1998 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Format Two pools of four-team double elimination
Site
Champions Auburn (3rd title)
Winning coach Hal Baird (2nd title)
MVP Rodney Nye (Arkansas)
Attendance 87,295
1998 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
#7 Florida x†y 21 – 8   .724     46 – 18   .719
#19 South Carolina y 19 – 10   .655     42 – 16   .724
Kentucky 12 – 18   .400     26 – 31   .456
Tennessee 11 – 17   .393     36 – 20   .643
Georgia 8 – 21   .276     24 – 30   .444
Vanderbilt 6 – 24   .200     25 – 28   .472
Western Division
#3 LSU xy 21 – 9   .700     48 – 19   .716
#16 Alabama y 19 – 10   .655     43 – 16   .729
#12 Auburn ‡y 16 – 12   .571     46 – 18   .719
#6 Mississippi State y 14 – 15   .483     37 – 20   .649
Arkansas y 13 – 14   .481     37 – 19   .661
Ole Miss 13 – 15   .464     30 – 23   .566
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 13th through May 17th. Auburn defeated Arkansas in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Regular Season Results

The top four teams (based on conference results) from both the Eastern and Western Divisions earned invites to the tournament. The 12 teams played a 30-game conference schedule, playing 10 three-game series. Each team did not play one team from the opposite division.

For the first time, the SEC tournament used the Omaha format, which was first adopted at the College World Series in 1988. The eight teams were seeded and divided into two four-team brackets; seeds 2, 3, 6 and 7 made up bracket one and seeds 1, 4, 5 and 8 made up bracket two. Bracket play was double elimination. The two bracket winners met in a single championship game.

Tournament

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
6 Mississippi State 9  
3 South Carolina 8  
  6 Mississippi State 3  
  7 Arkansas 10  
7 Arkansas 8
2 LSU 4  
  7 Arkansas 7 -  
  6 Mississippi State 3 -  
3 South Carolina 0  
2 LSU 6  
  6 Mississippi State 7
  2 LSU 5  
  7 Arkansas 5
  5 Auburn 7
5 Auburn 11  
4 Alabama 8  
  5 Auburn
  1 Florida 4  
8 Kentucky 4
1 Florida 6  
  5 Auburn 3 9
  4 Alabama 4 1  
5 Alabama 8  
8 Kentucky 3  
  1 Florida 2
  4 Alabama 3  

All-Tournament Team

Most Valuable Player Rodney Nye, Arkansas

Position Player School
1B Rodney Nye Arkansas
2B Heath Kelly Auburn
3B Chad Wandall Auburn
SS Joe Jester Arkansas
C Brent Caldwell Arkansas
OF Hayden Gliemmo Auburn
OF Drew Bounds Alabama
OF Jack Welsh Arkansas
DH Jayson Cox Alabama
P Randy Keisler Louisiana State
P Jarrod Kingrey Alabama
MVP Rodney Nye Arkansas

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
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