2017 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 through May 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
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y 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  x‍†‍‡‍y 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

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]

TeamW–L–TPctGB #1Seed
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
–
TeamW–L–TPctGB #1Seed
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
  First Round
SECN		 Second Round
SECN		 Third Round
SECN		 Semifinals
SECN		 Final
ESPN2
                                               
  3 Kentucky 7  
    11 South Carolina 2  
6 Vanderbilt 4
11 South Carolina 711  
  3 Kentucky 0  
  2 LSU 107  
  2 LSU 10
    10 Missouri 3  
7 Texas A&M 7
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 4  
8 Auburn 5
9 Ole Miss 4  
  1 Florida 12  
  5 Mississippi State 3  
  4 Arkansas 3
    5 Mississippi State 4  
5 Mississippi State 3
12 Georgia 0  
  1 Florida 0
  4 Arkansas 167  
8 Auburn 0
4 Arkansas 127  
  4 Arkansas 9
5 Mississippi State 2  

Schedule
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
  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. 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 2015-11-18. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
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