2008 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2008 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double elimination with flipped brackets
Finals site	Regions Park; Hoover, Alabama;
Champions	LSU (7th title)
Winning coach	Paul Mainieri (1st title)
MVP	Blake Dean (LSU)
Attendance	124,139
	← 2007; SEC baseball tournament; 2009 →;

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.

2008 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Georgia ^x‍†‍‍^y	20	–	9	.690	45	–	25	.643
Florida ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	.567	34	–	24	.586
No. 25 Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	44	–	19	.698
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	15	–	14	.517	41	–	22	.651
South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	40	–	23	.635
Tennessee ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	27	–	29	.482
Western
No. 6 LSU ^x‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	11	.621	49	–	19	.721
Alabama ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	35	–	28	.556
Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	39	–	26	.600
Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	14	–	15	.483	34	–	24	.586
Auburn ‍‍‍	11	–	19	.367	28	–	28	.500
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	9	–	21	.300	23	–	33	.411

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2008^[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

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
Georgia	20	9	1	.683	--	1
Florida	17	13	0	.567	3.5	3
Kentucky	16	14	0	.533	4.5	4
Vanderbilt	15	14	0	.517	5.0	6
South Carolina	15	15	0	.500	5.5	7
Tennessee	12	18	0	.400	8.5	--

Western Division
Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Seed
LSU	18	11	1	.617	--	2
Alabama	16	14	0	.533	2.5	5
Ole Miss	15	15	0	.500	3.5	8
Arkansas	14	15	0	.483	4.0	--
Auburn	11	19	0	.367	7.5	--
Mississippi State	9	21	0	.300	9.5	--

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.^[2]

Tournament


First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals



7	South Carolina	4*

2	LSU	5*
			2	LSU	8

			6	Vanderbilt	2
6	Vanderbilt	7

3	Florida	3
						8	Ole Miss	4	8

						6	Vanderbilt	7	7
7	South Carolina	11

3	Florida	3	7	South Carolina	5

			6	Vanderbilt	7


										2	LSU	8
8	Ole Miss	4
										8	Ole Miss	2
1	Georgia	1
			8	Ole Miss	8

			4	Kentucky	7
5	Alabama	3

4	Kentucky	9
						2	LSU	12	-

						5	Alabama	8	-
1	Georgia	2

5	Alabama	5	5	Alabama	13

			4	Kentucky	4

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

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Matt Clark	LSU
1B	Andrew Giobbi	Vanderbilt
2B	Ryan Schimpf	LSU
3B	Chris McClendon	Kentucky
SS	Ryan Flaherty	Vanderbilt
C	Alex Avila	Alabama
OF	Michael Guerrero	Ole Miss
OF	Jordan Henry	Ole Miss
OF	Kent Matthes	Alabama
OF	Sawyer Carroll	Kentucky
DH	Blake Dean	LSU
P	Lance Lynn	Ole Miss
P	Blake Martin	LSU
P	Austin Hyatt	Alabama
MVP	Blake Dean	LSU

External links

2008 SEC Baseball Tournament @ SECSports.com

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ SEC BASEBALL: Tourney big for all eight teams^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[2] SEC BASEBALL: Tourney big for all eight teams^{[permanent dead link]}

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