2018 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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2018 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
2018 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Logo.svg
 
Teams12
Format See below
Finals site
Champions Ole Miss  (3rd title)
Winning coach Mike Bianco  (2nd title)
MVP Nick Fortes (Ole Miss)
Television SEC Network, ESPN (championship game)
2018 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East Division
No. 3 Florida  xy2010 .6674921 .700
No. 20 Georgia  y1812 .6003921 .650
No. 12 South Carolina  y1713 .5673726 .587
No. 16 Vanderbilt  y1614 .5333527 .565
Kentucky  1317 .4333422 .607
Missouri  1218 .4003422 .607
Tennessee  1218 .4002927 .518
West Division
No. 19 Ole Miss  xy1812 .6004818 .727
No. 2 Arkansas  xy1812 .6004821 .696
No. 15 Auburn  y1515 .5004323 .652
LSU  y1515 .5003927 .591
No. 4 Mississippi State  y1515 .5003929 .574
Texas A&M  y1317 .4334022 .645
Alabama  822 .2672729 .482
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 27 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 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament [1]

Contents

The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming twelve championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1992 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the twentieth consecutive year and twenty-second 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 was the sixth year of this format. [2] [3]

TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 20–10.6671
Georgia 18–12.60023
South Carolina 17–13.56735
Vanderbilt 16–14.53346
Kentucky 13–17.433710
Missouri 12–18.400812
Tennessee 12–18.4008
TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
Western Division
Ole Miss 18–12.60022
Arkansas 18–12.60024
Auburn 15–15.50057
LSU 15–15.50058
Mississippi State 15–15.50059
Texas A&M 13–17.433711
Alabama 8–22.26712

Bracket

First round
SECN
Second round
SECN
Third round
SECN
Semifinals
SECN
Final
ESPN2
3 Georgia 0
6 Vanderbilt 1 11 Texas A&M7
11 Texas A&M 311 Texas A&M4
7 Auburn 2
2 Ole Miss 3
7 Auburn 47 Auburn9
10 Kentucky 31111 Texas A&M 1
2 Ole Miss2
3 Georgia 4
2 Ole Miss510
2 Ole Miss7
7 Auburn 0
2 Ole Miss9
8 LSU 1
1 Florida 4
8 LSU 88 LSU 3
9 Mississippi State 5 1 Florida 2
4 Arkansas8
4 Arkansas 13
5 South Carolina 45 South Carolina 8
12 Missouri 2 4 Arkansas 1
8 LSU2
8 LSU6
5 South Carolina412
8 LSU11
1 Florida 07

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Tuesday, May 22
19:30 a.m.No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Texas A&M SEC Network 5,514
21:00 p.m.No. 7 Auburn vs. No. 10 Kentucky
34:30 p.m.No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Mississippi State 8,072
48:00 p.m.No. 5 South Carolina vs. No. 12 Missouri
Wednesday, May 23
59:30 a.m.No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 11 Texas A&MSEC Network7,126
61:00 p.m.No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Auburn
74:30 p.m.No. 1 Florida vs. No. 8 LSU6,710
88:00 p.m.No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 South Carolina
Thursday, May 24
99:30 a.m.No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 2 Ole MissSEC Network7,197
101:00 p.m.No. 8 LSU vs. No. 5 South Carolina
114:30 p.m.No. 11 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Auburn9,651
Friday, May 25
1210:00 a.m.No. 1 Florida vs. No. 4 ArkansasSEC Network1,384
133:00 p.m.No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Auburn8,945
146:30 p.m.No. 8 LSU vs. No. 1 Florida
Semifinals – Saturday, May 26
15NoonNo. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 Texas A&MSEC Network10,381
163:00 p.m.No. 8 LSU vs. No. 4 Arkansas
Championship – Sunday, May 27
172:00 p.m.No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 8 LSU ESPN 14,126
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

  1. "SEC Championships - Full Schedule". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  2. "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  3. "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.