The 2008 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 21 through 25. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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 Georgia 20 9 1 .683 -- 1 Florida 17 13 0 .567 3.5 3 Kentucky 16 14 0 .533 4.5 4 Vanderbilt 15 14 0 .517 5.0 6 South Carolina 15 15 0 .500 5.5 7 Tennessee 12 18 0 .400 8.5 --+ Western Division Team W L T Pct GB Seed LSU 18 11 1 .617 -- 2 Alabama 16 14 0 .533 2.5 5 Ole Miss 15 15 0 .500 3.5 8 Arkansas 14 15 0 .483 4.0 -- Auburn 11 19 0 .367 7.5 -- Mississippi State 9 21 0 .300 9.5 --
Format The 2008 tournament will feature a "flipped bracket" for the first time. 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.SEC BASEBALL: Tourney big for all eight teams
Tournament
* Game went into extra innings. Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Auburn did not make the tournament.
All-Tournament Team Position Player School1BMatt ClarkLSU1BAndrew GiobbiVanderbilt2BRyan SchimpfLSU3BChris McClendonKentuckySSRyan FlahertyVanderbilt CAlex AvilaAlabamaOFMichael GuerreroOle Miss OFJordan HenryOle MissOFKent MatthesAlabamaOFSawyer CarrollKentuckyDHBlake DeanLSUPLance LynnOle Miss PBlake Martin LSUPAustin HyattAlabama MVPBlake DeanLSU
See also College World Series NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
External links 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament @ SECSports.com
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