2012 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2012
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Shortconference:SEC
Teams:10
Format:2-Bracket Double Elimination
Ballpark:Regions Park
City:Hoover, Alabama
Champions:Mississippi State
Titlecount:7th
Coach:John Cohen
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Adam Frazier
Mvpteam:Mississippi State
Attendance:129,112

The 2012 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama from May 22 through 27, 2012.

Seeding

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

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
18 11 .621 2
18 12 .600 .5 3
18 12 .600 .5 4
16 14 .533 2.5 5
14 15 .483 4 8
8 22 .267 10.5

Format

The 2012 tournament increased the number of teams from eight to ten. The event ran from Tuesday through Sunday. Regular season division champions received byes on Tuesday. Games played from Tuesday to Friday were double elimination. Saturday's games featured semifinal match-ups with no "if necessary" games, like in years past. Winners of the two semi-final games faced each other during Sunday's championship game.

Tournament

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BMatt SnyderOle Miss
2BCasey TurgeonFlorida
3BThomas McCarthyKentucky
SSAdam FrazierMississippi State
CSpencer NavinVanderbilt
OFConnor HarrellVanderbilt
OFMike YastrzemskiVanderbilt
OFMason KatzLSU
OFJustin ShaferFlorida
OFDemarcus HendersonMississippi State
DHBrian JohnsonFlorida
PBrian JohnsonFlorida
PJonathan HolderMississippi State
MVPAdam FrazierMississippi State

See also

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