2022 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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2022 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams12
Format See below
Finals site
Champions Tennessee  (4th title)
Winning coach Tony Vitello  (1st title)
MVPDrew Gilbert [1] (Tennessee)
Television SEC Network, ESPN2 (Championship game)
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee  x‍†‍‡‍y25–5 .83357–9 .864
No. 21 Florida  ‍‍‍y15–15 .50042–24 .636
Georgia  ‍‍‍y15–15 .50036–23 .610
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y14–16 .46739–23 .629
South Carolina  ‍‍‍13–17 .43327–28 .491
Kentucky  ‍‍‍12–18 .40033–26 .559
Missouri  ‍‍‍10–20 .33328–23 .549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M  x‍‍‍y19–11 .63344–20 .688
No. 4 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y18–12 .60046–21 .687
No. 25 LSU  ‍‍‍y17–13 .56740–22 .645
No. 7 Auburn  ‍‍‍y16–13 .55243–22 .662
No. 1 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y14–16 .46742–23 .646
Alabama  ‍‍‍12–17 .41431–27 .534
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍9–21 .30026–30 .464
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through May 29 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The Tennessee Volunteers earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2]

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 2013 addition Missouri have never won the tournament. This is the twenty-third consecutive year and twenty-fifth 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 ninth year of this format. [3] [4]

PosDivTeamPldWLPCTGBQualification
1Ey – Tennessee 30255.833—Qualification for the conference tournament second round
2Wy – Texas A&M 301911.6336
3W Arkansas 301812.6007Qualification for the conference tournament second round
4W LSU 301713.5678
5W Auburn 291613.5528.5Qualification for the conference tournament first round
6E Georgia 301515.500 [lower-alpha 1] 10
7E Florida 301515.500 [lower-alpha 1] 10
8E Vanderbilt 301416.467 [lower-alpha 2] 11
9W Ole Miss 301416.467 [lower-alpha 2] 11
10E South Carolina 301317.43312
11W Alabama 291217.41412.5
12E Kentucky 301218.40013
13E Missouri 301020.33315
14W Mississippi State 30921.30016
Source: SEC
y – Division champion
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Georgia was 3–0 against Florida in the regular season.
  2. 1 2 Tiebreaker decided by record against highest seeded common opponent. 1) vs. Tennessee (Vanderbilt 0–3, Ole Miss 0–3); 2) vs. Texas A&M (Vanderbilt 1–2, Ole Miss 1–2); 3) vs. Arkansas (Vanderbilt 2–1, Ole Miss 1–2)

Bracket

First Round
Tuesday, May 24
Wednesday, May 25 		Second Round
Wednesday, May 25
Thursday, May 26
Friday, May 27 		Third Round
Friday, May 27
Saturday, May 28 		Semifinals
Saturday, May 28 		Final
Sunday, May 29
3 Arkansas 3
6 Georgia 3 11 Alabama4
11 Alabama 511 Alabama 8
2 Texas A&M12
2 Texas A&M 10
7 Florida 27 Florida 07
10 South Carolina 1102 Texas A&M 0
7 Florida9
3 Arkansas 5
7 Florida7
7 Florida11
11 Alabama 6
7 Florida 5
1 Tennessee8
1 Tennessee 10
8 Vanderbilt 38 Vanderbilt 1
9 Ole Miss 1 1 Tennessee5
4 LSU 2
4 LSU 11
5 Auburn 1 12 Kentucky 6
12 Kentucky 31 Tennessee12
12 Kentucky 2
8 Vanderbilt 2
12 Kentucky10
12 Kentucky7
4 LSU 2

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
Tuesday, May 24
19:30 a.m.No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 11 Alabama 3–5 SEC Network 5,506 [5] [6]
26:45 p.m.No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 South Carolina 2–110
39:45 p.m.No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Ole Miss 3–1
Wednesday, May 25
412:45 p.m.No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 12 Kentucky 1–3SEC Network5,742 [7]
54:30 p.m.No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 11 Alabama3–4
Thursday, May 26
62:45 p.m.No. 2 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Florida10–07SEC Network8,251 [8]
76:15 p.m.No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 8 Vanderbilt10–19,697 [9]
89:45 p.m.No. 4 LSU vs. No. 12 Kentucky11–6
Friday, May 27
99:30 a.m.No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 7 Florida5–7SEC Network5,743 [10]
101:15 p.m.No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Kentucky2–10
115:30 p.m.No. 2 Texas A&M vs No. 11 Alabama12–812,215 [11]
1210:05 p.m.No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 LSU5–2
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
139:30 a.m.No. 7 Florida vs. No. 11 Alabama11–6SEC Network7,102 [12]
141:10 p.m.No. 12 Kentucky vs. No. 4 LSU7–2
155:20 p.m.No. 7 Florida vs. No. 2 Texas A&M9–08,924 [13]
168:55 p.m.No. 12 Kentucky vs. No. 1 Tennessee2–12
Championship – Sunday, May 29
172:00 p.m.No. 7 Florida vs. No. 1 Tennessee5–8 ESPN2 13,270 [14]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

SEC Championship
(1) Tennessee Volunteersvs.(7) Florida Gators
May 29, 2022, 2:04 p.m. (CDT) at Hoover Met in Hoover, Alabama
Team123456789 R H E
(1) Tennessee0000430018111
(7) Florida0000000325132
WP: Camden Sewell (7–1)   LP: Carsten Finnvold (1–1)
Home runs:
Tenn: Drew Gilbert (9)
UF: BT Riopelle (15)
Attendance: 13,270 [15]

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  2. ↑ "Championship – Baseball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
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  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Game 2 boxscore
  6. ↑ Game 3 boxscore
  7. ↑ Game 4 boxscore
  8. ↑ Game 6 boxscore
  9. ↑ Game 7 boxscore
  10. ↑ Game 10 boxscore
  11. ↑ Game 12 boxscore
  12. ↑ Game 14 boxscore
  13. ↑ Game 16 boxscore
  14. ↑ Game 17 boxscore
  15. ↑ Championship Boxscore
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