2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 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 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament^[3]

2016 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL
Champions	Texas A&M (1st title)
Winning coach	Rob Childress (1st title)
MVP	Nick Banks[1] (Texas A&M)
Attendance	150,064 (record)[2]
Television	ESPN2 (championship game)
← 2015 SEC baseball tournament 2017 →

2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y	20	–	9	–	0		.690			46	–	18	–	0		.719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y	19	–	10	–	0		.655			52	–	16	–	0		.765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			26	–	30	–	0		.464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			44	–	18	–	1		.706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			49	–	16	–	0		.754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			45	–	21	–	0		.682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Alabama  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Auburn  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			23	–	33	–	0		.411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the nineteenth consecutive year and twenty-first overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

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 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 fourth year of this format.^[4][5]

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Eastern Division
South Carolina	20–9	.690	0.5	2
Florida	19–10	.655	1.5	4
Vanderbilt	18–12	.600	3	6
Kentucky	15–15	.500	6	8
Georgia	11–19	.367	10	10
Missouri	9–21	.300	12	11
Tennessee	9–21	.300	12	12

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Western Division
Mississippi State	21–9	.700	–	1
Texas A&M	20–10	.667	1	3
LSU	19–11	.633	2	5
Ole Miss	18–12	.600	3	7
Alabama	15–15	.500	6	9
Auburn	8–22	.267	13	–
Arkansas	7–23	.233	14	–

Bracket

	First round SECN					Second round SECN					Third round SECN					Semifinals SECN					Final ESPN2
						3	Texas A&M	5
	6	Vanderbilt	7			6	Vanderbilt	6
	11	Missouri	0								6	Vanderbilt	9
											7	Ole Miss	12
						2	South Carolina	4
	7	Ole Miss	5			7	Ole Miss	10
	10	Georgia	1													7	Ole Miss	8
																3	Texas A&M	12
						3	Texas A&M	4
						2	South Carolina	1
											3	Texas A&M	13
											6	Vanderbilt	37
																					3	Texas A&M	12
																					4	Florida	5
						1	Mississippi State	4
	8	Kentucky	2			9	Alabama	1
	9	Alabama	5								1	Mississippi State	2
											5	LSU	6
						4	Florida	3
	5	LSU	5			5	LSU	5
	12	Tennessee	4													5	LSU	0
																4	Florida	1
						9	Alabama	4
						4	Florida	5
											4	Florida	12
											1	Mississippi State	27

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Tuesday, May 24
1	9:30 a.m.	#6 Vanderbilt vs. #11 Missouri	SEC Network	4,612[6]
2	TBD	#7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Georgia
3	4:30 p.m.	#8 Kentucky vs. #9 Alabama		7,287[7]
4	TBD	#5 LSU vs. #12 Tennessee
Wednesday, May 25
5	9:30 a.m.	#3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Vanderbilt	SEC Network	5,637[8]
6	TBD	#2 South Carolina vs. #7 Ole Miss
7	4:30 p.m.	#1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Alabama		13,448[9]
8	TBD	#4 Florida vs. #5 LSU
Thursday, May 26
9	9:30 a.m.	#3 Texas A&M vs. #2 South Carolina	SEC Network	5,232[10]
10	TBD	#9 Alabama vs. #4 Florida
11	4:30 p.m.	#6 Vanderbilt vs. #7 Ole Miss		11,390[11]
12	TBD	#1 Mississippi State vs. #5 LSU
Friday, May 27
13	3 p.m.	#3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Vanderbilt	SEC Network	9,429[12]
14	TBD	#4 Florida vs. #1 Mississippi State
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
15	Noon	#3 Texas A&M vs. #7 Ole Miss	SEC Network	13,821[13]
16	TBD	#4 Florida vs. #5 LSU
Championship – Sunday, May 29
17	2:00 p.m.	#3 Texas A&M vs. #4 Florida	ESPN2	8,352[14]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.	Player	School
P	Scott Moss	Florida
P	Brigham Hill	Texas A&M
P	Zac Houston	Mississippi State
C	Henri Lartigue	Ole Miss
DH	Jonathan Moroney	Texas A&M
1B	J. J. Schwarz	Florida
2B	Ryne Birk	Texas A&M
3B	Colby Bortles	Ole Miss
SS	Austin Homan	Texas A&M
OF	Nick Banks	Texas A&M
OF	J. B. Woodman	Ole Miss
OF	Bryan Reynolds	Vanderbilt

Bold is MVP.

References

1. "Texas A&M wins SEC Tourney". secsports.com. May 29, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
2. "Texas A&M wins SEC Baseball Tournament". secsports.com. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
3. "SEC Championships - Full Schedule". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
4. "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
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 November 17, 2015.
6. "Session 1 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
7. Session 2 Attendance
8. "Session 3 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
9. Session 4 Attendance
10. Session 5 Attendance
11. Session 6 Attendance
12. Session 7 Attendance
13. Session 8 Attendance
14. Session 9 Attendance