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

Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL
Champions	LSU (12th title)
Winning coach	Paul Mainieri (6th title)
MVP	Chad Spanberger[1], Arkansas
Television	SEC Network, ESPN2

2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		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]

Team W–L–T Pct GB #1 Seed 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 –

Team W–L–T Pct GB #1 Seed 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	7^11
											3	Kentucky	0
										2	LSU	10^7
						2	LSU	10
						10	Missouri	3
	7	Texas A&M	7
	10	Missouri	12
																2	LSU	11
																11	South Carolina	0^7
						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	16^7
						8	Auburn	0
						4	Arkansas	12^7
											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.