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2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida x‍†‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 40 – 23 – 0   .635
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 44 – 18 – 0   .710
No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 51 – 21 – 0   .708
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467 37 – 25 – 0   .597
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 31 – 23 – 0   .574
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18 – 1   .383 26 – 29 – 1   .473
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24 – 0   .200 20 – 33 – 0   .377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss x‍‍‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 48 – 21 – 0   .696
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 11 – 1   .603 46 – 16 – 1   .738
No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 39 – 24 – 0   .619
No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 40 – 25 – 0   .615
Alabama ‍‍‍y 15 – 14 – 0   .517 37 – 24 – 0   .607
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467 36 – 26 – 0   .581
Auburn ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 28 – 28 – 0   .500
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 25 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determines the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. LSU claimed their record 11th tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2]

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 1992 addition Arkansas and 2012 additions Texas A&M and Missouri have never won the tournament. This is the seventeenth consecutive year and nineteenth overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park.

The SEC implemented experimental instant replay rules at the 2014 tournament. The rules allowed review of fair/foul, home run, and spectator interference calls.[3]

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 second year of this format.[4][5]

Team W–L–T Pct GB #1 Seed
Eastern Division
Florida 21–9 .700 – 1
South Carolina 18–12 .600 3 4
Vanderbilt 17–13 .567 4 6
Kentucky 14–16 .467 7 9
Tennessee 12–18 .400 9 11
Georgia 11–18–1 .379 9.5 12
Missouri 6–24 .200 15 –
Team W–L–T Pct GB #1 Seed
Western Division
Ole Miss 19–11 .633 2 2
LSU 17–11–1 .603 2.5 3
Mississippi State 18–12 .600 3 5
Arkansas 16–14 .533 5 7
Alabama 15–14 .517 5.5 8
Texas A&M 14–16 .467 7 10
Auburn 10–20 .333 11 –

Bracket

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final
3 LSU 11
6 Vanderbilt 3 6 Vanderbilt 17
11 Tennessee 2 3 LSU 7
7 Arkansas 2
2 Ole Miss 1
7 Arkansas 4 7 Arkansas 2
10 Texas A&M 0 3 LSU 11
7 Arkansas 18
6 Vanderbilt 2
2 Ole Miss 7
2 Ole Miss 7
7 Arkansas 8
3 LSU 2
1 Florida 0
1 Florida 2
8 Alabama 1 9 Kentucky 4
9 Kentucky 7 9 Kentucky 7
5 Mississippi State 612
4 South Carolina 0
5 Mississippi State 5 5 Mississippi State 127
12 Georgia 410 9 Kentucky 5
1 Florida 6
1 Florida 7
4 South Carolina 2
1 Florida 5
5 Mississippi State 1

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

Pos. Player School
P Jared Poché LSU
P Aaron Nola LSU
P Karsten Whitson Florida
C Kade Scivicque LSU
C Gavin Collins Mississippi State
1B Tyler Moore LSU
2B Conner Hale LSU
3B Josh Tobias Florida
3B Austin Anderson Ole Miss
SS Alex Bregman LSU
OF Harrison Bader Florida
OF Mark Laird LSU
OF C.T. Bradford Mississippi State
DH Sean McMullen LSU

Bold is MVP.

References

  1. ^ "Baseball Announces Schedule for 2014". Alabama Crimson Tide. October 3, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "LSU Claims SEC Tourney Title". Southeastern Conference. July 1, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ^ Greg Johnson (March 13, 2014). "SEC to implement experimental instant replay rules for conference tournament". NCAA. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  4. ^ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  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 January 8, 2014.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_SEC_Baseball_Tournament