2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2008 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 21st through May 25th. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I 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
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Georgia x‍†‍‍y 20–9 .690  45–25 .643
Florida ‍‍‍y 17–13 .567  34–24 .586
No. 25 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 16–14 .533  44–19 .698
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 15–14 .517  41–22 .651
South Carolina ‍‍‍y 15–15 .500  40–23 .635
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .400  27–29 .482
Western
No. 6 LSU x‍‍‡‍y 18–11 .621  49–19 .721
Alabama ‍‍‍y 16–14 .533  35–28 .556
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 15–15 .500  39–26 .600
Arkansas ‍‍‍y 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[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

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 amount of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament.[2]

Tournament
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
7 South Carolina 4*  
2 LSU 5*  
  2 LSU 8  
  6 Vanderbilt 2  
6 Vanderbilt 7
3 Florida 3  
  8 Ole Miss 4 8  
  6 Vanderbilt 7 7  
7 South Carolina 11  
3 Florida 3  
  7 South Carolina 5
  6 Vanderbilt 7  
  2 LSU 8
  8 Ole Miss 2
8 Ole Miss 4  
1 Georgia 1  
  8 Ole Miss 8
  4 Kentucky 7  
5 Alabama 3
4 Kentucky 9  
  2 LSU 12 -
  5 Alabama 8 -  
1 Georgia 2  
5 Alabama 5  
  5 Alabama 13
  4 Kentucky 4  

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
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See also

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. SEC BASEBALL: Tourney big for all eight teams
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