1997 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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1997 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatPlay-in round followed by six-team double elimination
Finals site
Champions Alabama  (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Wells  (3rd title)
MVP David Tidwell (Alabama)
Attendance42,000 [1]

The 1997 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was the 1997 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference, held at Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia, from May 14 through 18. Alabama defeated LSU in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [1] [2]

Contents

Format

Eight teams qualified for the league tournament. The teams seeded fifth through eighth played a single-elimination play-in round. The two winners of the play-in games advanced to the main bracket, which was a six-team, double-elimination format, the same as the NCAA regional format used through 1998.

Regular season results

Eastern Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Florida 1713.567--3
Tennessee 1713.567--4
Vanderbilt 1416.4673--†
South Carolina 1317.43348
Kentucky 1020.3337--
Georgia 822.2679--
Western Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
LSU 227.759--1
Alabama 209.69022
Mississippi State 1911.6333.55
Auburn 1712.58656
Arkansas 1514.51777
Ole Miss 624.20016.5--

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†- Vanderbilt forfeited its conference games and tournament berth for using an ineligible player. [4]

Tournament

Play-in games

Play-in game
   
6 Auburn 7
7 Arkansas 3
Play-in game
   
5 Mississippi State 12
8 South Carolina 9

Main bracket

Round 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 LSU 5
6Auburn21LSU12
4Tennessee5
2 Alabama 161LSU12
5Mississippi State32Alabama7
2Alabama131LSU2--
3Florida62Alabama12--
3 Florida 72Alabama6
4 Tennessee 63Florida173Florida3
6Auburn56Auburn5
5Mississippi State4

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All-tournament team

PositionPlayerSchool
1B Robbie Tucker Alabama
2BBlair BarbierLSU
3B Andy Phillips Alabama
SS Brandon Larson LSU
C Matt Frick Alabama
OF David Tidwell Alabama
OF Dustan Mohr Alabama
OF Danny Higgins LSU
DH Brad Wilkerson Florida
P Jared Kingrey Alabama
P Kevin Knorst Alabama
MVP David Tidwell Alabama

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