1993 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament


The 1993 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was the first year the SEC held separate tournaments for the Eastern Division and the Western Division. The Eastern Division tournament was held at Sarge Frye Field in Columbia, South Carolina, from May 20 through 23. The Western Division tournament was held at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA also from May 20 through 23. Tennessee won the Eastern Division tournament and LSU won the Western Division tournament. All games played in the tournament were added to the teams' records from the 24-game conference regular season.

1993 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTennessee (1st title)
Winning coachRod Delmonico (1st title)
MVPTodd Helton (Tennessee)
Attendance8,050
1993 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsLSU (4th title)
Winning coachSkip Bertman (4th title)
MVPHarry Berrios (LSU)
Attendance28,196
1993 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 20 Tennessee  x‍‍y2010 .6674520 .692
No. 29 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y1510 .6003920 .661
Kentucky  ‍‍‍y1414 .5003823 .623
Florida  ‍‍‍1214 .4623325 .569
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍1115 .4233223 .582
Georgia  ‍‍‍1018 .3573029 .508
Western
No. 1 LSU  xy188 .6925317 .757
No. 28 Auburn  ‍‍‍y1711 .6074023 .635
No. 25 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y1712 .5864121 .661
Arkansas  ‍‍‍1116 .4073326 .559
Alabama  ‍‍‍915 .3752725 .519
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍819 .2963125 .554
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

As the tournament champion with the highest conference winning percentage, LSU was named SEC champion and awarded the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Regular-season results

Eastern Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Tennessee2010.667
1
South Carolina1510.600
2.5
2
Kentucky1414.500
5
3
Florida1214.462
6
4
Vanderbilt1115.423
7
5
Georgia1018.357
9
6
Western Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
LSU188.692
1
Auburn1711.607
2
2
Mississippi State1712.586
2.5
3
Arkansas1116.407
7.5
4
Alabama915.375
8
5
Ole Miss819.296
10.5
6

Tournaments

Eastern Division

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemi-finalsFinals
6Georgia3
2South Carolina16Georgia5
4Florida0
5Vanderbilt46Georgia3
1Tennessee73Kentucky13
1Tennessee73Kentucky64
3Kentucky91Tennessee76
3Kentucky41Tennessee17
4Florida15Vanderbilt56Georgia8
2South Carolina71Tennessee11
5Vanderbilt11

Western Division

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemi-finalsFinals
1LSU3
3Mississippi State5
6Ole Miss13Mississippi State3
1LSU66Ole Miss23Mississippi State13
6Ole Miss4
2Auburn10
5Alabama2
5Alabama4
3Mississippi State3
2Auburn13
2Auburn31LSU7
4Arkansas1
4Arkansas52Auburn5
3Mississippi State21LSU16
1LSU13
4Arkansas7

All-Tournament Teams

PositionPlayerSchool
Eastern Division
1BTodd HeltonTennessee
2BNick MorrowVanderbilt
SSJeff MichaelKentucky
3BTerry WeaverGeorgia
CJames NortheimerTennessee
OFMatt BraggaKentucky
OFRodney CloseGeorgia
OFTom ThaemertKentucky
DHBard HindersmanKentucky
PAlex BarylakGeorgia
PJason CarruthTennessee
MVPTodd HeltonTennessee
PositionPlayerSchool
Western Division
1BBrian AlyeaAuburn
2BJohn FutrellOle Miss
SSRuss JohnsonLSU
3BJason WilliamsLSU
CMitch DukeAuburn
OFHarry BerriosLSU
OFMike NealLSU
OFNoah MuhammadMississippi State
DHTravis WilliamsMississippi State
PGary RathMississippi State
PWill HuntLSU
MVPHarry BerriosLSU

See also

References