2023 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsVanderbilt (4th title)
Winning coachTim Corbin (3rd title)
MVPRJ Austin (Vanderbilt)
Attendance171,288 (record)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN2 (Championship game)
2023 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Florida x‍†‍‍y 20–10–0 .66754–17–0 .761
No. 19 Vanderbilt ‍‍‡‍y 19–11–0 .63342–20–0 .677
No. 13 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 16–13–0 .55242–21–0 .667
No. 7 Tennessee ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53344–22–0 .667
No. 17 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53340–21–0 .656
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .36729–27–0 .518
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .33330–24–0 .556
Western
No. 16 Arkansas x‍†‍‍y 20–10–0 .66743–18–0 .705
No. 1 LSU ‍‍‍y 19–10–0 .65554–17–0 .761
Auburn ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .56734–23–1 .595
No. 10 Alabama ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53343–21–0 .672
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46738–27–0 .585
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .30027–26–0 .509
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 6–24–0 .20025–29–0 .463
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 28 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[2]

Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 2013 addition Missouri have never won the tournament. This is the twenty-fourth consecutive year and twenty-sixth overall that the event has scheduled to be held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

Format and seeding

The regular season division winners claim the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claim the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams play a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverts to single elimination through the championship game. This is the tenth year of this format.[3][4]

TeamW–LPctGB No. 1Seed
Eastern Division
Florida20–10.667–1
Vanderbilt19–11.63314
South Carolina16–13.5523.56
Tennessee16–14.53347
Kentucky16–14.53348
Georgia11–19.367911
Missouri10–20.3331012
TeamW–LPctGB No. 1Seed
Western Division
Arkansas20–10.667–2
LSU19–10.6550.53
Auburn17–13.56735
Alabama16–14.53349
Texas A&M14–16.467610
Mississippi State9–21.30011
Ole Miss6–24.20014

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
May 24
May 233LSU10
May 25
6South Carolina96South Carolina3
3LSU4
11Georgia0May 24
2Arkansas5
May 232Arkansas6
May 27
7Tennessee010Texas A&M511
2Arkansas4
10Texas A&M3
10Texas A&M5
May 26
May 253LSU4
6South Carolina010Texas A&M5
10Texas A&M5May 28
10Texas A&M4
May 24
4Vanderbilt10
May 231Florida7
May 25
8Kentucky09Alabama611
1Florida6
9Alabama4May 24
4Vanderbilt3
May 234Vanderbilt6
May 27
5Auburn105Auburn4
1Florida6
12Missouri4
4Vanderbilt11
May 26
May 254Vanderbilt9
9Alabama79Alabama2
5Auburn4

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Tuesday, May 23
1 9:30 a.m. No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Georgia 9–0 SEC Network 5,510
2 1:00 p.m. No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Texas A&M 0–3
3 4:30 p.m. No. 8 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Alabama 0–4 10,315
4 8:00 p.m. No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 12 Missouri 10–4
Wednesday, May 24
5 9:30 a.m. No. 3 LSU vs. No. 6 South Carolina 10–3 SEC Network 7,825
6 1:00 p.m. No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Texas A&M 6–511
7 4:30 p.m. No. 1 Florida vs. No. 9 Alabama 7–611 12,685
8 8:00 p.m. No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Auburn 6–4
Thursday, May 25
9 9:30 a.m. No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Texas A&M 0–5 SEC Network 8,120
10 1:00 p.m. No. 9 Alabama vs. No. 5 Auburn 7–4
11 4:30 p.m. No. 3 LSU vs. No. 2 Arkansas 4–5 12,875
12 8:00 p.m. No. 1 Florida vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt 6–3
Friday, May 26
13 3:00 p.m. No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 3 LSU 5–4 SEC Network 15,012
14 6:30 p.m. No. 9 Alabama vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt 2–9
Semifinals – Saturday, May 27
15 Noon No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 2 Arkansas 5–4 SEC Network 8,938
16 3:30 p.m. No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 1 Florida 11–6
Championship – Sunday, May 28
17 2:00 p.m. No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt 4–10 ESPN2 8,728
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.PlayerSchool
PTroy WansingTexas A&M
PJustin LamkinTexas A&M
CBT RiopelleFlorida
DHChris MaldonaldoVanderbilt
1BJack MossTexas A&M
2BRJ AustinVanderbilt
3BBryson WareAuburn
SSCole FosterAuburn
OFAndrew PinckneyAlabama
OFTommy SeidlAlabama
OFWyatt LangfordFlorida

Bold is MVP.

References

  1. ↑ "2023 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Championship – Baseball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  4. ↑ "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
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