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2008 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

FieldValue
Year2008
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
ShortConferenceSEC
DivisionI
Image2008_SEC_baseball.JPG
ImageSize200px
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination with flipped brackets
BallparkRegions Park
CityHoover, Alabama
ChampionsLSU
TitleCount7th
CoachPaul Mainieri
CoachCount1st
MVPBlake Dean
MVPTeamLSU
Attendance124,139

The 2008 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 21 through 25. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Regular season results

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

TeamWLTPctGBSeed
Georgia2091.683--1
Florida17130.5673.53
Kentucky16140.5334.54
Vanderbilt15140.5175.06
South Carolina15150.5005.57
Tennessee12180.4008.5--

|

TeamWLTPctGBSeed
LSU18111.617--2
Alabama16140.5332.55
Ole Miss15150.5003.58
Arkansas14150.4834.0--
Auburn11190.3677.5--
Mississippi State9210.3009.5--

|}

Format

The 2008 tournament will feature a "flipped bracket" for the first time. 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

| RD1-seed01=7 | RD1-team01=South Carolina | RD1-score01=4* | RD1-seed02=2 | RD1-team02=LSU | RD1-score02=5*

| RD1-seed03=6 | RD1-team03=Vanderbilt | RD1-score03=7 | RD1-seed04=3 | RD1-team04=Florida | RD1-score04=3

| RD1-seed05=7 | RD1-team05=South Carolina | RD1-score05=11 | RD1-seed06=3 | RD1-team06=Florida | RD1-score06=3

| RD1-seed07=8 | RD1-team07=Ole Miss | RD1-score07=4 | RD1-seed08=1 | RD1-team08=Georgia | RD1-score08=1

| RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=Alabama | RD1-score09=3 | RD1-seed10=4 | RD1-team10=Kentucky | RD1-score10=9

| RD1-seed11=1 | RD1-team11=Georgia | RD1-score11=2 | RD1-seed12=5 | RD1-team12=Alabama | RD1-score12=5

| RD2-seed01=2 | RD2-team01=LSU | RD2-score01=8 | RD2-seed02=6 | RD2-team02=Vanderbilt | RD2-score02=2

| RD2-seed03=7 | RD2-team03=South Carolina | RD2-score03=5 | RD2-seed04=6 | RD2-team04=Vanderbilt | RD2-score04=7

| RD2-seed05=8 | RD2-team05=Ole Miss | RD2-score05=8 | RD2-seed06=4 | RD2-team06=Kentucky | RD2-score06=7

| RD2-seed07=5 | RD2-team07=Alabama | RD2-score07=13 | RD2-seed08=4 | RD2-team08=Kentucky | RD2-score08=4

| RD3-seed01=8 | RD3-team01=Ole Miss | RD3-score01-1=4 | RD3-score01-2=8 | RD3-seed02=6 | RD3-team02=Vanderbilt | RD3-score02-1=7 | RD3-score02-2=7

| RD3-seed03=2 | RD3-team03=LSU | RD3-score03-1=12 | RD3-score03-2=- | RD3-seed04=5 | RD3-team04=Alabama | RD3-score04-1=8 | RD3-score04-2=-

| RD4-seed01=2 | RD4-team01=LSU | RD4-score01=8 | RD4-seed02=8 | RD4-team02=Ole Miss | RD4-score02=2

    • Game went into extra innings.
  • Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Auburn did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BMatt ClarkLSU
1BAndrew GiobbiVanderbilt
2BRyan SchimpfLSU
3BChris McClendonKentucky
SSRyan FlahertyVanderbilt
CAlex AvilaAlabama
OFMichael GuerreroOle Miss
OFJordan HenryOle Miss
OFKent MatthesAlabama
OFSawyer CarrollKentucky
DHBlake DeanLSU
PLance LynnOle Miss
PBlake MartinLSU
PAustin HyattAlabama
MVPBlake DeanLSU

References

References

  1. (September 2016)
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