2021 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

Last updated
2021 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams12
Format See below
Finals site
Champions Arkansas  (1st title)
Winning coach Dave Van Horn  (1st title)
MVPJalen Battles (Arkansas)
Television SEC Network, ESPN2 (Championship game)
2021 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Tennessee  x‍‍‍y20–10 .667  50–16 .758
No. 4 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y19–10 .655  45–15 .750
No. 14 Florida  ‍‍‍y17–13 .567  38–22 .633
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y16–14 .533  34–23 .596
Georgia  ‍‍‍13–17 .433  31–25 .554
Kentucky  ‍‍‍12–18 .400  29–23 .558
Missouri  ‍‍‍8–22 .267  15–36 .294
Western
No. 1 Arkansas  x‍†‍‡‍y22–8 .733  50–13 .794
No. 11 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y20–10 .667  44–16 .733
No. 13 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y18–12 .600  45–22 .672
LSU  ‍‍‍y13–17 .433  38–24 .613
Alabama  ‍‍‍y12–17 .414  32–26 .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍10–20 .333  25–27 .481
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍9–21 .300  29–27 .518
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 13, 2021 [1] ; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 25 through May 30 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The Arkansas Razorbacks emerged for the first time as tournament champions, [2] earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]

Contents

The tournament has been held every year since 1977 (with the exception of 2020), with LSU claiming twelve championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas and 2013 addition Missouri had previously never won the tournament. This is the twenty-second consecutive year and twenty-fourth overall that the event has scheduled to be held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

Format and seeding

The regular season division winners claim the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claim the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams play a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverts to single elimination through the championship game. This is the eighth year of this format. [4] [5]

TeamW–LPctGB No. 1Seed
Eastern Division
Tennessee 20–10.66722
Vanderbilt 19–10.6552.54
Florida 17–13.56756
South Carolina 16–14.53367
Georgia 13–17.43398
Kentucky 12–18.4001011
Missouri 8–22.26714–
TeamW–LPctGB No. 1Seed
Western Division
Arkansas 22–8.733–1
Mississippi State 20–10.66723
Ole Miss 18–12.60045
LSU 13–17.43399
Alabama 12–17.4149.510
Auburn 10–20.3331212
Texas A&M 9–21.30013–
Tiebreakers
TeamsRecordTiebreaker
(8) Georgia
(9) LSU		13–17UGA vs. ARK, 1–2
LSU vs. ARK, 1–2
UGA vs. TENN, 1–2
LSU vs. TENN, 0–3

Bracket

First Round
Tuesday, May 25 		Second Round
Wednesday, May 26
Thursday, May 27 		Third Round
Thursday, May 27
Friday, May 28 		Semifinals
Saturday, May 29 		Final
Sunday, May 30
3 Mississippi State 1
6 Florida 46 Florida137
11 Kentucky 1 6 Florida7
10 Alabama 2
2 Tennessee 2
7 South Carolina 3 10 Alabama311
10 Alabama 96 Florida 0
2 Tennessee4
3 Mississippi State 2
2 Tennessee128
2 Tennessee11
10 Alabama 07
2 Tennessee 2
1 Arkansas7
1 Arkansas 11
8 Georgia 48 Georgia 2
9 LSU 1 1 Arkansas6
4 Vanderbilt 4
4 Vanderbilt 5
5 Ole Miss 75 Ole Miss 4
12 Auburn 4 1 Arkansas3
5 Ole Miss 2
8 Georgia 0
5 Ole Miss4
5 Ole Miss4
4 Vanderbilt 1

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Tuesday, May 25
19:30 a.m.No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 Kentucky SEC Network 3,499 [6]
21:00 p.m.No. 7 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Alabama
34:30 p.m.No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 9 LSU 7,750 [7]
48:00 p.m.No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 12 Auburn
Wednesday, May 26
59:30 a.m.No. 3 Mississippi State vs. No. 6 FloridaSEC Network5,235 [8]
61:00 p.m.No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Alabama
74:30 p.m.No. 1 Arkansas vs. No. 8 Georgia7,200 [9]
88:00 p.m.No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Ole Miss
Thursday, May 27
99:30 a.m.No. 3 Mississippi State vs. No. 2 TennesseeSEC Network4,737 [10]
101:00 p.m.No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 5 Ole Miss
114:30 p.m.No. 6 Florida vs. No. 10 Alabama8,625 [11]
128:00 p.m.No. 1 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt
Friday, May 28
1310:00 a.m.No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 10 AlabamaSEC Network5,901 [12]
141:30 p.m.No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt
Semifinals – Saturday, May 29
15NoonNo. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 6 FloridaSEC Network8,735 [13]
163:30 p.m.No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 1 Arkansas
Championship – Sunday, May 30
172:00 p.m.No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Arkansas ESPN2 10,176 [14]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

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References

  1. ↑ "2021 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Arkansas Razorbacks top Tennessee Volunteers 7-2 to capture first SEC Tournament title". ESPN. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Championship – Baseball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  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 November 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ Game 2 boxscore
  7. ↑ Game 4 boxscore
  8. ↑ Game 6 boxscore
  9. ↑ Game 8 boxscore
  10. ↑ Game 10 boxscore
  11. ↑ Game 12 boxscore
  12. ↑ Game 14 boxscore
  13. ↑ Game 16 boxscore
  14. ↑ Game 17 boxscore
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