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 | Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
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Florida | 19 | 11 | | .633 | | 2 | South Carolina | 17 | 13 | | .567 | 2 | 5 | Georgia | 15 | 15 | | .500 | 4 | 6 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 17 | | .414 | 6.5 | 8 | Kentucky | 12 | 18 | | .400 | 7 | | Tennessee | 11 | 19 | | .367 | 8 | | |
| + Western Division | Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
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LSU | 20 | 10 | | .667 | | 1 | Ole Miss | 20 | 10 | | .667 | | 3 | Alabama | 18 | 11 | | .621 | 1.5 | 4 | Arkansas | 14 | 15 | | .483 | 5.5 | 7 | Auburn | 11 | 19 | | .367 | 9 | | Miss St. | 9 | 20 | | .310 | 10.5 | | |
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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
- * Game went into extra innings.
- ^ Game ended after 8 innings due to Mercy Rule.
- Auburn, Mississippi St., Kentucky and Tennessee did not make the tournament.
All-Tournament Team
See also
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