2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

The 2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents the Mississippi State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
2014 record39–24 (18–12 SEC)
Head coachJohn Cohen (6th season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field
2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .700  40–23–0 .635
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  44–18–0 .710
No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .567  51–21–0 .708
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .467  37–25–0 .597
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .400  31–23–0 .574
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–18–1 .383  26–29–1 .473
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6–24–0 .200  20–33–0 .377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss x‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .633  48–21–0 .696
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍y 17–11–1 .603  46–16–1 .738
No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  39–24–0 .619
No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .533  40–25–0 .615
Alabama ‍‍‍y 15–14–0 .517  37–24–0 .607
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .467  36–26–0 .581
Auburn ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .333  28–28–0 .500
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Schedule and results

Game results and box scores can be found at the reference.[1]

SEC Tournament
Main article: 2014 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

Mississippi State, the 5 seed, beats 12 seed Georgia and beats 4 seed South Carolina. They then lose to 9 seed Kentucky in an upset and lose to 1 seed Florida, eliminating them immediately before the semifinal game.

NCAA tournament
Main article: 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

Mississippi State, a regional 2 seed in the Lafayette Regional, beats regional 3 seed San Diego State and 4 seed Jackson State. Louisiana–Lafayette, having lost their first game to Jackson State, beats San Diego State and Jackson State, then beats Mississippi State twice to win the regional. Mississippi State finishes 2nd in the regional.

MLB Draft

[2]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Jacob Lindgren LHP 2 55 New York Yankees
Jonathan Holder RHP 6 182 New York Yankees
Brandon Woodruff RHP 11 326 Milwaukee Brewers
Brett Pirtle 2B 23 700 Detroit Tigers

Rankings
Main article: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches'[3] 4 4* 4* 20 20 19 16 12 21 NR 22 24 21 21 22 21 21* 21* NR 
Baseball America[4] 8 7 18 12 24 21 16 9 17 24 20 NR 21 20 18 17 17* 17* NR 
Collegiate Baseball^[5] 2 2 18 14 23 24 16 10 21 22 20 28 18 16 17 21 28 28 28 
NCBWA†[6] 4 7 15 12 20 18 15 13 19 22 21 23 21 21 21 22 28 28* 28 
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References
  1. "2014 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL". Mississippi State University Athletics. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  2. "Draft Tracker". Mississippi State University Athletics. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. USA Today Coaches' Poll
  4. Baseball America Poll
  5. Collegiate Baseball Poll
  6. NCBWA Poll
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