2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWest
Record38–25 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coach Lane Burroughs (3rd season)
Pitching coach Butch Thompson (3rd season)
Home stadium Dudy Noble Field
Seasons
 2010
2012  
2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  xy228 .7335514 .797
No. 2 Florida  xy228 .7335319 .736
No. 4 Vanderbilt  xy228 .7335412 .818
Georgia  y1614 .5333332 .508
Kentucky  822 .2672530 .455
Tennessee  723 .2332529 .463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas  xy1515 .5004022 .645
No. 17 Mississippi State  y1416 .4673825 .603
Alabama  y1416 .4673528 .556
Auburn  1416 .4672929 .500
LSU  1317 .4333620 .643
Ole Miss  1317 .4333025 .545
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 28, 2011
Rankings from Baseball America

The 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2011. The team was coached by John Cohen, in his 12th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 3rd at Mississippi State.

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Mississippi State returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007 and after three consecutive losing seasons. [1] They were the number 3 seed in the Atlanta Regional hosted by number 1 seed Georgia Tech. They won the Regional, winning three games straight, beating Southern Miss, 3–0, Austin Peay, 8–3, and Georgia Tech, 7–3. They advanced to the Super Regional against host Florida, where they won one game but were eliminated by losing the other two games. [2]

They started the season unranked in the four major polls, and finished in the final polls with their highest rankings of the season.

Daryl Norris prepares to bat Mississippi State at Arkansas baseball, 2011 001.jpg
Daryl Norris prepares to bat
Catcher Wes Thigpen Mississippi State at Arkansas baseball, 2011 002.jpg
Catcher Wes Thigpen
Ryan Collins tries to take second base Mississippi State at Arkansas baseball, 2011 003.jpg
Ryan Collins tries to take second base

MLB Draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Devin JonesRHP9275 Baltimore Orioles
Nick VickersonOF20624 Texas Rangers
Jarrod Parks2B24735 Anaheim Angels
Jaron ShepherdOF331008 Colorado Rockies

[3]

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' ***15
Baseball America **17
Collegiate Baseball^24161515
NCBWA*1919

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Coaches

NameTitleFirst Season at MSUAlma Mater
John Cohen Head coach2009 Mississippi State University (1990)
Butch Thompson Associate head coach2009 Birmingham Southern (1992)
Lane Burroughs Assistant coach2009 Mississippi College (1995)

[4]

Schedule and results

For schedule and results, see the reference. [5]

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References

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  2. "Mississippi State Bulldogs Advance to Super Regionals..." Vox Media, Inc. June 6, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  3. "2011 Mississippi State - Southeastern Conference". The Baseball Cube. 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  4. "12-MSbbNOTES-RELEASE" (PDF). Mississippi State University Athletics. May 30, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  5. "The Automated ScoreBook". Mississippi State Athletics. May 25, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.