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Collegiate baseball tournament
2008 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination with flipped brackets
Finals site
ChampionsLSU (7th title)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (1st title)
MVPBlake Dean (LSU)
Attendance124,139
2008 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Georgia ‍†‍‍ 20 – 9   .690 45 – 25   .643
Florida ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 34 – 24   .586
No. 25 Kentucky ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 44 – 19   .698
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍ 15 – 14   .517 41 – 22   .651
South Carolina ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 40 – 23   .635
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 27 – 29   .482
Western
No. 6 LSU ‍‍‡‍ 18 – 11   .621 49 – 19   .721
Alabama ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 35 – 28   .556
Ole Miss ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 39 – 26   .600
Arkansas ‍‍‍ 14 – 15   .483 34 – 24   .586
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 28 – 28   .500
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 23 – 33   .411
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2008
Rankings from Coaches' Poll


The 2008 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 21 through 25. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Regular Season Results

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.

Eastern Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Georgia 20 9 1 .683 -- 1
Florida 17 13 0 .567 3.5 3
Kentucky 16 14 0 .533 4.5 4
Vanderbilt 15 14 0 .517 5.0 6
South Carolina 15 15 0 .500 5.5 7
Tennessee 12 18 0 .400 8.5 --
Western Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
LSU 18 11 1 .617 -- 2
Alabama 16 14 0 .533 2.5 5
Ole Miss 15 15 0 .500 3.5 8
Arkansas 14 15 0 .483 4.0 --
Auburn 11 19 0 .367 7.5 --
Mississippi State 9 21 0 .300 9.5 --

Format

The 2008 tournament will feature a "flipped bracket" for the first time. This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket will move into the other bracket. This reduces the number of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament.

Tournament

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinals
7South Carolina4*
2LSU5*
2LSU8
6Vanderbilt2
6Vanderbilt7
3Florida3
8Ole Miss48
6Vanderbilt77
7South Carolina11
3Florida37South Carolina5
6Vanderbilt7
2LSU8
8Ole Miss4
8Ole Miss2
1Georgia1
8Ole Miss8
4Kentucky7
5Alabama3
4Kentucky9
2LSU12-
5Alabama8-
1Georgia2
5Alabama55Alabama13
4Kentucky4

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Matt Clark LSU
1B Andrew Giobbi Vanderbilt
2B Ryan Schimpf LSU
3B Chris McClendon Kentucky
SS Ryan Flaherty Vanderbilt
C Alex Avila Alabama
OF Michael Guerrero Ole Miss
OF Jordan Henry Ole Miss
OF Kent Matthes Alabama
OF Sawyer Carroll Kentucky
DH Blake Dean LSU
P Lance Lynn Ole Miss
P Blake Martin LSU
P Austin Hyatt Alabama
MVP Blake Dean LSU

See also

External links

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. SEC BASEBALL: Tourney big for all eight teams
Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournaments
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