2014 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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2014 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
2014 SEC Baseball Tournament logo.png
 
Teams12
Format See below
Finals site
Champions LSU  (11th title)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri  (5th title)
MVP Tyler Moore (LSU)
Attendance120,386
Television ESPN2 (championship game)
2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida  xy2190 .70040230 .635
No. 25 South Carolina  y18120 .60044180 .710
No. 1 Vanderbilt  y17130 .56751210 .708
Kentucky  y14160 .46737250 .597
Tennessee  12180 .40031230 .574
Georgia  11181 .38326291 .473
Missouri  6240 .20020330 .377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss  xy19110 .63348210 .696
No. 21 LSU  y17111 .60346161 .738
No. 28 Mississippi State  y18120 .60039240 .619
No. 30 Arkansas  y16140 .53340250 .615
Alabama  y15140 .51737240 .607
Texas A&M  y14160 .46736260 .581
Auburn  10200 .33328280 .500
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 25 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determines the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. LSU claimed their record 11th tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [1] [2]

Contents

The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming eleven championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1992 addition Arkansas and 2012 additions Texas A&M and Missouri have never won the tournament. This is the seventeenth consecutive year and nineteenth overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

The SEC implemented experimental instant replay rules at the 2014 tournament. The rules allowed review of fair/foul, home run, and spectator interference calls. [3]

Format and seeding

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 double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This was the second year of this format. [4] [5]

TeamW–L–TPctGB #1Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 21–9.7001
South Carolina 18–12.60034
Vanderbilt 17–13.56746
Kentucky 14–16.46779
Tennessee 12–18.400911
Georgia 11–18–1.3799.512
Missouri 6–24.20015
TeamW–L–TPctGB #1Seed
Western Division
Ole Miss 19–11.63322
LSU 17–11–1.6032.53
Mississippi State 18–12.60035
Arkansas 16–14.53357
Alabama 15–14.5175.58
Texas A&M 14–16.467710
Auburn 10–20.33311

Bracket

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final
3 LSU11
6 Vanderbilt36 Vanderbilt 1 7
11 Tennessee 2 3 LSU7
7 Arkansas 2
2 Ole Miss 1
7 Arkansas47 Arkansas2
10 Texas A&M 0 3 LSU11
7 Arkansas 1 8
6 Vanderbilt 2
2 Ole Miss7
2 Ole Miss 7
7 Arkansas8
3 LSU2
1 Florida 0
1 Florida 2
8 Alabama 1 9 Kentucky4
9 Kentucky79 Kentucky7
5 Mississippi State6 12
4 South Carolina 0
5 Mississippi State55 Mississippi State12 7
12 Georgia 4 10 9 Kentucky 5
1 Florida6
1 Florida7
4 South Carolina 2
1 Florida5
5 Mississippi State1

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [2]

Pos.PlayerSchool
P Jared Poché LSU
P Aaron Nola LSU
P Karsten Whitson Florida
CKade ScivicqueLSU
CGavin CollinsMississippi State
1BTyler MooreLSU
2BConner HaleLSU
3BJosh TobiasFlorida
3BAustin AndersonOle Miss
SS Alex Bregman LSU
OF Harrison Bader Florida
OFMark LairdLSU
OFC.T. BradfordMississippi State
DHSean McMullenLSU

Bold is MVP.

References

  1. "Baseball Announces Schedule for 2014". Alabama Crimson Tide. October 3, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "LSU Claims SEC Tourney Title". Southeastern Conference. July 1, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. Greg Johnson (March 13, 2014). "SEC to implement experimental instant replay rules for conference tournament". NCAA. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  4. "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  5. "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 8, 2014.