2011 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2011 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 25 through May 29, 2011.

2011 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble Elimination with flipped bracket
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida Gators (6th title)
Winning coachKevin O'Sullivan (1st title)
MVPDaniel Pigott, Florida
Attendance97,675

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
South Carolina 22 8 .733 - 1
Florida 22 8 .733 - 3
Vanderbilt 22 8 .733 - 4
Georgia 16 14 .533 6 5
Kentucky 8 22 .267 14 -
Tennessee 7 23 .233 15 -
Western Division
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Arkansas 15 15 .500 - 2
Mississippi State 14 16 .467 1 6
Alabama 14 16 .467 1 7
Auburn 14 16 .467 1 8
LSU 13 17 .433 2 -
Ole Miss 13 17 .433 2 -

- Eliminated from SEC Tournament Contention

Format

The 2011 tournament featured a "flipped bracket". This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket moved into the other bracket. This reduced the amount of rematches teams had to play in order to win the tournament. Additionally, the tournament utilized a "pitch clock," limiting the amount of time that pitchers had to throw the ball to 20 seconds. This rule was not in effect when runners were on base.

Tournament
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
7 Alabama 7  
2 Arkansas 4  
  7 Alabama 0  
  3 Florida 6  
6 Mississippi State 5
3 Florida 7  
  4 Vanderbilt 3 -  
  2 Arkansas 2 -  
2 Arkansas 7  
6 Mississippi State 2  
  7 Alabama 1
  2 Arkansas 4  
  4 Vanderbilt 0
  3 Florida 5
8 Auburn 3  
1 South Carolina 7  
  1 South Carolina 2
  4 Vanderbilt 7  
5 Georgia 0^
4 Vanderbilt 10^  
  3 Florida 3 3
  5 Georgia 4 2  
8 Auburn 2  
5 Georgia 3  
  1 South Carolina 2
  5 Georgia 4  
  • After two days of play, the undefeated team from each bracket moved to the other bracket.
  • * Game went to extra innings
  • ^ Game ended after 7 innings because of mercy rule

All-Tournament Team
Position Player School
1B Aaron Westlake Vanderbilt
2B Riley Reynolds Vanderbilt
3B Jason Esposito Vanderbilt
SS Nolan Fontana Florida
C James McCann Arkansas
OF Kyle Robinson Arkansas
OF Daniel Pigott Florida
DH Conrad Gregor Vanderbilt
P Hudson Randall Florida
P Sonny Gray Vanderbilt
P Michael Roth S. Carolina
P Michael Palazzone Georgia
MVP Daniel Pigott Florida
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