2012 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2012 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

2012 SEC baseball tournament logo
Teams	10
Format	2-Bracket Double Elimination
Finals site	Regions Park Hoover, Alabama
Champions	Mississippi State  (7th title)
Winning coach	John Cohen  (1st title)
MVP	Adam Frazier (Mississippi State)
Attendance	129,112
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The 2012 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama from May 22 through 27, 2012.

Seeding

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

Team W L Pct GB Seed Eastern Division South Carolina 18 11 .621 – 2 Florida 18 12 .600 .5 3 Kentucky 18 12 .600 .5 4 Vanderbilt 16 14 .533 2.5 5 Georgia 14 15 .483 4 8 Tennessee 8 22 .267 10.5 –

Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division LSU 19 11 .633 – 1 Arkansas 16 14 .533 3 6 Mississippi State 16 14 .533 3 7 Ole Miss 14 16 .467 5 9 Auburn 13 17 .433 6 10 Alabama 9 21 .300 10 –

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			7	Mississippi State	3
	7	Mississippi State	9								7	Mississippi State	1
											4	Kentucky	5
																4	Kentucky	1
	9	Ole Miss	2													7	Mississippi State	2
	6	Arkansas	0			9	Ole Miss	2
						1	LSU	11
											1	LSU	3*
											7	Mississippi State	4*
																					7	Mississippi State	3
	3	Florida	6																		5	Vanderbilt	0
	10	Auburn	1			2	South Carolina	2
	5	Vanderbilt	4			5	Vanderbilt	3
	8	Georgia	1								5	Vanderbilt	2
											3	Florida	1
																5	Vanderbilt	8
	10	Auburn	3													3	Florida	6
	8	Georgia	2			10	Auburn	3
						2	South Carolina	5
											2	South Carolina	2
											3	Florida	7

• * Game went to extra innings
• ^ Game ended after 7 innings because of mercy rule

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Matt Snyder	Ole Miss
2B	Casey Turgeon	Florida
3B	Thomas McCarthy	Kentucky
SS	Adam Frazier	Mississippi State
C	Spencer Navin	Vanderbilt
OF	Connor Harrell	Vanderbilt
OF	Mike Yastrzemski	Vanderbilt
OF	Mason Katz	LSU
OF	Justin Shafer	Florida
OF	Demarcus Henderson	Mississippi State
DH	Brian Johnson	Florida
P	Brian Johnson	Florida
P	Jonathan Holder	Mississippi State
MVP	Adam Frazier	Mississippi State

See also

• 2012 College World Series
• 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

External links

• SECSports.com
• 2012 Baseball Tournament