2017 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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2017 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
2017 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Logo.svg
 
Teams12
Format See below
Finals site
Champions LSU  (12th title)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri  (6th title)
MVP Chad Spanberger [1] (Arkansas)
Television SEC Network, ESPN2
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  xy2190 .70052190 .732
No. 10 Kentucky  y19110 .63343230 .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  y15131 .53436251 .589
Missouri  14160 .46736230 .610
South Carolina  13170 .43335250 .583
Georgia  11190 .36725320 .439
Tennessee  7210 .25027250 .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  xy2190 .70052200 .722
No. 22 Arkansas  y18110 .62145190 .703
No. 13 Mississippi State  y17130 .56740270 .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  y16140 .53341230 .641
No. 29 Auburn  y16140 .53337260 .587
Ole Miss  14160 .46732250 .561
Alabama  5241 .18319341 .361
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 28 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 earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament [2] [3] After a search for potential new sites, the SEC named Hoover the host for the 2017 and future events, with a specific term to be negotiated. [4]

Contents

The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming their twelfth championship against Arkansas, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the nineteenth consecutive year and twenty-first overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park. Texas A&M joined in 2013, and won its first title in 2016. Missouri, which also joined in 2013, has yet to win the event.

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 is the fifth year of this format. [5] [6]

TeamW–L–TPctGB #1Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 21–9.7001
Kentucky 19–11.63323
Vanderbilt 15–13–1.53456
Missouri 14–16.467710
South Carolina 13–17.433811
Georgia 11–19.3671012
Tennessee 7–21.25013
TeamW–L–TPctGB #1Seed
Western Division
LSU 21–9.7002
Arkansas 18–11.6212.54
Mississippi State 17–13.56745
Texas A&M 16–14.53357
Auburn 16–14.53358
Ole Miss 14–16.46779
Alabama 5–24–1.18315.5

Bracket

First round
SECN
Second round
SECN
Third round
SECN
Semifinals
SECN
Final
ESPN2
3 Kentucky 7
6 Vanderbilt 4 11 South Carolina 2
11 South Carolina 7113 Kentucky 0
2 LSU107
2 LSU 10
7 Texas A&M 7 10 Missouri 3
10 Missouri 122 LSU11
11 South Carolina07
11 South Carolina10
10 Missouri 2
11 South Carolina3
3 Kentucky 1
2 LSU4
4 Arkansas 2
1 Florida 5
8 Auburn 58 Auburn 4
9 Ole Miss 4 1 Florida12
5 Mississippi State3
4 Arkansas 3
5 Mississippi State 35 Mississippi State4
12 Georgia 0 1 Florida 0
4 Arkansas167
8 Auburn 0
4 Arkansas127
4 Arkansas9
5 Mississippi State2

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Tuesday, May 23
19:30 a.m.No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 South Carolina SEC Network
21:00 p.m.No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Missouri
34:30 p.m.No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Ole Miss 2,930
Wednesday, May 24
49:30 a.m.No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Georgia SEC Network5,062
51:00 p.m.No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 11 South Carolina
64:30 p.m.No. 2 LSU vs. No. 10 Missouri6,890
78:00 p.m.No. 1 Florida vs. No. 8 Auburn
Thursday, May 25
89:30 a.m.No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 Mississippi StateSEC Network7,279
91:00 p.m.No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Missouri
104:30 p.m.No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 4 Arkansas9,823
118:00 p.m.No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 2 LSU
Friday, May 26
1211:00 a.m.No. 1 Florida vs. No. 5 Mississippi StateSEC Network6,988
133:00 p.m.No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 3 Kentucky8,552
146:30 p.m.No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 Mississippi State
Semifinals – Saturday, May 27
15NoonNo. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 2 LSUSEC Network10,793
163:00 p.m.No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 1 Florida
Championship – Sunday, May 28
172:00 p.m.No. 2 LSU vs. No. 4 Arkansas ESPN2 13,128
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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