2009 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

2009 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Regions Park
  • Hoover, Alabama
  • ChampionsLSU (8th title)
    Winning coachPaul Mainieri (2nd title)
    MVPMikie Mahtook (LSU)
    Attendance86,048

    The 2009 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at

    Hoover, AL from May 20 through 24. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
    . LSU won the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

    Regular Season results

    The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.

    Eastern Division
    Team W L T Pct GB Seed
    Florida 19 11 .633 2
    South Carolina 17 13 .567 2 5
    Georgia 15 15 .500 4 6
    Vanderbilt 12 17 .414 6.5 8
    Kentucky 12 18 .400 7
    Tennessee 11 19 .367 8
    Western Division
    Team W L T Pct GB Seed
    LSU 20 10 .667 1
    Ole Miss 20 10 .667 3
    Alabama 18 11 .621 1.5 4
    Arkansas 14 15 .483 5.5 7
    Auburn 11 19 .367 9
    Miss St. 9 20 .310 10.5

    Format

    The 2009 tournament will once again feature a "flipped bracket". This means that after two days of play the undefeated team from each bracket will move into the other bracket. This reduces the number of rematches teams will have to play in order to win the tournament.

    Tournament

    First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
    7Arkansas8
    2Florida5
    7Arkansas1
    6Georgia2*
    6Georgia6
    3Ole Miss3
    8Vanderbilt11-
    7Arkansas1-
    2Florida12^
    3Ole Miss27Arkansas10
    2Florida7
    1LSU6
    8Vanderbilt4
    8Vanderbilt2
    1LSU1
    8Vanderbilt5
    5South Carolina4
    5South Carolina9*
    4Alabama5
    6Georgia02
    1LSU163
    1LSU9
    4Alabama65South Carolina1
    1LSU4
    • * Game went into extra innings.
    • ^ Game ended after 8 innings due to Mercy Rule.
    • Auburn, Mississippi St., Kentucky and Tennessee did not make the tournament.

    All-Tournament Team

    Position Player School
    1B Preston Tucker Florida
    2B Bo Bigham Arkansas
    3B Zack Cox Arkansas
    SS Austin Nola LSU
    SS Ben Tschepikow Arkansas
    C Andrew Giobbi Vanderbilt
    OF Mikie Mahtook LSU
    OF Jonathan Pigott Florida
    OF Steven Liddle Vanderbilt
    DH Blake Dean LSU
    P Mike Minor Vanderbilt
    P Daniel Bradshaw LSU
    MVP Mikie Mahtook LSU

    See also

    External links