2018 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

2018 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium; Hoover, AL;
Champions	Ole Miss (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mike Bianco (2nd title)
MVP	Nick Fortes (Ole Miss)
Television	SEC Network, ESPN (championship game)
	← 2017; SEC baseball tournament; 2019 →;

The 2018 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 27 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 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament^[1]

2018 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East Division
No. 3 Florida ^x‍†‍‍^y	20	–	10	.667	49	–	21	.700
No. 20 Georgia ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	39	–	21	.650
No. 12 South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	.567	37	–	26	.587
No. 16 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	35	–	27	.565
Kentucky ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	34	–	22	.607
Missouri ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	34	–	22	.607
Tennessee ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	29	–	27	.518
West Division
No. 19 Ole Miss ^x‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	12	.600	48	–	18	.727
No. 2 Arkansas ^x‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	48	–	21	.696
No. 15 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	43	–	23	.652
LSU ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	39	–	27	.591
No. 4 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	39	–	29	.574
Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17	.433	40	–	22	.645
Alabama ‍‍‍	8	–	22	.267	27	–	29	.482

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 twelve championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1992 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the twentieth consecutive year and twenty-second 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 was the sixth year of this format.^[2]^[3]

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Eastern Division
Florida	20–10	.667	–	1
Georgia	18–12	.600	2	3
South Carolina	17–13	.567	3	5
Vanderbilt	16–14	.533	4	6
Kentucky	13–17	.433	7	10
Missouri	12–18	.400	8	12
Tennessee	12–18	.400	8	–

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Western Division
Ole Miss	18–12	.600	2	2
Arkansas	18–12	.600	2	4
Auburn	15–15	.500	5	7
LSU	15–15	.500	5	8
Mississippi State	15–15	.500	5	9
Texas A&M	13–17	.433	7	11
Alabama	8–22	.267	12	–

Bracket

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

			3	Georgia	0
6	Vanderbilt	1	11	Texas A&M	7
11	Texas A&M	3				11	Texas A&M	4
						7	Auburn	2
			2	Ole Miss	3
7	Auburn	4	7	Auburn	9
10	Kentucky	3¹¹							11	Texas A&M	1
									2	Ole Miss	2
			3	Georgia	4
			2	Ole Miss	5¹⁰
						2	Ole Miss	7
						7	Auburn	0


												2	Ole Miss	9
												8	LSU	1
			1	Florida	4
8	LSU	8	8	LSU	3
9	Mississippi State	5				1	Florida	2
						4	Arkansas	8
			4	Arkansas	13
5	South Carolina	4	5	South Carolina	8
12	Missouri	2							4	Arkansas	1
									8	LSU	2
			8	LSU	6
			5	South Carolina	4¹²
						8	LSU	11
						1	Florida	0⁷

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Tuesday, May 22
1	9:30 a.m.	No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Texas A&M	SEC Network	5,514
2	1:00 p.m.	No. 7 Auburn vs. No. 10 Kentucky		5,514
3	4:30 p.m.	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Mississippi State		8,072
4	8:00 p.m.	No. 5 South Carolina vs. No. 12 Missouri		8,072
Wednesday, May 23
5	9:30 a.m.	No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 11 Texas A&M	SEC Network	7,126
6	1:00 p.m.	No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Auburn		7,126
7	4:30 p.m.	No. 1 Florida vs. No. 8 LSU		6,710
8	8:00 p.m.	No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 5 South Carolina		6,710
Thursday, May 24
9	9:30 a.m.	No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 2 Ole Miss	SEC Network	7,197
10	1:00 p.m.	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 5 South Carolina		7,197
11	4:30 p.m.	No. 11 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Auburn		9,651
Friday, May 25
12	10:00 a.m.	No. 1 Florida vs. No. 4 Arkansas	SEC Network	1,384
13	3:00 p.m.	No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Auburn		8,945
14	6:30 p.m.	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 1 Florida		8,945
Semifinals – Saturday, May 26
15	Noon	No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 Texas A&M	SEC Network	10,381
16	3:00 p.m.	No. 8 LSU vs. No. 4 Arkansas	SEC Network	10,381
Championship – Sunday, May 27
17	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 8 LSU	ESPN	14,126
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

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2018 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

Contents

Format and seeding

Bracket

Schedule

References


Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL
Champions	Ole Miss (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mike Bianco (2nd title)
MVP	Nick Fortes (Ole Miss)
Television	SEC Network, ESPN (championship game)
← 2017 SEC baseball tournament 2019 →