2013 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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2013 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
2013 SEC Baseball Tournament Official Logo.jpg
 
Teams12
Format See below
Finals site
Champions LSU  (10th title)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri  (4th title)
MVPChris Cotton (LSU)
Attendance134,496 (record)
Television ESPN2 (championship game)
2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‍y26–3 .897  54–12 .818
No. 13 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y17–12 .586  43–20 .683
Florida  ‍‍‍y14–16 .467  29–30 .492
Kentucky  ‍‍‍11–19 .367  30–25 .545
Missouri  ‍‍‍10–20 .333  18–32 .360
Tennessee  ‍‍‍9–19 .321  22–30 .423
Georgia  ‍‍‍7–20 .259  21–32 .396
Western
No. 7 LSU  x‍‍‡‍y23–7 .767  57–11 .838
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y18–11 .621  39–22 .639
No. 2 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y16–14 .533  51–20 .718
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y15–15 .500  38–24 .613
Alabama  ‍‍‍y14–15 .483  35–28 .556
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y13–16 .448  34–29 .540
Auburn  ‍‍‍13–17 .433  33–23 .589
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 26, 2013 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21 through May 26 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion, LSU, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]

Contents

The tournament has been held every year since 1977. Entering the 2013 event, LSU had claimed nine championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This was the sixteenth consecutive year and eighteenth overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, formerly known as Regions Park.

In 2013, the tournament set a new all-sessions attendance record of 134,496. The average per session was 8,115. [4]

Seeding and format

The regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament.

The bottom eight teams played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a two-bracket double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. [5] [6]

TeamWLPctGB #1Seed
Eastern Division
Vanderbilt 263.897-1
South Carolina 1712.58694
Florida 1416.46712.58
Kentucky 1119.36715.511
Missouri 1020.33316.512
Tennessee 919.32116.5-
Georgia 720.25918-
TeamWLPctGB #1Seed
Western Division
LSU 237.7673.52
Arkansas 1811.62183
Mississippi State 1614.53310.55
Ole Miss 1515.50011.56
Alabama 1415.483127
Texas A&M 1316.448139
Auburn 1317.43313.510

Bracket

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Finals
3 Arkansas 2*
6 Ole Miss 46 Ole Miss 1
11 Kentucky 1 3 Arkansas4
2 LSU 1
2 LSU 3
7 Alabama 67 Alabama 0
10 Auburn 3 3 Arkansas 1
2 LSU3
6 Ole Miss 5*
7 Alabama7
2 LSU3
7 Alabama 2
2 LSU5*
1 Vanderbilt 4
1 Vanderbilt 0
8 Florida 3 9 Texas A&M5
9 Texas A&M 69 Texas A&M 4
5 Mississippi State6
4 South Carolina 3
5 Mississippi State 2* 5 Mississippi State5
12 Missouri 1 5 Mississippi State 8
1 Vanderbilt16
1 Vanderbilt4*
4 South Carolina 3
9 Texas A&M 0
1 Vanderbilt3

Notes

The Mississippi State vs Missouri first-round game lasted 17 innings. This tied the record for the longest game in SEC Tournament history, which was originally set by Arkansas and Auburn in 1994. [7]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]

Pos.PlayerSchool
P Tyler Beede Vanderbilt
P Daniel Mengden Texas A&M
P Ryne Stanek Arkansas
PChris CottonLSU
C Stuart Turner Ole Miss
1BConrad GregorVanderbilt
2B Tony Kemp Vanderbilt
3BChristian IbarraLSU
SS Adam Frazier Mississippi State
OFConnor HarrellVanderbilt
OF Hunter Renfroe Mississippi State
OFTyler SpoonArkansas
OFJared FosterLSU
OFMatt VinsonArkansas
DHSean McMullenLSU
DHZander WielVanderbilt

Most Valuable Player

Chris Cotton was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Cotton was a pitcher for LSU, serving as closer. In the championship game, he pitched the final 2.2 innings and did not allow any of the eight batters he faced to reach base. [4]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Southeastern Conference Standings". D1 Baseball. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ "2013 SEC baseball schedule released". tigerrag.com. March 22, 2012. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 Sean Cartell (May 26, 2013). "LSU Wins 10th SEC Baseball Tournament Title". SEC Digital Network. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". utsports.com. December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Quick hits: Mississippi State tops Missouri in 17 innings, ties SEC Tournament record". al.com. May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
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