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1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

FieldValue
Year1998
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
ShortConferenceSEC
DivisionI
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
BallparkHoover Metropolitan Stadium
CityHoover, Alabama
Champions
TitleCount3rd
CoachHal Baird
CoachCount2nd
MVPRodney Nye
MVPTeamArkansas
Attendance87,295

The 1998 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 13 through 17. defeated in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Regular season results

The top four teams (based on conference results) from both the Eastern and Western Divisions earned invites to the tournament. The 12 teams played a 30-game conference schedule, playing 10 three-game series. Each team did not play one team from the opposite division.

For the first time, the SEC tournament used the Omaha format, which was first adopted at the College World Series in 1988. The eight teams were seeded and divided into two four-team brackets; seeds 2, 3, 6 and 7 made up bracket one and seeds 1, 4, 5 and 8 made up bracket two. Bracket play was double elimination. The two bracket winners met in a single championship game.

Tournament

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| RD1-seed09=8 | RD1-team09= | RD1-score09=4 | RD1-seed10=1 | RD1-team10=Florida | RD1-score10=6

| RD1-seed11=5 | RD1-team11=Alabama | RD1-score11=8 | RD1-seed12=8 | RD1-team12=Kentucky | RD1-score12=3

| RD2-seed01=6 | RD2-team01=Mississippi State | RD2-score01=3 | RD2-seed02=7 | RD2-team02=Arkansas | RD2-score02=10

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| RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05=Auburn | RD2-score05= | RD2-seed06=1 | RD2-team06=Florida | RD2-score06=4

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| RD3-seed01=7 | RD3-team01=Arkansas | RD3-score01-1=7 | RD3-score01-2=- | RD3-seed02=6 | RD3-team02=Mississippi State | RD3-score02-1=3 | RD3-score02-2=-

| RD3-seed03=5 | RD3-team03=Auburn | RD3-score03-1=3 | RD3-score03-2=9 | RD3-seed04=4 | RD3-team04=Alabama | RD3-score04-1=4 | RD3-score04-2=1

| RD4-seed01=7 | RD4-team01=Arkansas | RD4-score01=5 | RD4-seed02=5 | RD4-team02=Auburn | RD4-score02=7

  • Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Most Valuable Player Rodney Nye, Arkansas

PositionPlayerSchool
1BRodney NyeArkansas
2BHeath KellyAuburn
3BChad WandallAuburn
SSJoe JesterArkansas
CBrent CaldwellArkansas
OFHayden GliemmoAuburn
OFDrew BoundsAlabama
OFJack WelshArkansas
DHJayson CoxAlabama
PRandy KeislerLouisiana State
PJarrod KingreyAlabama
MVPRodney NyeArkansas

References

Wikipedia Source

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