2017 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament


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]

2017 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
 
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsLSU (12th title)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (6th title)
MVPChad Spanberger[1] (Arkansas)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN2
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 52 19 0   .732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 19 11 0   .633 43 23 0   .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 15 13 1   .534 36 25 1   .589
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 36 23 0   .610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 35 25 0   .583
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 25 32 0   .439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7 21 0   .250 27 25 0   .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  xy 21 9 0   .700 52 20 0   .722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18 11 0   .621 45 19 0   .703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 17 13 0   .567 40 27 0   .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 41 23 0   .641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 37 26 0   .587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 32 25 0   .561
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 5 24 1   .183 19 34 1   .361
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

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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]

Team W–L–T Pct GB #1 Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 21–9 .700 1
Kentucky 19–11 .633 2 3
Vanderbilt 15–13–1 .534 5 6
Missouri 14–16 .467 7 10
South Carolina 13–17 .433 8 11
Georgia 11–19 .367 10 12
Tennessee 7–21 .250 13
Team W–L–T Pct GB #1 Seed
Western Division
LSU 21–9 .700 2
Arkansas 18–11 .621 2.5 4
Mississippi State 17–13 .567 4 5
Texas A&M 16–14 .533 5 7
Auburn 16–14 .533 5 8
Ole Miss 14–16 .467 7 9
Alabama 5–24–1 .183 15.5

Bracket

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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 711 3 Kentucky 0
2 LSU 107
2 LSU 10
7 Texas A&M 7 10 Missouri 3
10 Missouri 12 2 LSU 11
11 South Carolina 07
11 South Carolina 10
10 Missouri 2
11 South Carolina 3
3 Kentucky 1
2 LSU 4
4 Arkansas 2
1 Florida 5
8 Auburn 5 8 Auburn 4
9 Ole Miss 4 1 Florida 12
5 Mississippi State 3
4 Arkansas 3
5 Mississippi State 3 5 Mississippi State 4
12 Georgia 0 1 Florida 0
4 Arkansas 167
8 Auburn 0
4 Arkansas 127
4 Arkansas 9
5 Mississippi State 2

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Tuesday, May 23
1 9:30 a.m. No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 South Carolina SEC Network
2 1:00 p.m. No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Missouri
3 4:30 p.m. No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Ole Miss 2,930
Wednesday, May 24
4 9:30 a.m. No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Georgia SEC Network 5,062
5 1:00 p.m. No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 11 South Carolina
6 4:30 p.m. No. 2 LSU vs. No. 10 Missouri 6,890
7 8:00 p.m. No. 1 Florida vs. No. 8 Auburn
Thursday, May 25
8 9:30 a.m. No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 Mississippi State SEC Network 7,279
9 1:00 p.m. No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Missouri
10 4:30 p.m. No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 4 Arkansas 9,823
11 8:00 p.m. No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 2 LSU
Friday, May 26
12 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Florida vs. No. 5 Mississippi State SEC Network 6,988
13 3:00 p.m. No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 3 Kentucky 8,552
14 6:30 p.m. No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 Mississippi State
Semifinals – Saturday, May 27
15 Noon No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 2 LSU SEC Network 10,793
16 3:00 p.m. No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 1 Florida
Championship – Sunday, May 28
17 2:00 p.m. No. 2 LSU vs. No. 4 Arkansas ESPN2 13,128
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

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  1. ^ "LSU wins SEC Baseball Tournament". secsports.com. May 28, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "SEC Championships - Full Schedule". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  4. ^ James Crepea (June 3, 2016). "SEC Baseball Tournament to remain in Hoover". AL.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  5. ^ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  6. ^ "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.