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	The '''2018 Southeastern Conference ~~Baseball~~ ~~Tournament~~''' was held from May 22 through ~~May~~ 27 at ] in ]. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the ] ] in ]. The tournament champion earned the conference's automatic bid to the ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.secsports.com/article/13676970/sec-championships-full-schedule\|publisher=Southeastern Conference\|title=SEC Championships - Full Schedule\|accessdate=November 13, 2017}}</ref>		The '''2018 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament''' was held from May 22 through 27 at ] in ]. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the ] ] in ]. The tournament champion earned the conference's automatic bid to the ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.secsports.com/article/13676970/sec-championships-full-schedule\|publisher=Southeastern Conference\|title=SEC Championships - Full Schedule\|accessdate=November 13, 2017}}</ref>

	The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with ] claiming twelve championships, the most of any school. Original members ] and ] along with 1992 addition ] 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. ] joined in 2013, and won its first title in 2016. ], which also joined in 2013, has yet to win the event.		The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with ] claiming twelve championships, the most of any school. Original members ] and ] along with 1992 addition ] 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. ] joined in 2013, and won its first title in 2016. ], which also joined in 2013, has yet to win the event.

	==Format and seeding==		==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 ] format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This was the sixth year of this format.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/121911aac.html\|publisher=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament\|date=December 19, 2011\|accessdate=November 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-12-22/sec-adds-two-teams-changes-format-postseason-conference-tournament\|title=SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament\|date=December 22, 2012\|accessdate=November 17, 2015\|publisher=NCAA.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118221950/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-12-22/sec-adds-two-teams-changes-format-postseason-conference-tournament\|archive-date=2015-11-18\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		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 ] format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This was the sixth year of this format.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/121911aac.html\|publisher=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament\|date=December 19, 2011\|accessdate=November 17, 2015\|archive-date=November 18, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118074227/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/121911aac.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-12-22/sec-adds-two-teams-changes-format-postseason-conference-tournament\|title=SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament\|date=December 22, 2012\|accessdate=November 17, 2015\|publisher=NCAA.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118221950/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-12-22/sec-adds-two-teams-changes-format-postseason-conference-tournament\|archive-date=2015-11-18\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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	\| No. 6 {{cbsb link\|year=2018\|team=Vanderbilt Commodores\|title=Vanderbilt}} vs. '''No. 11 {{cbsb link\|year=2018\|team=Texas A&M Aggies\|title=Texas A&M}}'''		\| No. 6 {{cbsb link\|year=2018\|team=Vanderbilt Commodores\|title=Vanderbilt}} vs. '''No. 11 {{cbsb link\|year=2018\|team=Texas A&M Aggies\|title=Texas A&M}}'''
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	\| 1:00 p.m.		\| 1:00 p.m.
	\| '''No. 7 {{cbsb link\|year=2018\|team=Auburn Tigers\|title=Auburn}}''' vs. No. 10 ]		\| '''No. 7 {{cbsb link\|year=2018\|team=Auburn Tigers\|title=Auburn}}''' vs. No. 10 ]
	\|-		\|-
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	\| 4:30 p.m.		\| 4:30 p.m.
	\| '''No. 8 ]''' vs. No. 9 ]		\| '''No. 8 ]''' vs. No. 9 ]
	\| rowspan=2 \| 8,072		\| rowspan=2 \| 8,072
	\|-		\|-
	\| 4		\| 4
	\| 8:00 p.m.		\| 8:00 p.m.
	\| '''No. 5 ]''' vs. No. 12 ]		\| '''No. 5 ]''' vs. No. 12 ]
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	\| 9:30 a.m.		\| 9:30 a.m.
	\| No. 3 {{cbsb link\|year=2018\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} vs. '''No. 11 Texas A&M'''		\| No. 3 {{cbsb link\|year=2018\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} vs. '''No. 11 Texas A&M'''
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	\| No. 2 ] vs. '''No. 7 Auburn'''		\| No. 2 ] vs. '''No. 7 Auburn'''
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	\| 4:30 p.m.		\| 4:30 p.m.
	\| '''No. 1 ]''' vs. No. 8 LSU		\| '''No. 1 ]''' vs. No. 8 LSU
	\| rowspan=2 \| 6,710		\| rowspan=2 \| 6,710
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	\| 8		\| 8
	\| 8:00 p.m.		\| 8:00 p.m.
	\| '''No. 4 ]''' vs. No. 5 South Carolina		\| '''No. 4 ]''' vs. No. 5 South Carolina
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	\| No. 3 Georgia vs. '''No. 2 Ole Miss'''		\| No. 3 Georgia vs. '''No. 2 Ole Miss'''
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	\| 1:00 p.m.		\| 1:00 p.m.
	\| '''No. 8 LSU''' vs. No. 5 South Carolina		\| '''No. 8 LSU''' vs. No. 5 South Carolina
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	\| 11		\| 11
	\| 4:30 p.m.		\| 4:30 p.m.
	\| '''No. 11 Texas A&M''' vs. No. 7 Auburn		\| '''No. 11 Texas A&M''' vs. No. 7 Auburn
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	\| No. 1 Florida vs. '''No. 4 Arkansas'''		\| No. 1 Florida vs. '''No. 4 Arkansas'''
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	\| 3:00 p.m.		\| 3:00 p.m.
	\| '''No. 2 Ole Miss''' vs. No. 7 Auburn		\| '''No. 2 Ole Miss''' vs. No. 7 Auburn
	\| rowspan=2 \| 8,945		\| rowspan=2 \| 8,945
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	\| 6:30 p.m.		\| 6:30 p.m.
	\| '''No. 8 LSU''' vs. No. 1 Florida		\| '''No. 8 LSU''' vs. No. 1 Florida
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	\| '''No. 2 Ole Miss''' vs. No. 8 LSU		\| '''No. 2 Ole Miss''' vs. No. 8 LSU
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Collegiate baseball tournament

