1985 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 1985 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA from May 9 through 11. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA tournament.

1985 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination tournament
Finals site	Alex Box Stadium (1938) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Champions	Mississippi State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Ron Polk (2nd title)
MVP	Gene Morgan (Mississippi State)
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1985 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Division
No. 11 Florida  x‍‍‍y	15	–	6		.714			43	–	18		.705
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	11		.500			33	–	23		.589
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			35	–	16		.686
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			28	–	24		.538
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			26	–	23		.531
Western Division
No. 24 LSU  x‍‍‍y	17	–	7		.708			41	–	18		.695
No. 4 Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	8		.667			50	–	15		.769
Auburn  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			30	–	22		.577
Alabama  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			30	–	23		.566
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	5	–	18		.217			20	–	28		.417
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1985[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season results

Team W L Pct GB Seed Eastern Division Florida 15 6 .714 — 1 Georgia 11 11 .500 4.5 4 Vanderbilt 10 13 .435 6 — Kentucky 10 13 .435 6 — Tennessee 10 13 .435 6 —

Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division LSU 17 7 .708 — 2 Mississippi State 16 8 .667 1 3 Auburn 11 12 .478 5.5 — Alabama 10 14 .417 7 — Ole Miss 5 18 .217 11.5 —

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Tournament

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	3	Mississippi State	8
	1	Florida	3
						3	Mississippi State	2
						4	Georgia	0
	4	Georgia	8
	2	LSU	6
											3	Mississippi State	8	-
											4	Georgia	3	-
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	Florida	8
	1	Florida	5			4	Georgia	9
	2	LSU	2

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Mike Stanley	Florida
2B	Gator Thiesen	Mississippi State
3B	John Scott	Mississippi State
SS	Jeff Reboulet	LSU
C	Roark McDonald	Mississippi State
OF	Bobby Thigpen	Mississippi State
OF	Dan Van Cleve	Mississippi State
OF	Ron Wenrich	Georgia
UT	Tim Touma	Florida
P	Jeff Brantley	Mississippi State
P	Gene Morgan	Mississippi State
MVP	Gene Morgan	Mississippi State

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See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1985". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
3. "SEC Tournament History". SECDigitalNetwork.com. The Southeastern Conference. pp. 25–31. Retrieved May 29, 2012.