1977 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1977 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination tournament
Site
Champions Ole Miss (1st title)
Winning coach Jake Gibbs (1st title)
1977 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
#13 Florida xy 14 – 9   .609     39 – 19   .672
Vanderbilt 13 – 10   .565     25 – 25   .500
Tennessee 11 – 12   .478     24 – 24   .500
Kentucky 10 – 12   .455     22 – 20   .524
Georgia 9 – 14   .391     22 – 24   .478
Western Division
Ole Miss x‡y 15 – 9   .625     40 – 18   .690
Mississippi State 11 – 9   .550     33 – 15   .688
Auburn 11 – 9   .550     28 – 18   .609
Alabama 10 – 9   .526     27 – 18   .600
LSU 4 – 15   .211     17 – 27   .386
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1977[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1977 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Swayze Field in Oxford, MS from May 13th through May 16th. Ole Miss won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1977 NCAA Tournament.

The 1977 tournament was the first baseball tournament held by the SEC. It has been held every year since.

Regular Season Results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 14 9 .609
—
2
Vanderbilt 13 10 .565
1
3
Tennessee 11 12 .478
3
—
Kentucky 10 12 .455
3.5
—
Georgia 9 14 .391
5
—
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
Ole Miss 15 9 .625
—
1
Mississippi State 11 9 .550
2
4
Auburn 11 9 .550
2
—
Alabama 10 9 .526
2.5
—
LSU 4 15 .211
8.5
—

Tournament

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
4 Mississippi State 1  
2 Florida 3  
  2 Florida 5  
  1 Ole Miss 4  
1 Ole Miss 9
3 Vanderbilt 7  
  2 Florida 6 4
  1 Ole Miss 7 7
4 Mississippi State 15  
3 Vanderbilt 2  
  4 Mississippi State 3
  1 Ole Miss 11  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1977". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
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