2007 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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2007 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
2007SECBaseball.jpg
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
Champions Vanderbilt  (2nd title)
Winning coach Tim Corbin  (1st title)
MVP Pedro Alvarez (Vanderbilt)
Attendance87,893
2007 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt  xy228 .733  5413 .806
No. 10 South Carolina  y1713 .567  4620 .697
Florida  1515 .500  2930 .492
Tennessee  1315 .464  3425 .576
Kentucky  1316 .448  3419 .642
Georgia  1119 .367  2333 .411
Western
No. 21 Arkansas  xy1812 .600  4321 .672
No. 8 Mississippi State  y1513 .536  3822 .633
No. 17 Ole Miss  y1614 .533  4025 .615
Alabama  1515 .500  3126 .544
LSU  1217 .414  2926 .527
Auburn  1020 .333  3125 .554
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007 [1] ; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2007 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 23 through May 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.

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This year marked the first time since 1984 LSU did not qualify for the tournament. The Bayou Bengals struggled to a 12-17-1 SEC record under first-year coach Paul Mainieri and finished 29-26-1 overall, LSU's lowest win total since 1983, the year before Skip Bertman came to Baton Rouge.

Regular Season Results

Eastern Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
Vanderbilt228.733--1
South Carolina1713.56753
Florida1515.50076
Tennessee1315.46488
Kentucky13161.4508.5--
Georgia1119.36711--
Western Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
Arkansas1812.600--2
Mississippi State1513.53624
Ole Miss1614.53325
Alabama1515.50037
LSU12171.4175.5--
Auburn1020.3338--

Tournament

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
7 Alabama 0
2 Arkansas 6
2 Arkansas6
3 South Carolina 0
6 Florida 3*
3 South Carolina 4*
2 Arkansas3-
3 South Carolina 2 -
7 Alabama 2
6 Florida3
6 Florida 3
3 South Carolina5
2 Arkansas 4
1 Vanderbilt7
8 Tennessee 6
1 Vanderbilt 4
8 Tennessee 3
5 Ole Miss6
5 Ole Miss 3
4 Mississippi State 1
5 Ole Miss 1~ 6*
1 Vanderbilt13~ 7*
1 Vanderbilt3
4 Mississippi State 2
1 Vanderbilt15
8 Tennessee 2

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1B Danny Hamblin Arkansas
2B Tony Delmonico Tennessee
3B Pedro Alvarez Vanderbilt
SS Ryan Flaherty Vanderbilt
C Shea Robin Vanderbilt
OF Dominic de la Osa Vanderbilt
OF Casey Coon Arkansas
OF Justin Henry Ole Miss
DH Jeff Lockwood Tennessee
P Jess Todd Arkansas
P Nick Schmidt Arkansas
MVP Pedro Alvarez Vanderbilt

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References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2007". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.