2013 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21 through May 26 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, LSU, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

2013 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL
Champions	LSU (10th title)
Winning coach	Paul Mainieri (4th title)
MVP	Chris Cotton, LSU
Attendance	134,496 (record)
Television	ESPN2 (championship game)

2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt  ^x‍†‍‍^y	26	–	3		.897			54	–	12		.818
No. 13 South Carolina  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	12		.586			43	–	20		.683
Florida  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16		.467			29	–	30		.492
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			30	–	25		.545
Missouri  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			18	–	32		.360
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	9	–	19		.321			22	–	30		.423
Georgia  ‍‍‍	7	–	20		.259			21	–	32		.396
Western
No. 7 LSU  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	23	–	7		.767			57	–	11		.838
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	11		.621			39	–	22		.639
No. 2 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14		.533			51	–	20		.718
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15		.500			38	–	24		.613
Alabama  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	15		.483			35	–	28		.556
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	16		.448			34	–	29		.540
Auburn  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			33	–	23		.589
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 26, 2013[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament has been held every year since 1977. Entering the 2013 event, LSU had claimed nine championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This was the sixteenth consecutive year and eighteenth overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, formerly known as Regions Park.

In 2013, the tournament set a new all-sessions attendance record of 134,496. The average per session was 8,115.[4]

Seeding and format

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 two-bracket double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game.[5][6]

Team W L Pct GB #1 Seed Eastern Division Vanderbilt 26 3 .897 - 1 South Carolina 17 12 .586 9 4 Florida 14 16 .467 12.5 8 Kentucky 11 19 .367 15.5 11 Missouri 10 20 .333 16.5 12 Tennessee 9 19 .321 16.5 - Georgia 7 20 .259 18 -

Team W L Pct GB #1 Seed Western Division LSU 23 7 .767 3.5 2 Arkansas 18 11 .621 8 3 Mississippi State 16 14 .533 10.5 5 Ole Miss 15 15 .500 11.5 6 Alabama 14 15 .483 12 7 Texas A&M 13 16 .448 13 9 Auburn 13 17 .433 13.5 10

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Finals
						3	Arkansas	2*
						6	Ole Miss	1
	6	Ole Miss	4
	11	Kentucky	1
											3	Arkansas	4
										2	LSU	1
						2	LSU	3
						7	Alabama	0
	7	Alabama	6
	10	Auburn	3
																3	Arkansas	1
																2	LSU	3
						6	Ole Miss	5*
						7	Alabama	7
											2	LSU	3
											7	Alabama	2
																					2	LSU	5*
																					1	Vanderbilt	4
						1	Vanderbilt	0
						9	Texas A&M	5
	8	Florida	3
	9	Texas A&M	6
											9	Texas A&M	4
										5	Mississippi State	6
						4	South Carolina	3
						5	Mississippi State	5
	5	Mississippi State	2*
	12	Missouri	1
																5	Mississippi State	8
																1	Vanderbilt	16
						1	Vanderbilt	4*
						4	South Carolina	3
											9	Texas A&M	0
											1	Vanderbilt	3

• * - Indicates game required extra innings.

Notes

The Mississippi State vs Missouri first-round game lasted 17 innings. This tied the record for the longest game in SEC Tournament history, which was originally set by Arkansas and Auburn in 1994. [7]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Pos.	Player	School
P	Tyler Beede	Vanderbilt
P	Daniel Mengden	Texas A&M
P	Ryne Stanek	Arkansas
P	Chris Cotton	LSU
C	Stuart Turner	Ole Miss
1B	Conrad Gregor	Vanderbilt
2B	Tony Kemp	Vanderbilt
3B	Christian Ibarra	LSU
SS	Adam Frazier	Mississippi State
OF	Connor Harrell	Vanderbilt
OF	Hunter Renfroe	Mississippi State
OF	Tyler Spoon	Arkansas
OF	Jared Foster	LSU
OF	Matt Vinson	Arkansas
DH	Sean McMullen	LSU
DH	Zander Wiel	Vanderbilt

Most Valuable Player

Chris Cotton was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Cotton was a pitcher for LSU, serving as closer. In the championship game, he pitched the final 2.2 innings and did not allow any of the eight batters he faced to reach base.[4]

References

1. "SEC Baseball" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
2. "Southeastern Conference Standings". D1 Baseball. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
3. "2013 SEC baseball schedule released". tigerrag.com. March 22, 2012. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
4. Sean Cartell (May 26, 2013). "LSU Wins 10th SEC Baseball Tournament Title". SEC Digital Network. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
5. "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". utsports.com. December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
6. "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
7. "Quick hits: Mississippi State tops Missouri in 17 innings, ties SEC Tournament record". al.com. May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.