2019 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament


The 2019 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 26 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 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[2]

2019 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsVanderbilt (3rd title)
Winning coachTim Corbin (2nd title)
MVPJ.J. Bleday (Vanderbilt)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN2 (Championship game)
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  xy2370 .76758120 .829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y2190 .70046170 .730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y14160 .46740210 .656
Missouri  ‍‍‍13161 .45034221 .605
Florida  ‍‍‍y13170 .43334260 .567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍8220 .26728280 .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍7230 .23326290 .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y20100 .66752150 .776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y20100 .66746200 .697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y17130 .56740260 .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y16131 .55039231 .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y16140 .53341270 .603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y14160 .46738280 .576
Alabama  ‍‍‍7230 .23330260 .536
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

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 1993 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.[3][4]

TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
Eastern Division
Vanderbilt23–7.7671
Georgia21–9.70023
Tennessee14–16.46799
Missouri13–16–1.4509.510
Florida13–17.4331011
South Carolina8–22.2671512
Kentucky7–23.23316
TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
Western Division
Arkansas20–10.66732
Mississippi State20–10.66734
LSU17–13.56765
Texas A&M16–13–1.5506.56
Ole Miss16–14.53377
Auburn14–16.46798
Alabama7–23.23316

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, May 21
Second round
Wednesday, May 22
Third round
Thursday, May 23
Friday, May 24
Semifinals
Saturday, May 25
Final
Sunday, May 26
3Georgia2
6Texas A&M86Texas A&M0
11Florida7103Georgia3
2Arkansas1
2Arkansas5
7Ole Miss27Ole Miss3
10Missouri13Georgia3
7Ole Miss5
7Ole Miss1
6Texas A&M0
7Ole Miss3
2Arkansas2
7Ole Miss10
1Vanderbilt11
1Vanderbilt11
8Auburn58Auburn18
9Tennessee31Vanderbilt1
4Mississippi State0
4Mississippi State6
5LSU85LSU517
12South Carolina61Vanderbilt13
5LSU4
8Auburn3
5LSU4
5LSU12
4Mississippi State27

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Tuesday, May 21
19:30 a.m.No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 11 FloridaSEC Network4,135[5]
21:00 p.m.No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Missouri
34:30 p.m.No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Tennessee10,128[6]
48:00 p.m.No. 5 LSU vs. No. 12 South Carolina
Wednesday, May 22
59:30 a.m.No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 Texas A&MSEC Network5,264[7]
61:00 p.m.No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 7 Ole Miss
74:30 p.m.No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 8 Auburn13,902[8]
88:00 p.m.No. 4 Mississippi State vs. No. 5 LSU
Thursday, May 23
99:30 a.m.No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Ole MissSEC Network6,891[9]
101:00 p.m.No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 5 LSU
114:30 p.m.No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 3 Georgia8,620[10]
128:00 p.m.No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 4 Mississippi State
Friday, May 24
133:00 p.m.No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 2 ArkansasSEC Network14,294[11]
146:30 p.m.No. 5 LSU vs. No. 4 Mississippi State
Semifinals – Saturday, May 25
15NoonNo. 3 Georgia vs. No. 7 Ole MissSEC Network12,872[12]
163:30 p.m.No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 LSU
Championship – Sunday, May 26
172:00 p.m.No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 1 VanderbiltESPN210,487[13]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

SEC Championship
(7) Ole Miss Rebelsvs.(1) Vanderbilt Commodores
May 26, 2019, 2:00 p.m. (CDT) at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama
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(7) Ole Miss6120100001091
(1) Vanderbilt01251100111172
WP: Tyler Brown (3–1)   LP: Austin Miller (5–3)
Home runs:
MISS: None
VAN: Pat DeMarco

References