2012 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama from May 22–27, 2012.

2012 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
2012 SEC baseball tournament logo
Teams10
Format2-Bracket Double Elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMississippi State (7th title)
Winning coachJohn Cohen (1st title)
MVPAdam Frazier, (Mississippi State)
Attendance129,112

Seeding

The top ten teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Eastern Division
South Carolina1811.621
–
2
Florida1812.600
.5
3
Kentucky1812.600
.5
4
Vanderbilt1614.533
2.5
5
Georgia1415.483
4
8
Tennessee822.267
10.5
–
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Western Division
LSU1911.633
–
1
Arkansas1614.533
3
6
Mississippi State1614.533
3
7
Ole Miss1416.467
5
9
Auburn1317.433
6
10
Alabama921.300
10
–

Format

The 2012 tournament increased the number of teams from eight to ten. The event ran from Tuesday through Sunday. Regular season division champions received byes on Tuesday. Games played from Tuesday to Friday were double elimination. Saturday's games featured semifinal match-ups with no "if necessary" games, like in years past. Winners of the two semi-final games faced each other during Sunday's championship game.

Tournament
  First round Second round Third round Semifinals Finals
                                               
4 Kentucky 2  
9 Ole Miss 0  
  1 LSU 2  
  7 Mississippi State 3  
6 Arkansas 1   7 Mississippi State 1  
7 Mississippi State 9     4 Kentucky 5  
  4 Kentucky 1  
  7 Mississippi State 2  
9 Ole Miss 2  
6 Arkansas 0  
  9 Ole Miss 2  
  1 LSU 11  
  1 LSU 3*
  7 Mississippi State 4*  
7 Mississippi State 3
5 Vanderbilt 0
3 Florida 6  
10 Auburn 1  
  2 South Carolina 2  
  5 Vanderbilt 3  
5 Vanderbilt 4   5 Vanderbilt 2  
8 Georgia 1     3 Florida 1  
  5 Vanderbilt 8
  3 Florida 6  
10 Auburn 3  
8 Georgia 2  
  10 Auburn 3  
  2 South Carolina 5  
  2 South Carolina 2
  3 Florida 7  
  • * Game went to extra innings
  • ^ Game ended after 7 innings because of mercy rule

All-Tournament Team
Position Player School
1B Matt Snyder Ole Miss
2B Casey Turgeon Florida
3B Thomas McCarthy Kentucky
SS Adam Frazier Mississippi State
C Spencer Navin Vanderbilt
OF Connor Harrell Vanderbilt
OF Mike Yastrzemski Vanderbilt
OF Mason Katz LSU
OF Justin Shafer Florida
OF Demarcus Henderson Mississippi State
DH Brian Johnson Florida
P Brian Johnson Florida
P Jonathan Holder Mississippi State
MVP Adam Frazier Mississippi State
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