2004 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2004 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Two pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama
Champions	South Carolina  (1st title)
Winning coach	Ray Tanner  (1st title)
MVP	Steven Tolleson, Kevin Melillo (South Carolina)
Attendance	75,259
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2004 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 4 Georgia  x‍†‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			45	–	23		.662
No. 3 South Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	13		.567			53	–	17		.757
No. 18 Florida  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			43	–	22		.662
No. 17 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			45	–	19		.703
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			38	–	24		.613
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			24	–	30		.444
Western
No. 7 Arkansas  x‍†‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			45	–	24		.652
No. 8 LSU  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			46	–	19		.708
No. 24 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			39	–	21		.650
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			35	–	24		.593
Auburn  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			32	–	24		.571
Alabama  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			29	–	26		.527
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2004 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

Regular season Results

Eastern Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Georgia 19 11 .633 -- 2 South Carolina 17 13 .567 2 5 Florida 17 13 .567 2 6 Vanderbilt 16 14 .533 3 7 Tennessee 14 16 .467 5 8 Kentucky 7 23 .233 12 --

Western Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Arkansas 19 11 .633 -- 1 LSU 18 12 .600 1 3 Ole Miss 18 12 .600 1 4 Mississippi State 13 17 .433 6 -- Auburn 12 18 .400 7 -- Alabama 10 20 .333 9 --

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Florida	5*
	3	LSU	4*
						6	Florida	0
						7	Vanderbilt	3
	7	Vanderbilt	6
	2	Georgia	0
											7	Vanderbilt	6*	-
											6	Florida	5*	-
	3	LSU	0
	2	Georgia	1			2	Georgia	0
						6	Florida	7
																	7	Vanderbilt	2
	5	South Carolina	7*
																	5	South Carolina	3
	4	Ole Miss	6*
						5	South Carolina	5
						8	Tennessee	1
	8	Tennessee	8*
	1	Arkansas	6*
											5	South Carolina	3	-
											1	Arkansas	2	-
	4	Ole Miss	3
	1	Arkansas	4			1	Arkansas	4
						8	Tennessee	1

• * indicates extra innings.
• Mississippi State, Auburn, Alabama and Kentucky did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	C.J. Smith	Florida
2B	Warner Jones	Vanderbilt
3B	Jonathan Tucker	Florida
SS	Ryan Klosterman	Vanderbilt
C	Jonathan Douillard	Vanderbilt
OF	Jake Dugger	Arkansas
OF	Eli Iorg	Tennessee
OF	Brendan Winn	South Carolina
OF	Walter Cochrane	South Carolina
DH	Cesar Nicholas	Vanderbilt
P	Jeremy Sowers	Vanderbilt
P	Connor Falkenbach	Florida
Co-MVP	Steven Tolleson	South Carolina
Co-MVP	Kevin Melillo	South Carolina

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2004". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

• SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
• Boydsworld 2004 Standings
• SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists