2014 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
 
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsLSU (11th title)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (5th title)
MVPTyler Moore (LSU)
Attendance120,386
TelevisionESPN2 (championship game)
2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .70040–23–0 .635
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .60044–18–0 .710
No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .56751–21–0 .708
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46737–25–0 .597
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .40031–23–0 .574
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–18–1 .38326–29–1 .473
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6–24–0 .20020–33–0 .377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss x‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .63348–21–0 .696
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍y 17–11–1 .60346–16–1 .738
No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .60039–24–0 .619
No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53340–25–0 .615
Alabama ‍‍‍y 15–14–0 .51737–24–0 .607
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46736–26–0 .581
Auburn ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .33328–28–0 .500
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 25 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determines the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. LSU claimed their record 11th tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2]

The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming eleven championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1992 addition Arkansas and 2012 additions Texas A&M and Missouri have never won the tournament. This is the seventeenth consecutive year and nineteenth overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

The SEC implemented experimental instant replay rules at the 2014 tournament. The rules allowed review of fair/foul, home run, and spectator interference calls.[3]

Format and seeding

The regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This was the second year of this format.[4][5]

TeamW–L–TPctGB #1Seed
Eastern Division
Florida21–9.700–1
South Carolina18–12.60034
Vanderbilt17–13.56746
Kentucky14–16.46779
Tennessee12–18.400911
Georgia11–18–1.3799.512
Missouri6–24.20015–
TeamW–L–TPctGB #1Seed
Western Division
Ole Miss19–11.63322
LSU17–11–1.6032.53
Mississippi State18–12.60035
Arkansas16–14.53357
Alabama15–14.5175.58
Texas A&M14–16.467710
Auburn10–20.33311–

Bracket

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final
3 LSU 11
6 Vanderbilt 3 6 Vanderbilt 17
11 Tennessee 2 3 LSU 7
7 Arkansas 2
2 Ole Miss 1
7 Arkansas 4 7 Arkansas 2
10 Texas A&M 0 3 LSU 11
7 Arkansas 18
6 Vanderbilt 2
2 Ole Miss 7
2 Ole Miss 7
7 Arkansas 8
3 LSU 2
1 Florida 0
1 Florida 2
8 Alabama 1 9 Kentucky 4
9 Kentucky 7 9 Kentucky 7
5 Mississippi State 612
4 South Carolina 0
5 Mississippi State 5 5 Mississippi State 127
12 Georgia 410 9 Kentucky 5
1 Florida 6
1 Florida 7
4 South Carolina 2
1 Florida 5
5 Mississippi State 1

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

Pos.PlayerSchool
PJared PochéLSU
PAaron NolaLSU
PKarsten WhitsonFlorida
CKade ScivicqueLSU
CGavin CollinsMississippi State
1BTyler MooreLSU
2BConner HaleLSU
3BJosh TobiasFlorida
3BAustin AndersonOle Miss
SSAlex BregmanLSU
OFHarrison BaderFlorida
OFMark LairdLSU
OFC.T. BradfordMississippi State
DHSean McMullenLSU

Bold is MVP.

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball Announces Schedule for 2014". Alabama Crimson Tide. October 3, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "LSU Claims SEC Tourney Title". Southeastern Conference. July 1, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Greg Johnson (March 13, 2014). "SEC to implement experimental instant replay rules for conference tournament". NCAA. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
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