1997 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1997 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1997
Teams 8
Format Play-in round followed by six-team double elimination
Site Golden Park
Columbus, Georgia
Champions Alabama (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Wells (3rd title)
MVP David Tidwell (Alabama)
Attendance 42,000[1]
Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1996  1998»

The 1997 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was the 1997 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference, held at Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia from May 14-18. Alabama defeated LSU in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2]

Format

Eight teams qualified for the league tournament. The teams seeded fifth through eighth played a single-elimination play-in round. The two winners of the play-in games advanced to the main bracket, which was a six-team, double-elimination format, the same as the NCAA regional format used through 1998.

Regular season results

 Eastern Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Florida 17 13 .567 -- 3
Tennessee 17 13 .567 -- 4
Vanderbilt 14 16 .467 3 --†
South Carolina 13 17 .433 4 8
Kentucky 10 20 .333 7 --
Georgia 8 22 .267 9 --
Western Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
LSU 22 7 .759 -- 1
Alabama 20 9 .690 2 2
Mississippi State 19 11 .633 3.5 5
Auburn 17 12 .586 5 6
Arkansas 15 14 .517 7 7
Ole Miss 6 24 .200 16.5 --

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†- Vanderbilt forfeited its conference games and tournament berth for using an ineligible player.[4]

Tournament

Play-in games

Play-In Game
   
6 Auburn 7
7 Arkansas 3
Play-In Game
   
5 Mississippi State 12
8 South Carolina 9

Main bracket

 
                                                 
  1  LSU 5  
  6  Auburn 2     1  LSU 12  
    4  Tennessee 5    
  2  Alabama 16         1  LSU 12            
  5  Mississippi State 3           2  Alabama 7              
      2  Alabama 13           1  LSU 2 --
      3  Florida 6         2  Alabama 12 --
  3  Florida 7         2  Alabama 6    
  4  Tennessee 6       3  Florida 17     3  Florida 3  
  6  Auburn 5     6  Auburn 5  
  5  Mississippi State 4  

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All-tournament team

Position Player School
1B Robbie Tucker Alabama
2B Blair Barbier LSU
3B Andy Phillips Alabama
SS Brandon Larson LSU
C Matt Frick Alabama
OF David Tidwell Alabama
OF Dustan Mohr Alabama
OF Danny Higgins LSU
DH Brad Wilkerson Florida
P Jared Kingrey Alabama
P Kevin Knorst Alabama
MVP David Tidwell Alabama

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "SEC Tournament History". SECDigitalNetwork.com. The Southeastern Conference. pp. 25–31. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "SEC Awards Columbus '97 Baseball Tourney". nl.newsbank.com. The Ledger Enquirer. 1 July 1995. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Nation, Boyd. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997". BoydsWorld.com. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Vanderbilt Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). grfx.CSTV.com. Vanderbilt University Sports Information Department. p. 79. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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