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1997 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

FieldValue
Year1997
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
ShortConferenceSEC
DivisionI
Teams8
FormatPlay-in round followed by six-team double elimination
BallparkGolden Park
CityColumbus, Georgia
ChampionsAlabama
TitleCount4th
CoachJim Wells
CoachCount3rd
MVPDavid Tidwell
MVPTeamAlabama
Attendance42,000

The 1997 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was the 1997 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference, held at Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia, from May 14 through 18. Alabama defeated LSU in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Format

Eight teams qualified for the league tournament. The teams seeded fifth through eighth played a single-elimination play-in round. The two winners of the play-in games advanced to the main bracket, which was a six-team, double-elimination format, the same as the NCAA regional format used through 1998.

Regular season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Florida1713.567--3
Tennessee1713.567--4
Vanderbilt1416.4673--†
South Carolina1317.43348
Kentucky1020.3337--
Georgia822.2679--

|

TeamWLPctGBSeed
LSU227.759--1
Alabama209.69022
Mississippi State1911.6333.55
Auburn1712.58656
Arkansas1514.51777
Ole Miss624.20016.5--

|} †- Vanderbilt forfeited its conference games and tournament berth for using an ineligible player.

Tournament

Play-in games

| RD1-seed1=6 | RD1-team1=Auburn | RD1-score1=7 | RD1-seed2=7 | RD1-team2=Arkansas | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed1=5 | RD1-team1=Mississippi State | RD1-score1=12 | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2=South Carolina | RD1-score2=9

Main bracket

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=LSU | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2=Auburn | RD1-score2=2

| RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Alabama | RD1-score3=16 | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4=Mississippi State | RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5=Florida | RD1-score5=7 | RD1-seed6=4 | RD1-team6=Tennessee | RD1-score6=6

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=LSU | RD2-score1=12 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=Tennessee | RD2-score2=5

| RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Alabama | RD2-score3=13 | RD2-seed4=3 | RD2-team4=Florida | RD2-score4=6

| RD2-seed5=6 | RD2-team5=Auburn | RD2-score5=5 | RD2-seed6=5 | RD2-team6=Mississippi State | RD2-score6=4

| RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=LSU | RD3-score1=12 | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=Alabama | RD3-score2=7

| RD3-seed3=3 | RD3-team3=Florida | RD3-score3=17 | RD3-seed4=6 | RD3-team4=Auburn | RD3-score4=5

| RD4-seed1=2 | RD4-team1=Alabama | RD4-score1=6 | RD4-seed2=3 | RD4-team2=Florida | RD4-score2=3

| RD5-seed1=1 | RD5-team1=LSU | RD5-score1a=2 | RD5-score1b=-- | RD5-seed2=2 | RD5-team2=Alabama | RD5-score2a=12 | RD5-score2b=--

All-tournament team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BRobbie TuckerAlabama
2BBlair BarbierLSU
3BAndy PhillipsAlabama
SSBrandon LarsonLSU
CMatt FrickAlabama
OFDavid TidwellAlabama
OFDustan MohrAlabama
OFDanny HigginsLSU
DHBrad WilkersonFlorida
PJared KingreyAlabama
PKevin KnorstAlabama
MVPDavid TidwellAlabama

References

References

  1. "SEC Tournament History". The Southeastern Conference.
  2. (1 July 1995). "SEC Awards Columbus '97 Baseball Tourney". The Ledger Enquirer.
  3. Nation, Boyd. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997". BoydsWorld.com.
  4. "Vanderbilt Baseball Fact Book". Vanderbilt University Sports Information Department.
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