Teams | 8 |
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Format | Double elimination with flipped brackets |
Finals site | |
Champions | LSU (7th title) |
Winning coach | Paul Mainieri (1st title) |
MVP | Blake Dean (LSU) |
Attendance | 124,139 |
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No. 2 Georgia x†y | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | 45 | – | 25 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida y | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 34 | – | 24 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Kentucky y | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 44 | – | 19 | .698 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt y | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | 41 | – | 22 | .651 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina y | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 40 | – | 23 | .635 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 27 | – | 29 | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 6 LSU x‡y | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | 49 | – | 19 | .721 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama y | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 35 | – | 28 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss y | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 39 | – | 26 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas y | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | 34 | – | 24 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | 28 | – | 28 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 23 | – | 33 | .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 21 through 25. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.
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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]
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
7 | South Carolina | 4* | |||||||||||||||||
2 | LSU | 5* | |||||||||||||||||
2 | LSU | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Vanderbilt | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Vanderbilt | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ole Miss | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | South Carolina | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Florida | 3 | 7 | South Carolina | 5 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Vanderbilt | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | LSU | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ole Miss | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ole Miss | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Georgia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ole Miss | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kentucky | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Alabama | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kentucky | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | LSU | 12 | - | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Alabama | 8 | - | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Georgia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Alabama | 5 | 5 | Alabama | 13 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Kentucky | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Player | School |
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1B | Matt Clark | LSU |
1B | Andrew Giobbi | Vanderbilt |
2B | Ryan Schimpf | LSU |
3B | Chris McClendon | Kentucky |
SS | Ryan Flaherty | Vanderbilt |
C | Alex Avila | Alabama |
OF | Michael Guerrero | Ole Miss |
OF | Jordan Henry | Ole Miss |
OF | Kent Matthes | Alabama |
OF | Sawyer Carroll | Kentucky |
DH | Blake Dean | LSU |
P | Lance Lynn | Ole Miss |
P | Blake Martin | LSU |
P | Austin Hyatt | Alabama |
MVP | Blake Dean | LSU |
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