSU in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 1999 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 19 through 23. Alabama defeated Arkansas in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2009 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 20 through 24. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. LSU won the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.