2011 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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2011 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double Elimination with flipped bracket
Finals site
Champions Florida Gators  (6th title)
Winning coach Kevin O'Sullivan  (1st title)
MVP Daniel Pigott (Florida)
Attendance97,675

The 2011 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama, United States, from May 25 through 29, 2011.

Contents

Regular season results

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

Eastern Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
South Carolina 228.733-1
Florida 228.733-3
Vanderbilt 228.733-4
Georgia 1614.53365
Kentucky 822.26714-
Tennessee 723.23315-
Western Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
Arkansas 1515.500-2
Mississippi State 1416.46716
Alabama 1416.46717
Auburn 1416.46718
LSU 1317.4332-
Ole Miss 1317.4332-

- Eliminated from SEC Tournament Contention

Format

The 2011 tournament featured a "flipped bracket". This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket moved into the other bracket. This reduced the number of rematches teams had to play in order to win the tournament. Additionally, the tournament utilized a "pitch clock," limiting the amount of time that pitchers had to throw the ball to 20 seconds. This rule was not in effect when runners were on base.

Tournament

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
7 Alabama 7
2 Arkansas 4
7Alabama0
3Florida6
6 Mississippi State 5
3 Florida 7
4Vanderbilt3-
2Arkansas2-
2Arkansas7
6Mississippi State27Alabama1
2Arkansas4
4Vanderbilt0
8 Auburn 3
3Florida5
1 South Carolina 7
1South Carolina2
4Vanderbilt7
5 Georgia 0^
4 Vanderbilt 10^
3Florida33
5Georgia42
8Auburn2
5Georgia31South Carolina2
5Georgia4

All-Tournament team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BAaron WestlakeVanderbilt
2BRiley ReynoldsVanderbilt
3BJason EspositoVanderbilt
SS Nolan Fontana Florida
C James McCann Arkansas
OFKyle RobinsonArkansas
OFDaniel PigottFlorida
DHConrad GregorVanderbilt
PHudson RandallFlorida
P Sonny Gray Vanderbilt
P Michael Roth S. Carolina
PMichael PalazzoneGeorgia
MVPDaniel PigottFlorida

See also