2009 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2009
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Shortconference:SEC
Division:I
Teams:8
Format:Double elimination with flipped brackets
Ballpark:Regions Park
City:Hoover, Alabama
Champions:LSU
Titlecount:8th
Coach:Paul Mainieri
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Mikie Mahtook
Mvpteam:LSU
Attendance:86,048

The 2009 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 20 through 24. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. LSU won the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

Regular Season results

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

+ Eastern Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
Florida1911.6332
South Carolina1713.56725
Georgia1515.50046
Vanderbilt1217.4146.58
Kentucky1218.4007
Tennessee1119.3678
+ Western Division
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
LSU2010.6671
Ole Miss2010.6673
Alabama1811.6211.54
Arkansas1415.4835.57
Auburn1119.3679
Miss St.920.31010.5

Format

The 2009 tournament will once again feature a "flipped bracket". This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket will move into the other bracket. This reduces the number of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament.

Tournament

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BPreston TuckerFlorida
2BBo BighamArkansas
3BZack CoxArkansas
SSAustin NolaLSU
SSBen TschepikowArkansas
CAndrew GiobbiVanderbilt
OFMikie MahtookLSU
OFJonathan PigottFlorida
OFSteven LiddleVanderbilt
DHBlake DeanLSU
PMike MinorVanderbilt
PDaniel BradshawLSU
MVPMikie MahtookLSU

See also

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