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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Georgia  xy209 .6904525 .643
Florida  y1713 .5673424 .586
No. 25 Kentucky  y1614 .5334419 .698
Vanderbilt  y1514 .5174122 .651
South Carolina  y1515 .5004023 .635
Tennessee  1218 .4002729 .482
Western
No. 6 LSU  xy1811 .6214919 .721
Alabama  y1614 .5333528 .556
Ole Miss  y1515 .5003926 .600
Arkansas  y1415 .4833424 .586
Auburn  1119 .3672828 .500
Mississippi State  921 .3002333 .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.

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 roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinals
7 South Carolina 4*
2 LSU 5*
2LSU8
6Vanderbilt2
6 Vanderbilt 7
3 Florida 3
8Ole Miss48
6Vanderbilt77
7South Carolina11
3Florida37South Carolina5
6Vanderbilt7
2LSU8
8 Ole Miss 4
8Ole Miss2
1 Georgia 1
8Ole Miss8
4Kentucky7
5 Alabama 3
4 Kentucky 9
2LSU12-
5Alabama8-
1Georgia2
5Alabama55Alabama13
4Kentucky4

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 ]