2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament


The 2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 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 earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

2016 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
 
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsTexas A&M (1st title)
Winning coachRob Childress (1st title)
MVPNick Banks[1] (Texas A&M)
Attendance150,064 (record)[2]
TelevisionESPN2 (championship game)
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y 20 9 0   .690 46 18 0   .719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y 19 10 0   .655 52 16 0   .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 18 12 0   .600 43 19 0   .694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15 15 0   .500 32 25 0   .561
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 27 30 0   .474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 29 28 0   .509
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 26 30 0   .464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 44 18 1   .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 49 16 0   .754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y 19 11 0   .633 45 21 0   .682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 18 12 0   .600 43 19 0   .694
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15 15 0   .500 32 26 0   .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 23 33 0   .411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 26 29 0   .473
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 eleven championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the nineteenth consecutive year and twenty-first overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

Format and seeding

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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 play a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverts to single elimination through the championship game. This is the fourth year of this format.[4][5]

Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed
Eastern Division
South Carolina 20–9 .690 0.5 2
Florida 19–10 .655 1.5 4
Vanderbilt 18–12 .600 3 6
Kentucky 15–15 .500 6 8
Georgia 11–19 .367 10 10
Missouri 9–21 .300 12 11
Tennessee 9–21 .300 12 12
Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed
Western Division
Mississippi State 21–9 .700 1
Texas A&M 20–10 .667 1 3
LSU 19–11 .633 2 5
Ole Miss 18–12 .600 3 7
Alabama 15–15 .500 6 9
Auburn 8–22 .267 13
Arkansas 7–23 .233 14

Bracket

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First round
SECN
Second round
SECN
Third round
SECN
Semifinals
SECN
Final
ESPN2
3 Texas A&M 5
6 Vanderbilt 7 6 Vanderbilt 6
11 Missouri 0 6 Vanderbilt 9
7 Ole Miss 12
2 South Carolina 4
7 Ole Miss 5 7 Ole Miss 10
10 Georgia 1 7 Ole Miss 8
3 Texas A&M 12
3 Texas A&M 4
2 South Carolina 1
3 Texas A&M 13
6 Vanderbilt 37
3 Texas A&M 12
4 Florida 5
1 Mississippi State 4
8 Kentucky 2 9 Alabama 1
9 Alabama 5 1 Mississippi State 2
5 LSU 6
4 Florida 3
5 LSU 5 5 LSU 5
12 Tennessee 4 5 LSU 0
4 Florida 1
9 Alabama 4
4 Florida 5
4 Florida 12
1 Mississippi State 27

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Tuesday, May 24
1 9:30 a.m. #6 Vanderbilt vs. #11 Missouri SEC Network 4,612[6]
2 TBD #7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Georgia
3 4:30 p.m. #8 Kentucky vs. #9 Alabama 7,287[7]
4 TBD #5 LSU vs. #12 Tennessee
Wednesday, May 25
5 9:30 a.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Vanderbilt SEC Network 5,637[8]
6 TBD #2 South Carolina vs. #7 Ole Miss
7 4:30 p.m. #1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Alabama 13,448[9]
8 TBD #4 Florida vs. #5 LSU
Thursday, May 26
9 9:30 a.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #2 South Carolina SEC Network 5,232[10]
10 TBD #9 Alabama vs. #4 Florida
11 4:30 p.m. #6 Vanderbilt vs. #7 Ole Miss 11,390[11]
12 TBD #1 Mississippi State vs. #5 LSU
Friday, May 27
13 3 p.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #6 Vanderbilt SEC Network 9,429[12]
14 TBD #4 Florida vs. #1 Mississippi State
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
15 Noon #3 Texas A&M vs. #7 Ole Miss SEC Network 13,821[13]
16 TBD #4 Florida vs. #5 LSU
Championship – Sunday, May 29
17 2:00 p.m. #3 Texas A&M vs. #4 Florida ESPN2 8,352[14]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Pos. Player School
P Scott Moss Florida
P Brigham Hill Texas A&M
P Zac Houston Mississippi State
C Henri Lartigue Ole Miss
DH Jonathan Moroney Texas A&M
1B J. J. Schwarz Florida
2B Ryne Birk Texas A&M
3B Colby Bortles Ole Miss
SS Austin Homan Texas A&M
OF Nick Banks Texas A&M
OF J. B. Woodman Ole Miss
OF Bryan Reynolds Vanderbilt

Bold is MVP.

References

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  1. ^ "Texas A&M wins SEC Tourney". secsports.com. May 29, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "Texas A&M wins SEC Baseball Tournament". secsports.com. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "SEC Championships - Full Schedule". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  4. ^ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  5. ^ "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  6. ^ "Session 1 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  7. ^ Session 2 Attendance
  8. ^ "Session 3 Attendance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  9. ^ Session 4 Attendance
  10. ^ Session 5 Attendance
  11. ^ Session 6 Attendance
  12. ^ Session 7 Attendance
  13. ^ Session 8 Attendance
  14. ^ Session 9 Attendance