2018 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL
Champions	Ole Miss (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mike Bianco (2nd title)
MVP	Nick Fortes (Ole Miss)
Television	SEC Network, ESPN (championship game)
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2018 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East Division
No. 3 Florida ‍†‍‍	20	–	10	.667	49	–	21	.700
No. 20 Georgia ‍‍‍	18	–	12	.600	39	–	21	.650
No. 12 South Carolina ‍‍‍	17	–	13	.567	37	–	26	.587
No. 16 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	16	–	14	.533	35	–	27	.565
Kentucky ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	34	–	22	.607
Missouri ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	34	–	22	.607
Tennessee ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	29	–	27	.518
West Division
No. 19 Ole Miss ‍‍‡‍	18	–	12	.600	48	–	18	.727
No. 2 Arkansas ‍‍‍	18	–	12	.600	48	–	21	.696
No. 15 Auburn ‍‍‍	15	–	15	.500	43	–	23	.652
LSU ‍‍‍	15	–	15	.500	39	–	27	.591
No. 4 Mississippi State ‍‍‍	15	–	15	.500	39	–	29	.574
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	40	–	22	.645
Alabama ‍‍‍	8	–	22	.267	27	–	29	.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

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.

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Eastern Division
Florida	20–10	.667	–	1
Georgia	18–12	.600	2	3
South Carolina	17–13	.567	3	5
Vanderbilt	16–14	.533	4	6
Kentucky	13–17	.433	7	10
Missouri	12–18	.400	8	12
Tennessee	12–18	.400	8	–

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Western Division
Ole Miss	18–12	.600	2	2
Arkansas	18–12	.600	2	4
Auburn	15–15	.500	5	7
LSU	15–15	.500	5	8
Mississippi State	15–15	.500	5	9
Texas A&M	13–17	.433	7	11
Alabama	8–22	.267	12	–

Bracket

First round SECN			Second round SECN			Third round SECN			Semifinals SECN			Final ESPN2

			3	Georgia	0
6	Vanderbilt	1	11	Texas A&M	7
11	Texas A&M	3				11	Texas A&M	4
						7	Auburn	2
			2	Ole Miss	3
7	Auburn	4	7	Auburn	9
10	Kentucky	3							11	Texas A&M	1
									2	Ole Miss	2
			3	Georgia	4
			2	Ole Miss	5
						2	Ole Miss	7
						7	Auburn	0


												2	Ole Miss	9
												8	LSU	1
			1	Florida	4
8	LSU	8	8	LSU	3
9	Mississippi State	5				1	Florida	2
						4	Arkansas	8
			4	Arkansas	13
5	South Carolina	4	5	South Carolina	8
12	Missouri	2							4	Arkansas	1
									8	LSU	2
			8	LSU	6
			5	South Carolina	4
						8	LSU	11
						1	Florida	0

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Television	Attendance
Tuesday, May 22
1	9:30 a.m.	No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Texas A&M	SEC Network	5,514
2	1:00 p.m.	No. 7 Auburn vs. No. 10 Kentucky		5,514
3	4:30 p.m.	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Mississippi State		8,072
4	8:00 p.m.	No. 5 South Carolina vs. No. 12 Missouri		8,072
Wednesday, May 23
5	9:30 a.m.	No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 11 Texas A&M	SEC Network	7,126
6	1:00 p.m.	No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Auburn		7,126
7	4:30 p.m.	No. 1 Florida vs. No. 8 LSU		6,710
8	8:00 p.m.	No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 South Carolina		6,710
Thursday, May 24
9	9:30 a.m.	No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 2 Ole Miss	SEC Network	7,197
10	1:00 p.m.	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 5 South Carolina		7,197
11	4:30 p.m.	No. 11 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Auburn		9,651
Friday, May 25
12	10:00 a.m.	No. 1 Florida vs. No. 4 Arkansas	SEC Network	1,384
13	3:00 p.m.	No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Auburn		8,945
14	6:30 p.m.	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 1 Florida		8,945
Semifinals – Saturday, May 26
15	Noon	No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 Texas A&M	SEC Network	10,381
16	3:00 p.m.	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 4 Arkansas	SEC Network	10,381
Championship – Sunday, May 27
17	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 8 LSU	ESPN	14,126
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

"SEC Championships - Full Schedule". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
"SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
"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.

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