2012 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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2012 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
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2012 SEC baseball tournament logo
Teams10
Format2-Bracket Double Elimination
Finals site
Champions Mississippi State  (7th title)
Winning coach John Cohen  (1st title)
MVP Adam Frazier (Mississippi State)
Attendance129,112

The 2012 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama from May 22 through 27, 2012.

Contents

Seeding

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

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Eastern Division
South Carolina 1811.6212
Florida 1812.600.53
Kentucky 1812.600.54
Vanderbilt 1614.5332.55
Georgia 1415.48348
Tennessee 822.26710.5
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Western Division
LSU 1911.6331
Arkansas 1614.53336
Mississippi State 1614.53337
Ole Miss 1416.46759
Auburn 1317.433610
Alabama 921.30010

Format

The 2012 tournament increased the number of teams from eight to ten. The event ran from Tuesday through Sunday. Regular season division champions received byes on Tuesday. Games played from Tuesday to Friday were double elimination. Saturday's games featured semifinal match-ups with no "if necessary" games, like in years past. Winners of the two semi-final games faced each other during Sunday's championship game.

Tournament

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Finals
4 Kentucky 2
9 Ole Miss 0 1 LSU 2
6 Arkansas 1 7Mississippi State3
7 Mississippi State 97 Mississippi State 1
4Kentucky5
4 Kentucky 1
9Ole Miss27Mississippi State2
6 Arkansas 0 9 Ole Miss 2
1LSU11
1 LSU 3*
7Mississippi State4*
7Mississippi State3
3 Florida 65 Vanderbilt 0
10 Auburn 1 2 South Carolina 2
5 Vanderbilt 45Vanderbilt3
8 Georgia 1 5Vanderbilt2
3 Florida 1
5Vanderbilt8
10Auburn33 Florida 6
8 Georgia 2 10 Auburn 3
2South Carolina5
2 South Carolina 2
3Florida7

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BMatt SnyderOle Miss
2BCasey TurgeonFlorida
3BThomas McCarthyKentucky
SS Adam Frazier Mississippi State
CSpencer NavinVanderbilt
OFConnor HarrellVanderbilt
OF Mike Yastrzemski Vanderbilt
OFMason KatzLSU
OF Justin Shafer Florida
OFDemarcus HendersonMississippi State
DH Brian Johnson Florida
P Brian Johnson Florida
P Jonathan Holder Mississippi State
MVP Adam Frazier Mississippi State

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