2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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2008 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
2008 SEC baseball.JPG
Teams8
Format Double elimination with flipped brackets
Finals site
Champions LSU  (7th title)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri  (1st title)
MVP Blake Dean (LSU)
Attendance124,139
2008 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Georgia  xy209 .690  4525 .643
Florida  y1713 .567  3424 .586
No. 25 Kentucky  y1614 .533  4419 .698
Vanderbilt  y1514 .517  4122 .651
South Carolina  y1515 .500  4023 .635
Tennessee  1218 .400  2729 .482
Western
No. 6 LSU  xy1811 .621  4919 .721
Alabama  y1614 .533  3528 .556
Ole Miss  y1515 .500  3926 .600
Arkansas  y1415 .483  3424 .586
Auburn  1119 .367  2828 .500
Mississippi State  921 .300  2333 .411
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
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.

Contents

Regular Season Results

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

Eastern Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
Georgia2091.683--1
Florida17130.5673.53
Kentucky16140.5334.54
Vanderbilt15140.5175.06
South Carolina15150.5005.57
Tennessee12180.4008.5--
Western Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
LSU18111.617--2
Alabama16140.5332.55
Ole Miss15150.5003.58
Arkansas14150.4834.0--
Auburn11190.3677.5--
Mississippi State9210.3009.5--

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 number 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 LSU8
6 Vanderbilt 2
6 Vanderbilt 7
3 Florida 3
8 Ole Miss4 8
6 Vanderbilt 77
7 South Carolina11
3 Florida 3
7 South Carolina 5
6 Vanderbilt7
2 LSU8
8 Ole Miss 2
8 Ole Miss 4
1 Georgia 1
8 Ole Miss8
4 Kentucky 7
5 Alabama 3
4 Kentucky 9
2 LSU12-
5 Alabama 8 -
1 Georgia 2
5 Alabama5
5 Alabama13
4 Kentucky 4

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BMatt ClarkLSU
1BAndrew GiobbiVanderbilt
2BRyan SchimpfLSU
3BChris McClendonKentucky
SS Ryan Flaherty Vanderbilt
C Alex Avila Alabama
OFMichael GuerreroOle Miss
OFJordan HenryOle Miss
OFKent MatthesAlabama
OFSawyer CarrollKentucky
DH Blake Dean LSU
P Lance Lynn Ole Miss
PBlake MartinLSU
PAustin HyattAlabama
MVP Blake Dean LSU

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References

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