2008 SEC Baseball Tournament

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The 2008 SEC 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.

Contents 1 Regular Season Results 2 Format 3 Tournament 4 All-Tournament Team 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Regular Season Results

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

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Eastern Division 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 --

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Western Division 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 --

[edit] 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.^[1]

[edit] 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

• * Game went into extra innings.
• Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Auburn did not make the tournament.

[edit] All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Matt Clark	LSU
1B	Andrew Giobbi	Vanderbilt
2B	Ryan Schimph	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

[edit] See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• SEC Baseball Tournament

[edit] External links

• 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament @ SECSports.com

[edit] References

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