2017 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2017 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium; Hoover, AL;
Champions	LSU (12th title)
Winning coach	Paul Mainieri (6th title)
MVP	Chad Spanberger (Arkansas)
Television	SEC Network, ESPN2
	← 2016; SEC baseball tournament; 2018 →;

2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	52	–	19	–	0	.732
No. 10 Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	43	–	23	–	0	.652
No. 15 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	15	–	13	–	1	.534	36	–	25	–	1	.589
Missouri ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	36	–	23	–	0	.610
South Carolina ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	35	–	25	–	0	.583
Georgia ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0	.367	25	–	32	–	0	.439
Tennessee ‍‍‍	7	–	21	–	0	.250	27	–	25	–	0	.519
Western
No. 2 LSU ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	52	–	20	–	0	.722
No. 22 Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	18	–	11	–	0	.621	45	–	19	–	0	.703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0	.567	40	–	27	–	0	.597
No. 8 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	41	–	23	–	0	.641
No. 29 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	37	–	26	–	0	.587
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	32	–	25	–	0	.561
Alabama ‍‍‍	5	–	24	–	1	.183	19	–	34	–	1	.361

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 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 earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament^[2]^[3] After a search for potential new sites, the SEC named Hoover the host for the 2017 and future events, with a specific term to be negotiated.^[4]

The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming their twelfth championship against Arkansas, 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. Texas A&M joined in 2013, and won its first title in 2016. Missouri, which also joined in 2013, has yet to win the event.

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 is the fifth year of this format.^[5]^[6]

Team	W–L–T	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Eastern Division
Florida	21–9	.700	–	1
Kentucky	19–11	.633	2	3
Vanderbilt	15–13–1	.534	5	6
Missouri	14–16	.467	7	10
South Carolina	13–17	.433	8	11
Georgia	11–19	.367	10	12
Tennessee	7–21	.250	13	–

Team	W–L–T	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Western Division
LSU	21–9	.700	–	2
Arkansas	18–11	.621	2.5	4
Mississippi State	17–13	.567	4	5
Texas A&M	16–14	.533	5	7
Auburn	16–14	.533	5	8
Ole Miss	14–16	.467	7	9
Alabama	5–24–1	.183	15.5	–

Bracket

First round SECN			Second round SECN			Third round SECN			Semifinals SECN			Final ESPN2

			3	Kentucky	7
6	Vanderbilt	4	11	South Carolina	2
11	South Carolina	7¹¹				3	Kentucky	0
						2	LSU	10⁷
			2	LSU	10
7	Texas A&M	7	10	Missouri	3
10	Missouri	12							2	LSU	11
									11	South Carolina	0⁷
			11	South Carolina	10
			10	Missouri	2
						11	South Carolina	3
						3	Kentucky	1


												2	LSU	4
												4	Arkansas	2
			1	Florida	5
8	Auburn	5	8	Auburn	4
9	Ole Miss	4				1	Florida	12
						5	Mississippi State	3
			4	Arkansas	3
5	Mississippi State	3	5	Mississippi State	4
12	Georgia	0							1	Florida	0
									4	Arkansas	16⁷
			8	Auburn	0
			4	Arkansas	12⁷
						4	Arkansas	9
						5	Mississippi State	2

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Tuesday, May 23
1	9:30 a.m.	No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 South Carolina	SEC Network
2	1:00 p.m.	No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Missouri
3	4:30 p.m.	No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Ole Miss		2,930
Wednesday, May 24
4	9:30 a.m.	No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Georgia	SEC Network	5,062
5	1:00 p.m.	No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 11 South Carolina		5,062
6	4:30 p.m.	No. 2 LSU vs. No. 10 Missouri		6,890
7	8:00 p.m.	No. 1 Florida vs. No. 8 Auburn		6,890
Thursday, May 25
8	9:30 a.m.	No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 Mississippi State	SEC Network	7,279
9	1:00 p.m.	No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Missouri		7,279
10	4:30 p.m.	No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 4 Arkansas		9,823
11	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 2 LSU		9,823
Friday, May 26
12	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Florida vs. No. 5 Mississippi State	SEC Network	6,988
13	3:00 p.m.	No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 3 Kentucky		8,552
14	6:30 p.m.	No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 Mississippi State		8,552
Semifinals – Saturday, May 27
15	Noon	No. 11 South Carolina vs. No. 2 LSU	SEC Network	10,793
16	3:00 p.m.	No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 1 Florida	SEC Network	10,793
Championship – Sunday, May 28
17	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 LSU vs. No. 4 Arkansas	ESPN2	13,128
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

^ "LSU wins SEC Baseball Tournament". secsports.com. May 28, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
^ "SEC Championships - Full Schedule". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
^ James Crepea (June 3, 2016). "SEC Baseball Tournament to remain in Hoover". AL.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
^ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
^ "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.

[MVP-1] "LSU wins SEC Baseball Tournament". secsports.com. May 28, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.

[2] "SEC Championships - Full Schedule". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved November 9, 2016.

[3] "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

[4] James Crepea (June 3, 2016). "SEC Baseball Tournament to remain in Hoover". AL.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016.

[5] "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.

[6] "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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