2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	West
2011 record	38–25 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach	John Cohen (3rd season)
Hitting coach	Lane Burroughs (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Butch Thompson (3rd season)
Home stadium	Dudy Noble Field

2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
#1 South Carolina ^x†	22	–	8	.733	55	–	14	.797
#2 Florida ^x†‡	22	–	8	.733	53	–	19	.736
#4 Vanderbilt ^x†	22	–	8	.733	54	–	12	.818
Georgia	16	–	14	.533	33	–	32	.508
Kentucky	8	–	22	.267	25	–	30	.455
Tennessee	7	–	23	.233	25	–	29	.463
Western
#24 Arkansas ^x	15	–	15	.500	40	–	22	.645
#17 Mississippi State	14	–	16	.467	38	–	25	.603
Alabama	14	–	16	.467	35	–	28	.556
Auburn	14	–	16	.467	29	–	29	.500
LSU	13	–	17	.433	36	–	20	.643
Ole Miss	13	–	17	.433	30	–	25	.545

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 28, 2011; Rankings from Baseball America

The 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2011. The team was coached by John Cohen, in his 12th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 3rd at Mississippi State.

Mississippi State returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007 and after three consecutive losing seasons.^[1] They were the number 3 seed in the Atlanta Regional hosted by number 1 seed Georgia Tech. They won the Regional, winning three games straight, beating Southern Miss, 3–0, Austin Peay, 8–3, and Georgia Tech, 7–3. They advanced to the Super Regional against host Florida, where they won one game but were eliminated by losing the other two games.^[2]

They started the season unranked in the four major polls, and finished in the final polls with their highest rankings of the season.

MLB Draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Devin Jones	RHP	9	275	Baltimore Orioles
Nick Vickerson	OF	20	624	Texas Rangers
Jarrod Parks	2B	24	735	Anaheim Angels
Jaron Shepherd	OF	33	1008	Colorado Rockies

^[3]

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'		*															*	*	15
Baseball America																	*	*	17
Collegiate Baseball^							24										16	15	15
NCBWA†																	*	19	19

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Coaches

Name	Title	First Season at MSU	Alma Mater
John Cohen	Head Coach	2009	Mississippi State University (1990)
Butch Thompson	Associate Head Coach	2009	Birmingham Southern (1992)
Lane Burroughs	Assistant Coach	2009	Mississippi College (1995)

^[4]

Schedule and results

For schedule and results, see the reference. ^[5]

References

↑ "State Blanks USM 3-0 To Open NCAA Play...". Mississippi State University Athletics. June 3, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
↑ "Mississippi State Bulldogs Advance to Super Regionals...". Vox Media, Inc. Jun 6, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
↑ "2011 Mississippi State - Southeastern Conference". The Baseball Cube. 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
↑ "12-MSbbNOTES-RELEASE" (PDF). Mississippi State University Athletics. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
↑ "The Automated ScoreBook". Mississippi State Athletics. May 25, 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Venues	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium (1967–present)
Culture & lore	Left Field Lounge
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
College World Series appearances in italics

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