2008 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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 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 →

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

See also

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

External links

• 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament @ SECSports.com

References

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