1977 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 1977 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Swayze Field in Oxford, Mississippi, from May 13 through 16. Ole Miss won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1977 NCAA tournament.

1977 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsOle Miss (1st title)
Winning coachJake Gibbs (1st title)
1977 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern Division
No. 13 Florida  x‍‍‍y149 .6093919 .672
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍1310 .5652525 .500
Tennessee  ‍‍‍1112 .4782424 .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍1012 .4552220 .524
Georgia  ‍‍‍914 .3912224 .478
Western Division
Ole Miss  x‍‍y159 .6254018 .690
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍119 .5503315 .688
Auburn  ‍‍‍119 .5502818 .609
Alabama  ‍‍‍109 .5262718 .600
LSU  ‍‍‍415 .2111727 .386
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1977[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1977 tournament was the first baseball tournament held by the SEC. It has been held every year since.

Regular season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Eastern Division
Florida149.609
2
Vanderbilt1310.565
1
3
Tennessee1112.478
3
Kentucky1012.455
3.5
Georgia914.391
5
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Western Division
Ole Miss159.625
1
Mississippi State119.550
2
4
Auburn119.550
2
Alabama109.526
2.5
LSU415.211
8.5

Tournament

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
4Mississippi State1
2Florida3
2Florida5
1Ole Miss4
1Ole Miss9
3Vanderbilt7
2Florida64
1Ole Miss77
Lower round 1Lower final
4Mississippi State3
4Mississippi State151Ole Miss11
3Vanderbilt2

See also

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