2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	West
Record	38–25 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach	John Cohen (3rd season)
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

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  x‍†‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			55	–	14		.797
No. 2 Florida  x‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	8		.733			53	–	19		.736
No. 4 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			54	–	12		.818
Georgia  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			33	–	32		.508
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			25	–	30		.455
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			25	–	29		.463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			40	–	22		.645
No. 17 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			38	–	25		.603
Alabama  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			35	–	28		.556
Auburn  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			29	–	29		.500
LSU  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			36	–	20		.643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			30	–	25		.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.

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

Catcher Wes Thigpen

Ryan Collins tries to take second base

MLB draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB team
Devin Jones	RHP	9	275	Baltimore Orioles
Nick Vickerson	OF	20	624	Texas Rangers
Jarrod Parks	2B	24	735	Anaheim Angels
Jaron Shepherd	OF	33	1008	Colorado Rockies

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Ranking movements

Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'		*															*	*	15
Baseball America																	*	*	17
Collegiate Baseball^							24										16	15	15
NCBWA†																	*	19	19

^ 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

Name	Title	First season at MSU	Alma mater
John Cohen	Head coach	2009	Mississippi State University (1990)
Butch Thompson	Associate head coach	2009	Birmingham Southern (1992)
Lane Burroughs	Assistant coach	2009	Mississippi College (1995)

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Schedule and results

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

References

1. "State Blanks USM 3-0 To Open NCAA Play..." Mississippi State University Athletics. June 3, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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.