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The 2012 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama from May 22 through 27, 2012.

Seeding

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

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Eastern Division
South Carolina 18 11 .621 – 2
Florida 18 12 .600 .5 3
Kentucky 18 12 .600 .5 4
Vanderbilt 16 14 .533 2.5 5
Georgia 14 15 .483 4 8
Tennessee 8 22 .267 10.5 –
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Western Division
LSU 19 11 .633 – 1
Arkansas 16 14 .533 3 6
Mississippi State 16 14 .533 3 7
Ole Miss 14 16 .467 5 9
Auburn 13 17 .433 6 10
Alabama 9 21 .300 10 –

Format

The 2012 tournament increased the number of teams from eight to ten. The event ran from Tuesday through Sunday. Regular season division champions received byes on Tuesday. Games played from Tuesday to Friday were double elimination. Saturday's games featured semifinal match-ups with no "if necessary" games, like in years past. Winners of the two semi-final games faced each other during Sunday's championship game.

Tournament

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Finals
4 Kentucky 2
9 Ole Miss 0 1 LSU 2
6 Arkansas 1 7 Mississippi State 3
7 Mississippi State 9 7 Mississippi State 1
4 Kentucky 5
4 Kentucky 1
9 Ole Miss 2 7 Mississippi State 2
6 Arkansas 0 9 Ole Miss 2
1 LSU 11
1 LSU 3*
7 Mississippi State 4*
7 Mississippi State 3
3 Florida 6 5 Vanderbilt 0
10 Auburn 1 2 South Carolina 2
5 Vanderbilt 4 5 Vanderbilt 3
8 Georgia 1 5 Vanderbilt 2
3 Florida 1
5 Vanderbilt 8
10 Auburn 3 3 Florida 6
8 Georgia 2 10 Auburn 3
2 South Carolina 5
2 South Carolina 2
3 Florida 7
  • * Game went to extra innings
  • ^ Game ended after 7 innings because of mercy rule

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Matt Snyder Ole Miss
2B Casey Turgeon Florida
3B Thomas McCarthy Kentucky
SS Adam Frazier Mississippi State
C Spencer Navin Vanderbilt
OF Connor Harrell Vanderbilt
OF Mike Yastrzemski Vanderbilt
OF Mason Katz LSU
OF Justin Shafer Florida
OF Demarcus Henderson Mississippi State
DH Brian Johnson Florida
P Brian Johnson Florida
P Jonathan Holder Mississippi State
MVP Adam Frazier Mississippi State

See also

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_SEC_Baseball_Tournament