1980 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 1980 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, from May 9 through 11. Vanderbilt won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA tournament.

1980 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsVanderbilt (1st title)
Winning coachRoy Mewbourne (1st title)
MVPDave Nenad (Vanderbilt)
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  x‍‍‍168 .6674016 .714
Vanderbilt  ‍‍y139 .5913421 .618
Georgia  ‍‍‍910 .4743312 .733
Kentucky  ‍‍‍811 .4212521 .543
Tennessee  ‍‍‍614 .3002321 .523
Western Division
Auburn  x‍‍‍158 .6522724 .529
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍99 .5002422 .522
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍1011 .4763119 .620
LSU  ‍‍‍89 .4712319 .548
Alabama  ‍‍‍813 .3811828 .391
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season results

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Eastern Division
Florida168.667
1
Vanderbilt139.591
2
3
Georgia910.474
4.5
Kentucky811.421
5.5
Tennessee614.300
8
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Western Division
Auburn158.652
2
Ole Miss99.500
3.5
4
Mississippi State1011.476
4
LSU89.471
4
Alabama813.381
6

Tournament

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
2Auburn3
3Vanderbilt2
2Auburn7
4Ole Miss4
4Ole Miss3
1Florida2
2Auburn30
3Vanderbilt1613
Lower round 1Lower final
3Vanderbilt21
3Vanderbilt114Ole Miss0
1Florida7

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BMike PikeVanderbilt
2BAllen MockAuburn
SSLarry SimcoxOle Miss
CScott MadisonVanderbilt
OFJohnny TuttAuburn
OFJerry WilliamsVanderbilt
OFPat PomeranzOle Miss
OFDarrell WilkesAuburn
DHDave NenadVanderbilt
UTJohn MetasavageAuburn
PJeff CalhounOle Miss
PDan JahnkeVanderbilt
MVPDave NenadVanderbilt

See also

References

2. SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
3. SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists